Chicken Salad with Goat Cheese

Ingredients

• 4 whole chicken breasts halved, boned with skins
• 6 cups fresh mixed salad greens
• 1/2 small red onion thinly sliced
• 1 small carrot cut in strips
• 1 yellow bell pepper cut in strips
• 5 ounces goat cheese cut in 4 pieces
• 4 small rosemary sprigs (or basil leaves)
• 1/4 cup pine nuts toasted
• 1/3 cup olive oil
• 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar or red wine vinegar
• 1 clove Garlic minced

Instructions

1. Preheat oven broiler. Prepare vinaigrette. In a large bowl combine salad greens, onion, carrot and bell pepper; chill. Push a piece of goat cheese and sprig of rosemary between the skin and meat of each chicken breast. Smooth the skin over the meat. Brush with olive oil; season with salt and pepper.
2. Place chicken on broiler pan, skin side up. Broil 7 or 8 minutes per side or until breast meat is no longer pink. Toss salad with dressing; divide among 4 small plates. Place each chicken breast on a cutting board; cut into slices. Arrange on a bed of salad. Garnish with pine nuts. Serve at once.