{"id":7843,"date":"2025-09-26T07:11:57","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T21:11:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dinnertimesomewhere.com\/?p=7843"},"modified":"2025-09-26T07:24:05","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T21:24:05","slug":"grilled-chicken-and-haloumi-salad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dinnertimesomewhere.com\/index.php\/dinner\/salad-dinner\/grilled-chicken-and-haloumi-salad\/","title":{"rendered":"Grilled Chicken and Haloumi Salad with Lemon Dressing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This wonderful Grilled Chicken and Haloumi Salad is surprisingly filling and robust, making for a healthy and flavorsome dinner option. The Salad is finished with an amazing Lemon Dressing that\u2019s made using whole Lemons! It brings a wonderful brightness to the Salad and balances out the spices from the Cajun seasoned Chicken. Adding everyone\u2019s favorite Greek Cheese, Haloumi, adds another wonderful textural element to complete this tasty Salad

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How to make our Grilled Chicken and Haloumi Salad with Lemon Dressing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Like most classic Chicken Salads, this dish is relatively straight forward to make. The dish can be broken down into several components. Preparing the Lemon Dressing, Seasoning and Frying the Chicken, then building the Salad so it\u2019s ready to serve

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In this recipe we\u2019ll share how to simply complete all three of these components so you can enjoy this delicious and healthy Salad. As always, there can be alterations and substitutes you can make when preparing your version of this dish. It\u2019s a very flexible meal that will taste amazing however you prepare it

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Let\u2019s begin by preparing the Chicken<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This dish doesn\u2019t require a long preparation time for any of the components. Unlike other Chicken dishes, we don\u2019t need to set the Chicken away to marinade for hours. In fact, you can prepare the Chicken and apply the dry rub about 10 \u2013 15 minutes before serving

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For the dry rub we\u2019re keeping this very simple by using Cajun Spice. Cajun Spice is a great seasoning you can get from your spice aisle. It\u2019s loaded with flavors of Garlic, Paprika, Onion, and Chili and is a versatile and tasty seasoning for all meats, but especially Chicken!

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We recommend using Chicken Thighs for our Grilled Chicken and Haloumi Salad. They have more flavor and are far less forgiving than Chicken Breasts when it comes to cooking. You can over cook them a bit and they\u2019ll still be nice and tender

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Season the Chicken generously with the Cajun Spice mixture and let them sit for about 10 \u2013 15 minutes. This just helps the Spice to seep into the Chicken, allowing for more flavor once cooked

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Then, simply pan fry the Chicken over a medium high heat until cooked. It\u2019ll take about 8 \u2013 10 minutes depending on the size of your Chicken pieces. Once cooked, set them aside to rest before slicing and adding to the Salad

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While the Chicken is marinating in the Cajun Spice you can prepare the Lemon Dressing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This Lemon Dressing is so unique, as it uses a Whole Lemon, rind and all! The Whole Lemon is chopped into pieces and added to the blender along with Garlic, Parsley, Rice Wine Vinegar, Dijon Mustard, Salt, and Pepper

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Slowly, you drizzle in the Olive Oil as the blender is running until the ingredients start to catch and they turn into a silky-smooth Dressing. You will need a blender for this recipe to achieve the beautiful consistency needed for the dressing

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This amazing Lemon Dressing is so vibrant and packed full of flavor

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The only catch when making this dressing is to try and remove as much of the white \u2018pith\u2019 from the Lemons before they are added to the Blender. The white pith is what gives Lemons their bitterness, which doesn\u2019t taste great in the Dressing. Removing it will leave that beautiful citrussy Lemon flavor

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We love this dressing so much we have dedicated an entire article to it here<\/a>. Well worth a read if you want to learn more about this amazing Salad Dressing

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Bringing the Grilled Chicken and Haloumi Salad together<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The final step in this dish before plating is to cook the Haloumi. I recommend chopping it into bite-sized pieces and then pan frying with a little bit of Olive Oil. I like using Olive Oil as it\u2019s the native Oil used in Greek Cooking. It\u2019ll flavor the Haloumi perfectly (as Haloumi doesn\u2019t usually carry a lot of flavors itself)

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It\u2019ll only take a few minutes in the frying pan to cook, so you can prepare the Haloumi while the Chicken is resting. Once cooked, set the Haloumi aside and slice up your remaining Salad ingredients. We\u2019ve opted for Lettuce, Tomatoes, Red Onion, and some roughly chopped Pistachio Nuts to add some crunchy

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Mix everything through in a Salad bowl along with some of that amazing Whole Lemon Dressing and the dish is done! You can serve the Grilled Chicken and Haloumi Salad family style or plate individual bowls

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