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    You are here: Home » Dietary Restrictions » Gluten Free » Kale Chicken Salad with Apples and Warm Potatoes

    Kale Chicken Salad with Apples and Warm Potatoes

    October 5, 2017 By Danielle Esposti 15 Comments

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    A plate of kale chicken salad with apples, quinoa, and maple vinaigrette.

    This Kale Chicken Salad with Apples and Potatoes is the quintessential fall harvest recipe. It’s made with super crispy freshly picked apples, farm fresh kale, grilled apple cider chicken, and warm potatoes, then dressed with a sweet and tart maple cider vinaigrette. It’s cooked entirely on the grill, making for an fast and nutritious weeknight autumn dinner.

    This kale chicken salad is the quintessential recipe for a fall harvest salad. It's made with super crispy apples, kale, grilled apple cider chicken, and warm potatoes, then dressed with a sweet and tart maple cider vinaigrette. It's an easy, fast, and deeply nutritious weeknight autumn dinner. #wholefood #realfood #healthy #glutenfree #fall #salad
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    Weekend before last we went apple picking at Catoctin Mountain Orchards and came home with 30+ pounds of jonagolds, galas and crimson crisps. The galas will fuel Cass’s apple-a-day habit for quite some time, and the jonagolds will make an appearance in a baked good or ten over the next few weeks (they’re a superior baking apple).

    But those crimson crisps? Those babies are special. As the name might indicate, they’re super crisp with a rich flavor that perfectly balances sweet and tart. Excellent salad apples.

    This kale chicken salad is the quintessential recipe for a fall harvest salad. It's made with super crispy apples, kale, grilled apple cider chicken, and warm potatoes, then dressed with a sweet and tart maple cider vinaigrette. It's an easy, fast, and deeply nutritious weeknight autumn dinner. #wholefood #realfood #healthy #glutenfree #fall #salad

    I picked up a gigantic bag of kale at the farm store for like $2. Ridiculous. And I had been working on this recipe for apple cider chicken for a few days. So naturally a kale chicken salad with crispy apples was necessary ASAP.

    Pin it now! Click here to pin this recipe for Kale Chicken Salad to your recipes board on Pinterest. 

    Kale Chicken Salad Recipe Notes

    This recipe for kale chicken salad comes together quickly and all of the cooking is done entirely on the grill, which means I don’t have to clean any pans. That’s my kind of weeknight cooking.

    This kale chicken salad is the quintessential recipe for a fall harvest salad. It's made with super crispy apples, kale, grilled apple cider chicken, and warm potatoes, then dressed with a sweet and tart maple cider vinaigrette. It's an easy, fast, and deeply nutritious weeknight autumn dinner. #wholefood #realfood #healthy #glutenfree #fall #salad

    While the grill is heating up for the chicken, chop up a few potatoes (about ½ lb) and toss them with some olive or avocado oil and a healthy pinch of salt and pepper. I used half purple potatoes and half sweet potatoes because they’re pretty and it’s what I had in my pantry. Use whatever strikes your fancy, but keep the skins on and dice the pieces on the smaller side so they grill up quickly (about 1″).

    Spread the potatoes over a grilling tray. I love this type of grilling tray – the grates are small (vegetables won’t fall through) and the handles making placing and picking up (with mitts) super duper easy.

    This kale chicken salad is the quintessential recipe for a fall harvest salad. It's made with super crispy apples, kale, grilled apple cider chicken, and warm potatoes, then dressed with a sweet and tart maple cider vinaigrette. It's an easy, fast, and deeply nutritious weeknight autumn dinner. #wholefood #realfood #healthy #glutenfree #fall #salad

    While the chicken and potatoes are resting, it’s just a matter of chopping up the kale and pecans, crumbling the blue cheese, and preparing the apples. I always julienne apples for salad because the texture is amazing and again, pretty. I have a Swissmar Julienne Peeler that I’m obsessed with and I know I talk about it all the freaking time but it’s the most versatile little kitchen tool and you should totally have one.

    This kale chicken salad is the quintessential recipe for a fall harvest salad. It's made with super crispy apples, kale, grilled apple cider chicken, and warm potatoes, then dressed with a sweet and tart maple cider vinaigrette. It's an easy, fast, and deeply nutritious weeknight autumn dinner. #wholefood #realfood #healthy #glutenfree #fall #salad

    Anyway, where were we? Ah yes, dressing. Maple vinaigrette kids. This is where the magic happens, and it elevates this kale chicken salad from pretty freaking great to awesome AF. I modified my go-to recipe very slightly and added a splash of straight up apple cider and it was perfect.

