This is a favorite summertime salad. Bright, fresh, and light, the mix falls between a chicken and a pasta salad, only without the mayo or the pasta. Whenever I make it, I’m reminded how satisfying it is to eat a dish full of so many different tastes: garlic, feta, artichokes, and olives. It’s so easy because, shhh, all you need is a rotisserie chicken.
This is the kind of thing you’d be happy to serve at a cookout as a lighter alternative to traditional summer salads and not feel like you’re lacking fun and flavor.
Mediterranean Chicken and Artichoke Salad
This is a favorite summertime salad. Bright, fresh, and light, the mix falls between a chicken and a pasta salad, only without the mayo or the pasta.
Servings: 6 Servings
Calories: 341kcal
Ingredients
Dressing:
- 4 tablespoons red wine vinegar
- 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 2 teaspoons honey
- 1 teaspoon dijon mustard
- 2 garlic cloves minced
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1 teaspoon dried basil
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
Salad:
- 8 cups packed baby spinach
- ¼ cup olives black, kalamata, green, whatever, chopped
- 3 ounces feta cheese crumbled (¾ cup)
- ½ cup artichoke hearts from a jar or can, in water or brine, quartered
- 2 cups grape tomatoes halved
- 1 rotisserie chicken skin discarded, meat removed from bones (about 1 ½ pounds chopped chicken)
Instructions
- In a small bowl, whisk all dressing ingredients.
- In a large bowl, toss all salad ingredients. Pour the dressing over the top and toss to coat. Serve.
Nutrition
Calories: 341kcal | Carbohydrates: 11g | Protein: 27g | Fat: 20g | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 3g
Hello! You are wonderful and inspiring. I bought my first cooling rack (today) because of you! I know…so silly. QUESTION: You often have chicken recipes that don’t show what you do to the chicken, for instance, your buffalo chicken egg rolls. Do you bake the chicken for those…boil? I seem to be confused about the most basic things in the kitchen.
That salad looks AMAZING! Thank you for sharing. :)
Oh,I am so making this. It looks perfect for summer!
I love this! I’m trying to stay away from grains right now and I’m eating a lot of the same things. This looks flavorful, fresh and filling!!
YUMMY! I love olives and artichokes!
This salad looks amazing! I agree, I love a pasta salad without the pasta or mayo.
YUM!! I am going to make this, sans chicken. So glad that salad season is finally here! :)
Yum! I need to make this for lunches in the summer, it sounds delish! If I was making ahead of time would I add the dressing at the very end though? Or is the spinach supposed to be kinda wilty? Either way, the flavors here are great and I love anything with olives.
Yet again, I am so jealous of your adventures, lady! :)
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Made this last night. It was fantastic and my boyfriend even loved it!!!
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This was an amazing recipe and was fun to make. I used marinated artichokes and garlic stuffed green olives and I think it added an extra kick to it. I rate this as a 5 star for sure.
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Just made this…. delish! I love people who introduce me to amazing salads… more reasons to love you Andie! Thanks a bunch :)
Didn’t think I needed any other reasons ;)