Grilled Chicken, Peach, and Arugula Salad

First off, this salad is DELICIOUS. Honestly one of the best I've had in quite a while. The flavors go so well together - the peppery arugula, the sweet and tangy peaches and the grilled chicken. Yum. The directions are a little confusing. In Step 2 you are making the dressing for the salad. Set this aside. You then take the remaining (plain) oil and use that to brush on the cut peaches and chicken before grilling. That said, this really doesn't give much flavor to the chicken. My recommendation is to just mix all the oil together into the dressing, then take a couple teaspoons of the dressing and brush THAT onto the peaches and chicken. I mean, you're mixing up dressing anyway, why not give the chicken a kick? This makes 6 very small servings, especially once you toss the arugula with the dressing as it shrinks down some. In my opinion 4 chicken breasts is a lot for 8 cups of arugula. Here are the proportions I recommend for 2 entree size portions: keep all the ingredients the same, except use 2 (4oz) chicken breasts. Given the adjustments I had to make, this is still a 5 star recipe, not only for it's ease, but for the impressive payoff! Thank you Trisha for sharing your recipe!

So I didn't make this as a salad. I was looking for a quick chicken dish that was yummy... I doubled the dressing, chopped the peach up and put it in the dressing. Poured the dressing over chicken tenders in a 9x13 pan. Baked the chicken till done - about 30 minutes at 375. It was amazing. Served with rice and broccoli. Quick, easy, yummy dinner.

this was really great and really easy. we added fresh goat cheese and crumbled walnuts which just added that little something extra!

Delicious! This is a new summer favorite. The whole family likes it. Thanks for a great recipe!

Husband and I liked it! My two daughters not so much but still ate it though.. We don't like arugula so we used spinach instead and sprinkled toasted walnuts righ before serving.

I took the advice of others and brushed the dressing on the peaches and chicken before grilling. We served it with some focaccia bread. Excellent, super easy meal. I used nectarines instead of peaches, which took a little knife work to cut around the seed in order to separate the halves.

I made this and it was delicious! My husband who doesn’t always care for salads as a dinner had 2 helpings! I did not grill my peaches, added candied pecans, blue cheese, avocado, and cucumbers. It was so dang good. If you haven’t tried it, you must!?

This is the perfect weekday summer dinner! I brushed the dressing on the peach halves and chicken before tossing the rest with the arugula. I also topped the salad with some goat cheese and crushed pecans. Stellar recipe!

This was great! Thanks for sharing it.

Very tasty. Have made this before. A very refreshing summer meal!

Using our home grown arugula made it special, however, store bought is ok too.

I was worried it would be bland but everyone loved it and it was so quick. I put the marinade on the peaches and also the tomatoes and mushrooms and squash I grilled

Great recipe. In the dressing I used a white apricot balsamic and it was great. Also added cherry tomatoes, goat cheese and toasted pecans. It was a big hit.

So good! I had peaches that were ‘Just a bit’ overripe and this was AMAZING! Simple, healthy, easy, delicious.

I added hard boiled eggs, and shared with friends, excellent!

Great salad. I added some walnuts and feta but the flavors just pull together great. I really loved the contrast of sweet grilled peaches and the tangy zip of basalmic and pepper.

Drizzled balsamic glaze on the chicken and peaches after the saladwas assembled

Will add less salt to dressing next time, otherwise fantastic!

Loved this recipe, just as written! The only (slight) change for me was that I sauteed the peaches instead of grilled them. My husband loved it and anything that can get him to eat arugula is a winner in my book!

Drizzled balsamic glaze on the chicken and peaches after the saladwas assembled

Concur with others who used the dressing on both the peaches and the chicken. Also added walnuts which helped add some crunch and texture to the bed of greens. Served with a baguette, some sautéed "fairy" eggplant pieces and a nice pink wine. Such a nice summer treat!

Great recipe. I made this as a light dinner for guests. I too just brushed the dressing on the peaches - worked well. I substituted pork tenderloin for the chicken as that's what I had on hand. I did double the amount of shallots but minced them fine as my family loves shallots, garlic etc I will make again.

I used just the dressing portion of this recipe to make a tasty salad dressing. I used red onion instead of shallots, and tossed the dressing with butter lettuce. Then I topped the salad with fresh peach slices and chopped pecans. Yummy!

Peaches and chicken were great. I would have preferred a sweet dressing for the arugula. The dressing was good, but not for this application imho.

I did what some others suggested and brushed both peaches and chicken with the sauce. Wonderful flavor! A keeper!

Added a bit more balsamic vinegar to the dressing and salt and pepper to the chicken. This is a simple and delicious summer salad.

Simple and excellent

Delicious! The dressing is sooo good! A nice summer meal. I cut the chicken breasts into large strips to bbq and they cooked a little quicker and were very moist. Served with corn on the cob - perfect!

This recipe was simple to make. I cheated and used grilled chicken nuggets :) I did grill the peaches to a nice char... the dressing was delicious too. I will be using the dressing for other salads all summer :) Thanks !!!