Chicken And Roasted Asparagus Salad

Total Time: 33 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 23 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 lb asparagus
• 3 oranges
• 4 tablespoons olive oil (using 1t/2t/1t in recipe)
• 1 tablespoon minced chives
• salt and pepper (for asparagus, dressing and chicken, see recipe directions for amounts needed for each)
• 4 (5 ounce) boneless skinless chicken breasts
• 4 cups mixed salad greens

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 500 degrees.
• 2 cut asparagus diagonally into 2 inches pieces, toss with 1 tbs. of the oil, 1/4 teaspoons salt, and 1/4 teaspoons ground black pepper in a roasting pan.
• 3 bake until lightly browned, 8 to 10 minutes, turning once.
• 4 peel and segment 2 of the oranges; set aside.
• 5 juice the remaining orange and whisk together juice, 2 tbs. of the oil, 1/4 teaspoons salt and 1/8 teaspoons ground black pepper; stir in chives.
• 6 sprinkle chicken with 1/2 teaspoons salt and 1/4 teaspoons ground black pepper, or to taste.
• 7 cook in the remaining 1 tbs. oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat until browned on both sides, 5 minutes.
• 8 reduce heat to low, cover skillet, and cook chciken until cooked through, 8 to 10 minutes.
• 9 combine asparagus, greens, and orange segments and toss with half the orange juice mixture.
• 10 divide among 4 servings plates, top with sliced chicken breasts, and drizzle with remaining orange juice mixture.