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Sesame Chicken Butternut Barley Salad. A simple baked main meal or side dish bursting with flavour, colour and goodness! Freezes well | berrysweetlife.com
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Sesame Chicken Butternut Barley Salad
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
30 mins
Total Time
50 mins
 

Baked chicken and butternut is added to a delightful barley herb salad topped with a balsamic, lemon and honey dressing. SO good. 

Course: Salad
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Barley Salad, Butternut, Chicken, Lunch
Servings: 4
Calories: 587 kcal
Author: Berry Sweet Life
Ingredients
  • FOR THE SALAD:
  • 1/3 tsp salt dissolved in 1 1/2 tbsp warm water
  • Drizzle olive oil
  • Salt and ground black pepper
  • 2 chicken breasts skinless and deboned
  • 1/2 butternut squash sliced into small cubes
  • 1 cup pearl barley cooked
  • 1/2 cup feta cheese crumbled
  • Few sprigs fresh parsley chopped
  • Few sprigs fresh dill chopped
  • FOR THE DRESSING:
  • 6 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
  • 1 tsp lemon juice
  • 2 tsp sesame seeds
  • 1 tsp paprika
  • 2 tsp honey
  • Salt and ground black pepper to taste
Instructions
  1. TO MAKE THE SALAD:
  2. Preheat the oven to 185°C.
  3. Place the chicken breasts on a baking sheet and brush with salt water, place the butternut cubes around the chicken, drizzle the butternut with a little olive oil and season with salt and ground black pepper. Bake for 15 minutes.
  4. Take the chicken out of the oven and brush with some of the dressing (see below) on both sides, bake for a further 15 minutes or until the chicken is cooked through and golden. The butternut should be tender now as well.
  5. Remove from the oven and allow to cool.
  6. Pile the cooked barley into a salad bowl. Slice or cube the chicken breasts and gently fold the chicken and butternut into the barley. Top with feta cheese, chopped parsley and chopped dill.
  7. TO MAKE THE DRESSING:
  8. In a small bowl, stir together all the ingredients until well combined. Use some of the dressing to brush the chicken half way through cooking. Pour the rest of the dressing into a small jar to serve alongside the salad.