# Green Spring Chicken and Salad

Green Spring Chicken and Salad is a healthy meal perfect for hot weather.

- Cuisine: Greek
- Category: Salad
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- chives
- parsley
- kosher salt
- 1 unit whole chicken
- leeks
- snow peas
- peas
- asparagus
- avocado oil
- arugula
- basil
- feta cheese
- lemon
- black pepper
- pistachios
- olive oil
- greek yogurt
- garlic cloves
- cilantro
- lime

## Instructions

1. Finely chop chives and parsley.
2. Add salt to the chopped herbs.
3. Spatchcock the whole chicken by cutting along both sides of the backbone with kitchen shears and pressing down firmly to flatten it.
4. Rub the herb mixture generously all over the chicken.
5. Slice the leeks.
6. Take out the peas from the snow peas and gather all peas.
7. Break the tough ends off the asparagus and cut it into smaller pieces.
8. Drizzle avocado oil into a pan and sear the leeks until browned.
9. Season the leeks with salt.
10. Add the snow peas, peas, and asparagus to the pan with a drizzle of avocado oil.
11. Once cooked, transfer the roasted vegetables to a baking pan.
12. Transfer the roasted vegetables to a bowl.
13. Slice the seared leeks into smaller pieces and add them to the bowl with the other vegetables.
14. Add arugula and basil to the bowl.
15. Crumble feta cheese over the vegetables.
16. Squeeze fresh lemon juice over the salad.
17. Grind black pepper over the salad.
18. Chop the pistachios.
19. Add the chopped pistachios to the salad.
20. Drizzle olive oil over the herb-rubbed chicken.
21. Place Greek yogurt in a blender.
22. Add mint, basil, and garlic cloves to the blender.
23. Blend until smooth.
24. Add cilantro, lemon juice, salt, and lime zest to the blender.
25. Blend again until smooth to create the green sauce.
26. Pour the green sauce over the chicken.
27. Spread the sauce evenly over the chicken.
28. Roast the chicken until cooked through and golden brown.
29. Cut the chicken into pieces.
30. Serve the chicken with a side of the green spring salad.

## Equipment

- knife
- cutting board
- kitchen shears
- baking pan
- tongs
- bowls
- blender
- grater

## Tips

- Roasting vegetables for a cold crisp salad is a great option for hot weather.
- The green spring chicken should be cooked until its internal temperature reaches 165
hundreds of degrees Fahrenheit

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DIfVX04pBLc/?igsh=MWFnczlkaHZ3bmQwZQ==
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/0925d8d8-3cd3-48c5-b62a-cb87b2551108
- Extracted: 2025-07-13

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