Lime Cumin Grilled Chicken Salad with Avocado and Mango Salsa. An incredible combination of bold flavours in one delicious and very healthy dinner salad.
This is a fantastic summer salad using a simple marinade for your grilled chicken. It also takes advantage of the mango salsa recipe previously featured on the blog.
I’ve included it here again as well. I love avocado with this salad but it’s your choice to include it.
Cumin is Spouse’s favourite spice and includes it in her soup recipes sometimes. The combination with lime here works incredibly well.
Originally published on: June 15, 2008.
NOTE: I like to debone my own chicken breasts so that I can roast the bones and skins for stock later. I freeze them until I have enough to cover a baking sheet then use the instructions in my post on making Chicken Stock here.
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Lime-Cumin Grilled Chicken Salad with Avocado and Mango Salsa
Ingredients
- 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
For the marinade:
- Juice of 2 limes
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 2 tsp brown sugar
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 1/2 tsp freshly ground black pepper
- 1/2 tsp salt
For the salad
- Baby spinach leaves
- red onion
- red pepper
- kalamata olives
- tomato wedges
- sliced avocado
For the Mango Lime Salsa
- 1 large mango, peeled and diced small
- 1 clove minced garlic
- Juice of one lime
- Zest of one lime, finely chopped
- ½ red onion diced
- 1 tbsp finely chopped jalapeño pepper
- 1 tsp salt
- ½ tsp coarse ground black pepper
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 1 tbsp brown sugar
- ¼ cup chopped fresh cilantro
- ½ red pepper diced small
- Toss all ingredients together well in a glass bowl. Let stand for about 2 hours before serving, stirring occasionally.
Instructions
- Mix together all of the marinade ingredients and marinade 4 boneless chicken breasts in a sealed plastic bag for 1/2 hour.
- Grill or broil until fully cooked. Rest the chicken for 5 minutes before slicing and serving on a bed of spinach salad. Top with a generous amount of Mango Lime Salsa and enjoy.
- To make the salsa, just mix all of the ingredients together well and let sit for a 1/2 hour or so to let the flavours develop. Makes about 2 cups salsa.
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Nutrition Information
Yield
4Serving Size
4 ServingsAmount Per Serving Calories 292Saturated Fat 2gCholesterol 72mgSodium 1011mgCarbohydrates 17gFiber 2gSugar 13gProtein 25g
Robyn
Thursday 1st of January 2015
Can I leave the jalapenos out? Or is there something I can put in it's place? I can't handle spicy food. I am dying to try this recipe!
Barry C. Parsons
Wednesday 7th of January 2015
You can leave them out or try replacing with a pinch of chili flakes for less heat.
Peggy G.
Wednesday 16th of January 2013
This sounds like a great, refreshing lunch!
Viviane
Tuesday 15th of January 2013
thanks for te recipe.
The Salad Guide
Wednesday 6th of August 2008
Thanks for sharing such a nice recipe.It looks so fine.I like it very much.
DineometerDeb
Tuesday 5th of August 2008
Great looking recipe. I will definetely have to give this one a try.