Grilled Chicken Barley Salad

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Wonderful salad/main dish that we often go for on a hot summer evening. Serve with crusty bread and a glass of wine :) The olive oil accounts for 20% of calories in this recipe - for a lighter version you can substitute some of the olive oil with lemon juice. UPDATE June 28 - I agree with both reviewers - the recipe is better with less oil. I am reducing the oil and increasing the lemon in the recipe - so pleae note that the new version reflects this change

by Deantini·published 2009-03-30

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Chicken Breast

Servings

4 serving(s)

Total time

40 min

prep 20 min

Calories / serving

356 kcal

Ingredients (14)

serves

400 g chicken breasts, boneless, skinlesschicken-breast
2/3 cup pearl barleypearl-barley
1 1/2 cups green beans, chopped, trimmedgreen-beans
1 cup cherry tomatoes, halvedcherry-tomato
1/4 cup red onion, finely mincedred-onion
2 tablespoons basil, fresh, choppedbasil
4 teaspoons olive oilolive-oil
4 teaspoons lemon juicelemon-juice
2 tablespoons wine vinegarvinegar
1 tablespoon Dijon mustarddijon-mustard
1/4 teaspoon oreganooregano
1/4 teaspoon thymethyme
1/4 teaspoon saltsalt
1/4 teaspoon pepperpepper

Instructions (6 steps)

01VINAIGRETTE: Whisk oil, lemon juice, vinegar, mustard, seasonings, salt and pepper.
02CHICKEN: Marinate chicken using 2 TBSP (not all) of vinaigrette. Coat for 10 min and up to 8 hours if you want to prepare ahead. Grill chicken until done and cut into bite size pieces.

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