Grilled Teriyaki Chicken Salad

Grilled Teriyaki Chicken Salad ( 6.5 Points)
Yields: 4 Servings

Ingredients

Sweet-and-Sour Dressing (recipe follows)
1 (8 ounce) sliced pineapple drained and juice
reserved
1/4 cup teriyaki baste and glaze sauce
4 skinless boneless chicken breast halves
about 1 pound
1/4 teaspoon seasoned pepper
6 cups bite-size pieces mixed salad greens
4 cups cut-up vegetables Chinese pea pods
sliced mushrooms red bell pepper strips

SWEET-AND-SOUR DRESSING
1/4 cup teriyaki baste and glaze about
reserved pineapple juice
1/4 cup white wine vinegar
2 tablespoon sugar
2 tablespoon vegetable oil
1/4 cup teriyaki baste and glaze

Instructions

Prepare Sweet-and-Sour Dressing. Brush both sides of pineapple withteriyakisauce. Brush both sides of chicken with teriyaki sauce; sprinkle withseasoned pepper.

Heat coals or gas grill. Cover and grill chicken 4 to 6 inches from mediumcoals 15 to 20 minutes, turning occasionally, until juice of chicken is nolonger pink when centers of thickest pieces are cut. Grill pineapple 2 to3minutes, turning once, until heated through. Cut chicken diagonally into1-inch strips.

Divide salad greens among 4 dinner plates. Top with vegetables. Arrangechicken and pineapple on vegetables. Drizzle with dressing.

SWEET-AND-SOUR DRESSING:

Add enough teriyaki sauce to pineapple juice to equal 1/2 cup. Shake juicemixture and remaining ingredients in tightly covered small container.Shakeagain just before serving.

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Per serving: 313 Calories (kcal); 9g Total Fat; (24% calories from fat);32gProtein; 28g Carbohydrate; 68mg Cholesterol; 1482mg Sodium

Food Exchanges: 0 Grain(Starch); 4 Lean Meat; 2 1/2 Vegetable; 1/2 Fruit;11/2 Fat; 1/2 Other Carbohydrates

NOTES : Ground pepper combinations are popular. Seasoned pepper is a blend of black pepper and spices, but you also can use lemon pepper, garlic pepper or freshly ground black pepper.

This recipe would be great, I’m sure, except for the high sodium content. Us folks on HBP meds can’t afford that much sodium in a recipe, even if it’s great. Maybe someone can figure out an alternative that won’t spoil it too much.

use the lite teriyake sauce and it will be less sodium