Mediterranean Crispy Rice Chicken Salad with Hummus Dressing
This Mediterranean Crispy Rice Chicken Salad with Hummus Dressing is a delicious and high protein salad recipe.
Equipment
Ingredients
Hummus dressing
- ⅔ cup Lemon Garlic Hummus I like Ithaca hummus
- ½ cup water
- 1 tablespoon mustard
- 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
- Salt and pepper to taste
Crispy rice
- 2 cups day old cooked jasmine rice*
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
Baked chicken
- 1 pack chicken breast 2 breasts, about 1.2-1.6 lbs
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- Pinch black pepper
Other ingredients
- 1 block crumbled feta
- 1 bunch parsley - finely chopped
- ½ medium cabbage finely chopped about 4-5 cups
- 1 cucumber - diced into small cubes
- 4 oz sun-dried tomatoes - finely chopped not in olive oil, from a pack
- 8 oz kalamata olives - halved any olive works
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
- Add all dressing ingredients to a bowl or jar, whisk together until smooth.
- Add rice to a sheet pan lined with parchment paper, toss with oil, salt, garlic powder and onion powder. Bake for 30-40 minutes, until desired level of crispness is reached.
- Add chicken breasts to a sheet pan lined with parchment paper. Coat in oil, salt, onion powder, garlic powder and black pepper. Add seasonings and oil to both sides of the chicken breast. Bake for 20-30 minutes, until a meat thermometer reads 165 degrees.
- Shred chicken using either a fork or a hand mixer.
- Add all salad ingredients - including rice and chicken - to a large bowl and toss with the dressing. Taste and add more salt and pepper if desired, I added a tiny pinch of salt. Divide out and serve.
Notes
This makes a BIG salad about 6-8 servings, depending on how hungry you are.
*If you don't have day old rice cook your rice fresh and then let it sit refrigerated for 30 minutes to an hour.
Nutrition
Calories: 640kcalCarbohydrates: 74gProtein: 37gFat: 23gSaturated Fat: 7gPolyunsaturated Fat: 3gMonounsaturated Fat: 10gTrans Fat: 0.01gCholesterol: 96mgSodium: 2080mgPotassium: 1408mgFiber: 9gSugar: 11gVitamin A: 636IUVitamin C: 38mgCalcium: 303mgIron: 4mg
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