Chicken Greek-a-Tikka Salad with Parsley-Feta Pesto

Health score
40%
Chicken Greek-a-Tikka Salad with Parsley-Feta Pesto
32 min.
4
1094kcal

Suggestions

Ingredients

  • ribs celery chopped
  • pounds meat chicken white cubed
  • 0.5  cucumber seedless chopped
  • 0.5 cup feta crumbles 
  • cup flat-leaf parsley leaves 
  • clove garlic 
  • tablespoon grill seasoning (recommended: McCormick Montreal Seasoning)
  • teaspoon ground coriander 
  • teaspoon ground cumin 
  •  juice of lemon juiced
  • 0.5 cup kalamata olives pitted
  • 0.3 cup olive oil extra-virgin
  • servings olive oil extra-virgin for drizzling
  • teaspoon oregano dried
  • teaspoon coarse pepper black
  •  pepperoncini peppers hot chopped
  •  pitas 
  • cup yogurt plain
  • 0.5  onion red chopped
  •  heart romaine lettuce chopped
  • servings salt and pepper 
  •  vine tomatoes ripe chopped
  • tablespoons walnuts chopped

Equipment

  • food processor
  • bowl
  • oven
  • grill
  • aluminum foil
  • toaster
  • grill pan
  • metal skewers

Directions

  1. Special equipment: metal skewers
  2. Preheat a grill pan to high heat.
  3. Heat a toaster oven or oven to 250 degrees F.
  4. Wrap breads in foil and place in oven to warm.
  5. Combine yogurt and next 4 ingredients. Coat chicken in mixture then thread meat onto metal skewers.
  6. Brush grill pan with oil and grill meat 5 to 6 minutes on each side.
  7. Combine chopped lettuce, chopped veggies, olives and hot peppers on a large platter or in a serving bowl. Dress the salad very lightly in lemon juice and extra-virgin olive oil and salt and pepper.
  8. Place all ingredients for pesto in the food processor except extra-virgin olive oil. Turn processor on and stream in extra-virgin olive oil.
  9. Remove bread from oven and cut into wedges.
  10. Place grilled meat on salad and top liberally with pesto.
  11. Place cut flat breads or pita wedges around the platter or serving bowl and serve.

Nutrition Facts

Calories1094kcal
Protein20.26%
Fat62.67%
Carbs17.07%

Properties

Glycemic Index
91
Glycemic Load
31.24
Inflammation Score
-10
Nutrition Score
40.9765221036%

Flavonoids

Cyanidin
0.2mg
Eriodictyol
0.37mg
Hesperetin
1.09mg
Naringenin
0.52mg
Apigenin
33.2mg
Luteolin
0.61mg
Isorhamnetin
0.69mg
Kaempferol
0.49mg
Myricetin
2.32mg
Quercetin
3.52mg

Nutrients percent of daily need

Calories:1094.1kcal
54.7%
Fat:76.59g
117.83%
Saturated Fat:18.39g
114.91%
Carbohydrates:46.94g
15.65%
Net Carbohydrates:41.11g
14.95%
Sugar:7.14g
7.93%
Cholesterol:194.75mg
64.92%
Sodium:1199.58mg
52.16%
Alcohol:0g
100%
Alcohol %:0%
100%
Protein:55.72g
111.45%
Vitamin K:307.33µg
292.7%
Vitamin B3:18mg
90.01%
Vitamin A:3180.47IU
63.61%
Vitamin C:51.5mg
62.43%
Phosphorus:595.79mg
59.58%
Vitamin B6:1.17mg
58.37%
Selenium:38.12µg
54.45%
Manganese:0.97mg
48.59%
Vitamin E:6.2mg
41.31%
Vitamin B2:0.67mg
39.23%
Zinc:5.15mg
34.32%
Calcium:338.77mg
33.88%
Iron:5.88mg
32.66%
Potassium:1126.42mg
32.18%
Vitamin B5:3.13mg
31.31%
Magnesium:120.45mg
30.11%
Vitamin B1:0.45mg
29.91%
Folate:111.35µg
27.84%
Copper:0.49mg
24.62%
Fiber:5.83g
23.34%
Vitamin B12:1.25µg
20.78%
Vitamin D:0.59µg
3.93%