This honey mustard chicken salad is full of fun flavors and textures and it will fill you up with goodness. The grilled honey mustard chicken has a light glaze and adds just enough sweetness and flavor to the chicken tenders. The strawberries add some juicy sweet berry fun to the mix. The mushrooms give you a fun texture and some earthiness and the cucumbers,pumpkin seeds give this salad a crunchy element. The poppy seed dressing just brings everything together. This salad is perfect for spring and summer.
What you need to make this honey mustard chicken salad:
serves 4
To make the chicken:
- 1 pound chicken tenders
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon Dijon mustard
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
For the Salad:
- 8 cups mixed greens
- 1 pound cooked honey mustard chicken tenders
- 1 cup strawberries – sliced
- 1 cup baby Bella mushrooms – sliced
- 2 green onions – sliced thinly
- 1 cucumber – sliced
- 1/2 cup feta cheese
- 1/4 cup raw pumpkin seeds
- 1/2 cup strawberry poppy seed dressing or poppy seed dressing
Instructions
- Sprinkle chicken tenders with salt, pepper and garlic powder.
- Mix together the mustard and honey.
- Grill chicken tenders for a few minutes on each side then brush chicken breasts with mustard and honey mixture on each side.
- Continue cooking until chicken tenders are cooked through.
- Add all of the salad ingredients to a bowl, I like to just lay them all on top of the mixed greens but you can mix it ahead of time.
- Slice chicken tenders and add on top.
- Serve with poppy seed dressing or strawberry poppy seed dressing.
- Enjoy!
Honey Mustard Chicken Salad
Tasty summer salad with grilled honey mustard chicken on it.
Servings: 4 people
Ingredients
- For the honey mustard chicken:
- 1 pound chicken tenders
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon Dijon mustard
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- For the salad:
- 8 cups mixed greens
- 1 pound cooked honey mustard chicken tenders
- 1 cup strawberries - sliced
- 1 cup baby Bella mushrooms - sliced
- 2 green onions - sliced thinly
- 1 cucumber - sliced
- 1/2 cup feta cheese
- 1/4 cup raw pumpkin seeds
- 1/2 cup strawberry poppy seed dressing or poppy seed dressing
Instructions
- Sprinkle chicken tenders with salt, pepper and garlic powder.
- Mix together the mustard and honey.
- Grill chicken tenders for a few minutes on each side then brush chicken breasts with mustard and honey mixture on each side.
- Continue cooking until chicken tenders are cooked through.
- Add all of the salad ingredients to a bowl, I like to just lay them all on top of the mixed greens but you can mix it ahead of time.
- Slice chicken tenders and add on top.
- Serve with poppy seed dressing or strawberry poppy seed dressing.
- Enjoy!