    I tossed in a cup of cooked quinoa simply because I had it in the fridge already. Keep or omit, it’s totally up to you.

    This apple cider chicken is THE BEST chicken I've ever made. Life. Changing. Chicken. The marinade is quick and easy, and the brined chicken grills up in 10 minutes to charred, juicy, sweet + savory perfection. This is a family friendly weeknight recipe that everyone will love!Apple Cider Brined Chicken Breast

    My recipe for apple cider chicken is the only way to top this autumn kale salad. It’s the best freaking chicken you’ll ever eat. Pinky promise.

    An overhead view of two grey plates with kale chicken salad, with a small pitcher of maple cider vinaigrette on the side.

    Did you make this Kale Chicken Salad? I’d love to know how it turned out! Leave a comment and a rating below.

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    This kale chicken salad is the quintessential recipe for a fall harvest salad. It's made with super crispy apples, kale, grilled apple cider chicken, and warm potatoes, then dressed with a sweet and tart maple cider vinaigrette. It's an easy, fast, and deeply nutritious weeknight autumn dinner. #wholefood #realfood #healthy #glutenfree #fall #salad

    Kale Chicken Salad with Apples and Maple Cider Vinaigrette

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    This kale chicken salad with maple cider vinaigrette is an easy, fast, and deeply nutritious weeknight gluten free dinner. It’s made with super crispy freshly picked apples, farm fresh kale, grilled apple cider chicken, and warm potatoes, then dressed with an addictive sweet and tart vinaigrette.
    Prep Time: 20 mins
    Cook Time: 15 mins
    Total Time: 35 mins
    Servings : 4
    Calories: 599

    Recommended Equipment

    • Grill Tray
    • Small Lidded Jar

    Ingredients

    Kale Chicken Salad

    • 12 oz potatoes, diced to 1″
    • 1 tbsp olive or avocado oil
    • ½ tsp kosher salt
    • ½ tsp cracked black pepper
    • 4 c. kale, coarsely chopped
    • 1 c. cooked quinoa, (optional)
    • 1 crispy apple, julienned
    • ⅓ c. chopped pecans
    • 2 oz. blue cheese, crumbled

    Maple Cider Vinaigrette

    • 1 tbsp pure maple syrup
    • 1 tbsp apple cider
    • 2 tbsp apple cider vinegar
    • ½ c. unfiltered extra virgin olive oil
    • ½ tsp sea salt
    • ½ tsp fresh cracked pepper

    Instructions

    • See Notes for a link to my recipe for Apple Cider Brined Chicken. 
    • Heat a grill to high heat. Dice the potatoes and toss with the oil, salt and pepper. Spread the potatoes onto a grill tray in a single layer and place the tray onto the grill. Grill the chicken (per linked instructions) alongside the potatoes. Stir the potatoes occasionally and grill until crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, about 15 minutes – they’re finished when you can easily pierce the flesh with the tip of a knife. Remove the potatoes and chicken from heat and set aside. (Note – the chicken will finish faster than the potatoes, about 10 minutes.)
    • While the chicken is resting, prepare the salad base and maple vinaigrette. For the salad base, chop the kale and toss with the cooked quinoa. Julienne the apple, chop the pecans, and crumble the blue cheese, then add to the kale-quinoa base along with the grilled potatoes.
    • In a small lidded jar, combine the maple syrup, apple cider, apple cider vinegar, olive oil, salt and pepper. Shake vigorously to combine. Pour half the vinaigrette over the salad and toss to combine. 
    • Dive the kale salad between four plates. Slice the chicken against the grain, and top each salad with ¼ of the chicken breast. Dress with additional vinaigrette if desired. Serve immediately. 

    Notes

    You’ll want to start with this recipe for apple cider brined chicken. The marinade is easy and fast, and can be prepared the evening prior. 
    Omit the cooked quinoa and blue cheese for a paleo version. 
    Noted calories exclude the grilled chicken. Calories for the grilled chicken are an additional 187 per serving. 

    Nutrition Information

    Calories: 599kcal (30%)
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    Filed Under: 45 Minutes or Less, Fall Recipes, Gluten Free, Main Dishes, Salads Tagged With: apple, apple cider, chicken, kale, maple syrup, maple vinaigrette

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    1. Christine

      February 12, 2020 at 2:33 pm

      Nice combination of ingredients. I tossed together all the ingredients for the salad at once and then poured over the salad and tossed again. Also, I used 1″ diced sweet potatoes, baked and then broiled.

      Reply

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