These mason jar salads just scream spring and summer. Layered with fresh strawberries, pickled red onion, marinated grilled chicken, mixed greens, chopped pecans and goat cheese crumbles, these salads are flavorful and filled with texture and crunch. Topped with a homemade poppy seed dressing, these strawberry poppy seed mason jar salads taste like something you would order at a cute bistro, but you can control the ingredients yourself.
Course brunch, dinner, lunch, main course
Cuisine American
Keyword mason jar salad, poppy seed, strawberry
Prep Time 20 minutesminutes
Cook Time 10 minutesminutes
Inactive Marinating Time 4 hourshours
Servings 4salads
Calories 380kcal
Author Steph
Equipment
four 32 oz mason jars (optional)
grill pan or outdoor grill
Ingredients
Marinated Chicken
1.5lbschicken breastthinly sliced
1tsplemon pepper
1tsponion powder
1tsporeganodried
1tspgarlic powder
1tspkosher salt
1tbspbalsamic vinegar
Pickled Red Onions
1red onionsmall
1/2cupwater
1/4cupwhite vinegar
1/2tspsalt
2clovesgarlic
Poppy Seed Dressing
1/2cupplain non-fat Greek yogurt
1lemonzested and juiced
1tbspwhite vinegar
1tbsphoney
1/2tspsalt
1tsppoppy seeds
1tspsugar
Salad and Toppings
8ozmixed greens
1ozpecanschopped
1ozgoat cheese
1lbstrawberriesfresh, chopped
Instructions
The Chicken
The night before, or at least 4 hours before prepping, combine the chicken marinade ingredients in a small bowl.
Toss the chicken in the marinade and cover (you can also use a large freezer bag).
Refrigerate for 4 hours (or overnight) before cooking.
Grill the chicken until cooked through (for thin sliced breasts, this should take only 5 minutes per side).
Place the chicken on a cutting board and chop into bite-sized pieces.
Pickled Red Onions
When you prepare the chicken marinade, you can also prepare the picking liquid for the red onions.
Combine the water, vinegar, and salt in a bowl or mason jar.
Microwave the bowl/jar for about 2 minutes to heat through.
Thinly slice the red onion, smash the garlic cloves, and submerge them in the pickling liquid.
Cover the jar and shake it for the contents to combine, if you wish.
Let the bowl/jar sit in the counter until ready for use.
The Dressing
Whisk all ingredients together in a small bowl.
Assembling the Salads
If using mason jars, layer the salads as such: chopped strawberries, pickled red onions, cooked chicken, mixed greens, pecans, goat cheese.
Measurements per salad: 3/4 cup strawberries, 1/4 cup pickled red onions, 3/4 cup cooked chicken, mixed greens to fill the jar, 1/4 oz pecans, 1/4 oz goat cheese.
Leave the dressing on the side. Serving size for dressing: 3 tablespoons per salad.
Notes
WW Points:
5 WW points per salad (green plan) - calculated using Perdue chicken breast and Fage plain non-fat Greek yogurt