This fried feta salad with rotisserie chicken is an amazing dinner meal that whips together in 15 minutes. The biggest shortcut is using leftover chicken or just buying a rotisserie chicken from the supermarket. Frying the feta makes the dish so amazingly delicious you’ll forget you’re eating a salad and that it only took you a few minutes to whip it together.
What you need to make Fried Feta and Rotisserie Chicken Salad for Dinner:
Equipment:
- Frying pan
Time:
- 15 minutes
Produce:
- 2 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon lemon zest
- 1 C cherry tomatoes
- 1 sprig of fresh thyme
Dairy:
- 1 (10-12oz) brick of feta
- 1 large egg, beaten
Meat:
- 1 rotisserie chicken
Pantry:
- ¼ C honey
- 3 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
- 1 tablespoon olive oil (honey dressing)
- 4-5 tablespoon olive oil (to fry the feta in)
- ½ C Panko bread crumbs
- 1 teaspoon fresh ground pepper
- ½ teaspoon salt
Start by chopping up the chicken and making the dressing so that when the feta is done you can serve it warm directly over the greens.
Place your greens and cherry tomatoes on your dinner plates along with the chopped chicken and then make your dressing. For the dressing, mix together the honey, fresh ground pepper, lemon juice, fresh thyme, apple cider vinegar, and olive oil.
In a small bowl, beat the egg until smooth. In another small bowl combine the Panko breadcrumbs, salt, and lemon zest. Slice your feta into roughly half-inch bricks and dip each brick into the egg, turn to coat, remove, and allow the excess to drop off. Dredge the feta in the Panko breadcrumbs covering all sides of the cheese.
Heat the olive oil in a medium-size skillet over medium heat. When the oil shimmers placed the breaded feta into the pan and cook for 2 to 3 minutes per side or until golden brown.
Place the warm feta directly over the assembled salad. Drizzle with the honey dressing and enjoy this scrumptious salad!
For another salad combination with Fried feta try the honey dressing and fried feta over spinach with dried apricots, and pickled onions.
More warm salad ideas:
- Warm Chopped Salad with leftover Turkey, Jalapeños, and Blistered Tomatoes
- Winter Salad with Roasted Sweet Potatoes and Toasted Pepitas
- Za’atar Roasted Cauliflower and Chickpeas Salad with Tahini Sauce
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Recipe
Fried Feta and Rotisserie Chicken Salad for Dinner
Equipment
- Frying pan
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon lemon zest
- 1 C cherry tomatoes
- 1 sprig of fresh thyme
- 2 cups arugula
- 1 10-12oz brick of feta
- 1 large egg beaten
- 1 rotisserie chicken
- ¼ C honey
- 3 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
- 1 tablespoon olive oil honey dressing
- 4-5 tablespoon oliver oil to fried the feta in
- ½ C Panko bread crumbs
- 1 teaspoon fresh ground pepper
- ½ teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Start by chopping up the chicken and making the dressing so that when the feta is done you can serve it warm directly over the greens.
Honey Dressing
- Mix together the honey, fresh ground pepper, lemon juice, fresh thyme, apple cider vinegar, and olive oil.
Frie the Feta
- Place your greens and cherry tomatoes on your dinner plates along with the chopped chicken and then make your dressing.
- In a small bowl, beat the egg until smooth. In another small bowl combine the Panko breadcrumbs, salt, and lemon zest.
- Slice your feta into roughly half-inch bricks and dip each brick into the egg, turn to coat, remove, and allow the excess to drop off.
- Dredge the feta in the Panko breadcrumbs covering all sides of the cheese.
- Heat the olive oil in a medium-size skillet over medium heat.
- Placed the breaded feta into the pan and cook for 2 to 3 minutes per side or until golden brown.
Assemble the salad
- Place the warm feta directly over the assembled salad. Drizzle with the honey dressing.
Jean says
Love this idea- I don’t have tomatoes so I tried the apricots pickled onions combination from the notes. Really delicious.