During the summer and warmer months, I often want something a little lighter for dinner. You won’t find many soups or casseroles on my menu plan right now. I am much more likely to grill something or make a salad.
I love salad for dinner. It is a quick, easy, and healthy meal. However, my husband does not really like just salad for dinner. In order to make us both happy, I like to serve salads that contain quite a bit of meat. Or at least where my husband’s salad can contain quite a bit of meat.
This buttermilk grilled chicken salad works perfectly for that. We both enjoy this salad, and it makes for a perfect summertime meal.
Buttermilk Grilled Chicken Salad
Marinade:
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon thyme
- ½ teaspoon dried sage
- ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
Meat
4 boneless skinless chicken breast, or other cuts of chicken
Whisk together marinade ingredients. Add chicken and let marinade for 4-8 hours, turning chicken occasionally. I like to let this marinade for about 8 hours, but less time will work.
Remove chicken from marinade and grill chicken until done.
Serve over lettuce, and other desired vegetables.
This post linked to Foodie Fridays and What’s On Your Plate.
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Printing this one out right now! Sounds yummy, simple and made with ingredients I usually have on hand. Thanks Lynn!
I love salads for dinner, especially if I eat a huge lunch. I actually prefer to eat a huge lunch and a light dinner, but it doesn’t always work out that way.
Your buttermilk chicken sounds yummy
Looks like a perfect refreshing dinner!
What kind of salad dressing do you use with this salad?
@flora, We eat this with a homemade ranch or Caesar dressing. I think both of those blend well with the taste of the chicken.
I bet the butermilk makes this so tender.
Hi Lynne!
I have copied this recipe to add to my files. It sounds like something I would really like. There is nothing better than a salad with chicken on a hot summer night. And here in FL, we have a lot of those…..
Jane (artfully graced)
Sounds yummy! I bet my family would love it!
Thanks for sharing Lynn!
~Liz
Do you use extra, non-chicken contaminated marinade for the dressing?
@FishMama, I have not done that, but that would work really well. My kids like it with a homemade ranch type dressing.
Hi Lynn,
This looks really yummy! I love salads. 🙂
Whenever we go to Applebees, I usually get 1/2 of the chicken caesar salad. About a year ago, I was diligently counting WW points and discovered that this specific salad (whole, not half) was MORE points than the 9 oz. sirloin steak. 😮 I said “WHAT!?” There were a lot of surprises while I was counting those WW points. LOL
Now I’m just more active and I watch my portions, as well as carbs and sugars.
I don’t like milk per se; however, I’d like to try this recipe sometime. 🙂