

Chicken, Tomato and Cucumber Salad is a winner, winner chicken dinner that the whole family will like. It’s lightly dressed, refreshing, easy, fast, healthy and veggie-centric. That hits all the marks for a perfect all-year recipe!
Grab some chicken, a tomato or 4 from your late-summer garden, some cucumber, and let’s make a light, bright dinner. You’ll have it on repeat, and once you make it, you won’t need the recipe anymore. That’s how easy and intuitive it is.
How to make Chicken, Cucumber and Tomato Dinner Salad
First, head to the meat department and make a beeline for chicken. You can use breasts, breast fillets, boneless skinless thighs…whatever boneless part you like best.
Toss all the ingredients in your shopping basket. Use tomatoes from your garden, of course, if you have any. If not, I bought some heirlooms here because my vines were no longer producing.
When you get ready to make dinner, assemble all the ingredients (always a good idea, no matter what you are making!).
Heat the skillet and toss that chicken right on in.
It only needs a single turn-over in the pan, for a total cooking time of 8-10 minutes.
Get a little fancy if you like, by making ribbons out of the cukes, or if cucumber chunks are more your style, go ahead and freestyle. I freestyled on the olives…it called for green, but I had Kalamata olives I wanted to use up, so in they went. I’ve said this a zillion times, and I’ll say it again: use what you have and need to use up!
Voila! So easy, so non-stressful, so welcomed by everyone at the table.
Chicken, Tomato and Cucumber Salad is a winner, winner chicken dinner that the whole family will like. It’s lightly dressed, refreshing, easy, fast, healthy and veggie-centric. That hits all the marks for a perfect all-year recipe!
Ingredients
- 5 tablespoons olive oil, divided
- 1-1 1/4 pounds boneless skinless chicken breast tenders (or I used thin-sliced breast fillets)
- 1/4 teaspoon salt, plus more to taste
- 1/4 teaspoon ground pepper, plus more to taste
- 1/4 cup cider vinegar or white-wine vinegar
- 1 tablespoon snipped fresh thyme
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1 medium cucumber, cut in thin ribbons
- 2 tomatoes, sliced
- 1/2 cup pitted green olives, halved and/or sliced (I used Kalamata olives)
- 4 ounces feta cheese (optional)
Directions
- Cook the chicken: Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Lightly sprinkle chicken with salt and pepper to taste. Add the chicken to the pan and cook, turning once, until no pink remains, 8-10 minutes. Remove from pan onto a cutting board.
- Make the dressing: In a screw-top jar, combine the remaining 4 tablespoons oil, vinegar, thyme, sugar and 1/4 teaspoon each salt and pepper; shake to combine.
- Assemble the salads: On 4 dinner plates or wide shallow bowls, arrange chicken, cucumber ribbons, sliced tomatoes, olives, and feta (if using). Drizzle the vinaigrette over the salads.
- Serves 4.
Notes
Note: Always cook chicken or turkey to a safe internal temperature of at least 165°F. Always use a meat thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the chicken or turkey to determine the temperature. Do not rely solely on suggested cooking times. Cooking appliances vary in temperature and cooking times are a guide only.
Recipe source: Foster Farms website
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I can’t wait to try this salad! I love the fresh flavors and colors! 🙂
I love meals like this – so fresh and it makes everyone in the family happy!
This is such a fresh and beautiful salad!
Oh, wow! That is so cool! I would love to give it a try!
That’s pretty cool technology. I love the freshness of the meal you’ve put together.
This sounds SO fresh and yummy! Love that you added chicken to make it more substantial!
This is such a gread idea for a weeknigh dinner ! Love it!
I love those veggies and how crispy your chicken looks!
This is my kind of meal. Protein, fresh, and full of flavor!
I am all about easy + delicious dinners!
This salad looks super easy and full of ingredients my family loves. Looking forward to trying soon.
That’s my kind of salad, yum, and thanks for the info about DORI!
This looks like a salad I could totally dig into!
Paula,
I hope you make it!
I love the Greek vibe – this looks so delicious!
Allison.
Yep, you throw in ‘maters, cukes, kalamatas and feta and you have hints of serious Greek going on!