Napa Valley Chicken Salad
- 5 oz Chicken Breast marinated
- Marinade:
- 1 oz California Merlot
- 1 ea lime zest and juice
- 1 tsp cracked black pepper
- 1 tbsp grapeseed oil
- 1 tsp kosher salt
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 3 oz Smoked goat cheese
- 4 oz red seedless grapes
- 2 oz grape tomatoes yellow if available
- 2 oz Bulls blood or baby red radicchio
- 2 oz red leaf lettuce thin ribbon cut
- 2 oz green leaf lettuce thin ribbon cut
- 2 oz baby frissee hand torn
- 4 oz romaine leetuce thin ribbon cut
- corn tortilla chiffonade fried crisp
- wonton chiffonade fried crisp
- Merlot Dressing
- 1 tsp dijon mustard
- 1 ea fresno or red jalapeno stem and seeds removed
- 1 oz soy sauce
- 2 oz fine California merlot
- 2 oz grapeseed oil
- salt and fresh ground pepper to taste
- Mix marinade ingredients and add chicken. Allow to marinate for 4-24 hours. Char-broil until cooked thru then slice, cross grain, into thin strips.
- Mix all dressing ingredients except oil well then drizzle oil slowly while mixing to incorporate, set aside in cooler to bloom.
- Slice grapes in half
- Slice grape tomatoes in half
- Mix greens, grapes, and tomatoes with dressing place in bowl and top with remaining ingredients
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Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/napa-valley-chicken-salad-1206086 (may not work)