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Mediterranean Chicken Salad

By Kate Morgan Jackson

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Chicken salad takes on a European flavor in this fresh summer recipe! Mediterranean chicken salad features feta cheese with tomatoes and green beans, spicy capers and aromatic oregano for a light and delicious spin on the classic lunchtime favorite.

Mediterranean Chicken Salad

How many of you out there own the SILVER PALATE COOKBOOK? (Raises hand.) How many of you have a version that is splattered and dog-eared and slightly falling apart because you have used it so much? (Raises hand.)

If you have this book and it doesn’t look like it has been through the wars, well then, you are missing out, because this book (along with its brethren, the SILVER PALATE GOOD TIMES COOKBOOK and SILVER PALATE NEW BASICS) are packed with some of the best, most creative recipes you will find anywhere. Including one of my faves, Mediterranean chicken salad, which I’ve made my own version of about one million times.  

Ready to shake up your summer chicken salad?  Let’s make it!

The original recipe involves poaching a chicken breast to use in the recipe, and includes olives which I wish I loved but I just don’t.  

So my version uses no olives (but lots of capers!) and a grilled chicken breast to get some of that great summer grilling taste in there.

I also added a little feta cheese, but the basic approach of swapping out the classic mayo and and celery for some olive oil and crunchy green beans and merry merry tomatoes is completely based on the Silver Palate version.

Mediterranean Chicken Salad

As with the original recipe, my version involves marinating the chicken in some really good olive oil with oregano for a while, and then simply mixing it up with the rest of the ingredients.  And since we are smack in the middle of fresh green bean and tomato season, you KNOW this is going to taste incredible.

So with so many thanks over the years to the Silver Palate Cookbook…if you don’t already have it, run, don’t walk, to the nearest bookstore. If you do, go get it off your shelf and browse through those classic pages. It’s one in a million.  Do you have a favorite recipe from this cookbook?  Tell me in the comments!

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Mediterranean Chicken Salad

Mediterranean Chicken Salad


  • Author: Kate Morgan Jackson
  • Prep Time: 15 minutes
  • Cook Time: 12 minutes
  • Total Time: 27 minutes
  • Yield: 4 servings 1x
  • Category: Dinner
  • Method: Grill
  • Cuisine: Mediterranean
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Chicken salad takes on a European flavor in this fresh summer recipe! Mediterranean chicken salad features feta cheese with tomatoes and green beans, spicy capers and aromatic oregano for a light and delicious spin on the classic lunchtime favorite.


Ingredients

  • 4 chicken breasts, grilled and torn into bite sized pieces
  • 1/4 cup really good olive oil
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons oregano
  • Juice of one lemon
  • 2 tablespoons drained capers
  • 20 cherry tomatoes, halved
  • 1/2 pound cooked green beans
  • 1/2 cup crumbled feta cheese
  • Salt and freshly ground pepper

Instructions

  1. Combine chicken in large bowl with oil and oregano. Cover and marinate for one hour.
  2. Add remaining ingredients, toss and season to taste with salt and pepper

Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 4
5026.4 g408.6 mg24.6 g6.6 g0 g12.9 g3.2 g58.2 g162.9 mg

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Kate Morgan Jackson

Hi there!  I’m Kate, and I’m a recipe writer, food photographer and devoted bacon lover.  I started Framed Cooks in 2009, and my mission is to create and share family-friendly recipes that make cooking both easy and fun…yes, I said FUN!  My kitchen is my happy place, and I want yours to be that place too.  And if you make this recipe, I would love you to tag @FramedCooks on Instagram so I can see the deliciousness!as seen in logos

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Published on August 9, 2018

Good for: Dinner In A Hurry, Fourth of July, Kate's Favorites, Labor Day

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  1. Sharon Creech says

    September 15, 2009 at 12:11 am

    Thanks for the recipe and for the cookbook rec.!

    Reply
  2. mr coffee says

    September 15, 2009 at 11:43 am

    purchased for .32 on amazon used…
    thanks!

    Reply
  3. Ellie says

    August 10, 2018 at 8:15 am

    Hi Kate,
    My absolute, favorite, go-to recipe for entertaining during the late 80s/ early 90s was Silver Palate’s Chicken Marbella. Do you remember that one? Although, maybe you didn’t make it because it has olives. It also involves prunes which at first I thought was not appetizing but it did add just the right amount of sweetness. I just used to take them out before I served it. Now, off to look for my Silver Palate Cookbook.

    Reply
    • Kate says

      August 10, 2018 at 8:20 am

      Hi Ellie – I DO remember that one because it had such a pretty name, but you are right about the olives. I wonder if I can sub in capers? I’m going to look at my copy too. :)

      Reply
  4. David Schmidt says

    August 10, 2018 at 11:53 am

    The lemon chicken recipe melted many young women’s hearts on a picnic lunch. It should come with a disclaimer.

    Reply
    • Kate says

      August 11, 2018 at 11:01 am

      That’s the second comment on here for that lemon chicken – must try it!

      Reply
  5. Martha in KS says

    August 10, 2018 at 12:38 pm

    I visited the Silver Palate shop in NYC in 1986 – right before they closed. It was about the size of my closet. I too can’t stand olives, or green peppers. Yuck to both!

    Reply
    • Kate says

      August 11, 2018 at 11:01 am

      Oh wow! I would have loved to have seen it. :)

      Reply
  6. Martha in KS says

    August 10, 2018 at 12:40 pm

    My all-time favorite chicken recipe is Lemon Chicken from the Silver Palate cookbook.

    Reply
    • Kate says

      August 11, 2018 at 11:00 am

      I’m going to have to try that one!

      Reply

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