Smoked Chicken caprese and avacado salad

Smoky chicken, delicious basil pesto, mixed greens balsalmic dressing. Healthy salad you will want every week.

Great

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Step 1

Prepare the greens. Slice cherry tomatoes in half. Thinly slice onion. Wait to cut avacado until right before serving. To keep them from turning brown.

Step 2

Make pesto Add basil to a tall container that you can burr mix inside of without making a mess or use a traditional blender. Add .25 cups of olive oil, fresh parm, 2 cloves of garlic, and the pine nuts. Burr mix all of the ingredients until smooth adding more olive oil if needed add salt and pepper to taste.

Step 3

Smash chicken thin. Lay out plastic wrap or large ziplock bag add oil add chicken and pound the chicken until it is the same thickness all the way through. Roughly 1/2 inch. This makes the chicken cook evenly and makes it very juicy and tender.

Step 4

Make the balsamic dressing Add the balsamic vinegar, .25 cups olive oil, minced garlic clove, and honey. Stir to combine.

Step 5

Marinate the chicken with a couple table spoons of the dressing for 30 minutes. Season chicken with garlic powder, salt, pepper, onion powder.

Step 6

Preheat smoker to 300 degrees smoke the chicken and baste tje chicken with balsamic honey mix every 5 minutes until internal temperature reaches 165 farenheit. Pull chicken out to rest for 5 minutes.

Step 7

Cut avacado and scoop out.

Step 8

Assemble salad. Drizzel with pesto, balsamic dressing, and freshly grated parmesan cheese. Enjoy!