Mango-Blue Cheese Barley Salad

Name: Mango-Blue Cheese Barley Salad
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 4-6 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1 lb chicken breast, cubed; 2 tablespoons hot sauce; 4 tablespoons blue cheese, crumbled, divided; 1/3 cup barley (the regular kind); 1/2 cup pecan pieces, toasted; 1 mango, thinly sliced; 6 cups mesclun; 1/4 cup balsamic vinaigrette

Submitted by Paris D

"We eat this without the greens, but plan to try it with the greens next time we make it."

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Ready In:: 1hr
Ingredients:: 8
Serves:: 4-6

ingredients

1 lb chicken breast, cubed
2 tablespoons hot sauce
4 tablespoons blue cheese, crumbled, divided
¹⁄₃ cup barley (the regular kind)
¹⁄₂ cup pecan pieces, toasted
1 mango, thinly sliced
6 cups mesclun
¹⁄₄ cup balsamic vinaigrette

directions

In a bowl or plastic bag, marinate chicken in the hot sauce for 20 minutes.
Saute chicken until cooked through. Stir in 2 T blue cheese.
Cook barley in 2 cups water (we used homemade chicken broth instead) according to package directions.
Toss warm barley with toasted pecan pieces, mango, and remaining crumbled blue cheese.
Toss with field greens or mesclun. Drizzle with balsamic vinaigrette.

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Paris D

United States

If the comments say My kids loved it! then I will probably think it's bland or otherwise yucky... so I don't make recipes that have a lot of My kids loved it! comments.

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