Grilled Chicken Blueberry Feta Salad with Lemon Poppy Seed Dressing
Updated June 23, 2023
Quick Summary
Grilled Chicken Blueberry Feta Salad with avocado, almonds, red onion, and a simple lemon poppy seed dressing is full of flavor and perfect for summertime.
This Grilled Chicken Blueberry Feta Salad with Lemon Poppy Seed Dressing is a summer favorite. The has all of the best ingredients and can be served as a main dish salad or a side salad.
The salad starts with a bed of greens and then gets topped with juicy grilled chicken, fresh blueberries, crunchy almonds, creamy avocado slices, red onion, and salty feta cheese. The salad is finished with a lemon poppy seed dressing that is fresh and delicious!
This salad always gets RAVE reviews! It is a winner!
Ingredients
This salad is not basic or boring. It is LOADED with lots of tasty ingredients!
- greens
- grilled chicken
- blueberries
- feta cheese
- avocado
- almonds
- red onion
- lemon poppy seed dressing
I told you it was loaded! We eat a lot of salads during the hot summer months and I want the salads to be hearty because a salad is usually our meal, with watermelon on the side. We always have watermelon:)
How to Make Grilled Chicken Salad
- In a small bowl, whisk together the olive oil, lemon juice, honey, mustard, garlic, poppy seeds, salt, and black pepper.
- Pour half of the dressing into a large Ziploc bag or bowl. Reserve the rest for drizzling on the salads. Add the chicken breasts and marinate the chicken for 20 minutes. If you have time, you can let the chicken marinade for up to 2 hours.
- Heat the grill to medium high heat. Remove the chicken from the bag or bowl and place on the grill. Cook for 6-8 minutes on each side or until chicken is cooked through. Note-discard the dressing that the chicken was in. Let the chicken rest while you prepare the salads.
- Divide the greens, blueberries, avocado, almonds, feta, and red onion onto four plates. Slice the grilled chicken and place on top of the salads. Drizzle with remaining lemon poppy seed dressing and serve immediately.
Salad Tips
- The lemon poppy seed dressing serves as a dressing and marinade for the chicken. It is easy to whisk up and adds a lot of flavor to the chicken and salad. You can marinate the chicken for 20 minutes or you can prepare it in advance and let it marinate for a few hours in the fridge.
- You can grill the chicken on an outside grill or on a grill pan inside.
- If you want the salad to be vegetarian, you can leave the chicken off of the salad. That is what I do and the salad is still super delicious.
- This summer salad is great for lunch or dinner. It is filling enough to be a main dish.
Happy summer, friends! We are off to a good start with this Grilled Chicken Blueberry Feta Salad with Lemon Poppy Seed Dressing. Let’s make this the best summer yet!
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Grilled Chicken Blueberry Feta Salad with Lemon Poppy Seed Dressing
Ingredients
For the Lemon Poppy Seed Dressing:
- 1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 1/3 cup lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 teaspoon poppy seeds
- 1/4 teaspoon Kosher salt
- Freshly ground black pepper, to taste
For the Salad:
- 4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts (about 1 pound)
- 8 cups mixed salad greens
- 1 cup blueberries
- 1 large avocado, sliced
- 1 cup almonds
- 3/4 cup crumbled feta cheese
- 1/2 large red onion, thinly sliced
Instructions
- In a small bowl, whisk together the olive oil, lemon juice, honey, mustard, garlic, poppy seeds, salt, and black pepper.
- Pour half of the dressing into a large Ziploc bag or bowl. Reserve the rest for drizzling on the salads. Add the chicken breasts and marinate the chicken for 20 minutes. If you have time, you can let the chicken marinade for up to 2 hours.
- Heat the grill to medium high heat. Remove the chicken from the bag or bowl and place on the grill. Cook for 6-8 minutes on each side or until chicken is cooked through. Note-discard the dressing that the chicken was in. Let the chicken rest while you prepare the salads.
- Divide the greens, blueberries, avocado, almonds, feta, and red onion onto four plates. Slice the grilled chicken and place on top of the salads. Drizzle with remaining lemon poppy seed dressing and serve immediately.
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Beautiful salad!!!
Thanks Jenny!
Same-I can’t wait for summer. This salad is gorgeous!.
Yay for summer!
You left the avocado off of the ingredients in the recipe.
Oops, fixed! I can’t believe I forgot the avocado, that is my favorite part:)
What a beautiful salad! I love blueberries with greens!
Wow, so pretty!!
What an amazing salad!
hey girl- this salad looks so tasty!
All my favorite things! I’m wondering if adding a few sliced strawberries might make it a red, white & blue salad for the 4th of July?!?
I made it for dinner tonight! The dressing is amazing and the salad is delicious
Looks so amazing!!!! My next salad❤️
Great looking summer salad!
Yay, June! This salad sounds delicious!!
fully loaded indeed, had to comment on the list of ingredients alone, wow, but also the dressing and marinade here looks wonderful and thank you for putting this together!
You are welcome!
I made this over the weekend and have been enjoying it the past few days. This will be a staple in my house this summer. So yummy!
Made this last night and it was fantastic!
This salad turned out great! I wish I had had more time to marinate the chicken, but it all turned out well.
Made this tonight and both my husband and I loved it! Light and delicious for a warm summer night’s dinner.
Yay! So happy you both enjoyed the salad!
Did anyone figure up how many calories per serving?
Oh sweet sweet Heaven! Made this for lunch today ( without the chicken) and it was amazing!!! The creaminess of the feta with the sweet blueberries and the salty almonds. *mouth open drooling* definitely adding this to the summer rotation! Thank you for sharing!!
Yay! So happy you liked the salad!
Sounds great. I am going to try it. But I will probably use silvered almonds. I find whole almonds hard on the teeth. My palate has not accepted the flavor of avocado so I will probably find something to substitute for it.
I bring lunch for 2 co-workers and this salad was a huge hit. I will be making this again and again. It was delicious.
This salad is AMAZING!! It has become our favorite summer salad. 🙂
I made this salad for myself while my husband continues to eat his birthday lasagna (he doesn’t care for blueberries). I love this salad. It’s delicious! I loved the flavor the marinade gave the chicken. Blueberries and lemon are such a great combination. I loved the creamy avocado with the salty almonds and the mildly sweet blueberries and the salty feta. It’s all great!
This salad is unbelievably tasty! Easy to make, too. I’ve had this almost once a week this summer and I’m still in love 🙂 I’m curious though, do you think the dressing will last long if I make a bunch ahead of time? Thanks!
The dressing will keep in the fridge for a week!
Made this last night with fresh greens from the garden. It was a delicious combination and the dressing was just yummy. Thanks!!!
Glad you loved it!
Really, really good. Will definitely make again.
We love love love this salad!
Really excited to try this recipe! How many people does it serve?
Made this for my partner tonight. She loved it. I’m not the greatest cook but followed directions and it tasted phenomenal. She said it was one of the best things I’ve made for her. It was simple and easy to put together.
Fabulous recipe for a gals lunch. Everyone loved it. Can be made ahead