I love farro and am collecting farro recipes from everywhere! One of my favorite ways to use make a farro salad. Turn rotisserie chicken into a healthy and delicious grain salad with this Chicken and Sweet Potato Farro Salad.
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Chicken and Sweet Potato Farro Salad
Just call me Queen of the Rotisserie Chicken Salad Bowls. Well, maybe that might be pushing it a little. Last week, I made Cucumbers, Sweet Peppers and Chicken Salad and this week I am back with this Chicken Sweet Potato Farro Salad. I am loving turning a rotisserie chicken into healthy, delicious salads! Even if you don’t want to buy a rotisserie chicken, you can easily roast your own chicken, and shred the meat for using in a salad. But since my store has them on sale on the days I go grocery shopping it is just a no brainer for me.
The inspiration for this salad came from the Earth Fare ad. They had organic pears on sale. Pears sounded perfect for a rotisserie chicken salad bowl. I thought about what would pair with pears and add some color and settled on sweet potatoes. At first I was going to serve this over salad greens, which would have been fine. But it seemed like such an earthy salad with the sweet potatoes and pears, that instead I used one of my favorite grains – farro. You could easily substitute your grain of choice or even quinoa or couscous. A little extra crunch is provided by the toasted almonds and minced chives add a little bite and a little bit of color.
For the dressing, I wanted something with a little sweetness and a little bite. I remembered a dressing from Donna Hay from her Ginger Grilled Beef and Sweet Potato Salad (warning that post is from 2008, I’m sure at that time I thought that was an awesome photo. Sad. Very sad.) It was perfect. A little sweet with a little bit of heat. My favorite chili sauce to use is Mae Ploy Sweet Chili Sauce.
Queen of the Rotisserie Chicken Salad Bowls, I like the sound of that.
Chicken and Sweet Potato Farro Salad
Ingredients
- shredded chicken breast meat from a rotisserie chicken
- 1 large sweet potato , peeled and diced (1/2 inch dice)
- 1 pear , diced
- 3 cups cooked farro (or your grain of choice)
- 2 tablespoons sliced almonds , toasted
- 2 tablespoons diced chives
Sweet Chile Sauce Dressing
- 1/2 cup sweet chile sauce
- 2 teaspoons grated ginger
- 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375. Place the diced sweet potatoes on a baking sheet a drizzle with a little olive oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Toss to coat and roast for about 25-30 minutes.
- While potatoes are roasting, combine the ingredients for the dressing in a small jar with a lid.
- When potatoes are done, remove them from the oven.
- Divide the cooked grains evenly between the bowls. Divide the chicken, pears and sweet potatoes even between the bowls. Drizzle with the dressing (you'll have some left over). Sprinkle the almonds over the top and garnish with the chopped chives.
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This week I am linking up with: Amaze Me Monday | Lou Lou Girls | The Hearth and Soul | The SITS Girls | Full Plate Thursday | Foodie Friday | Country Cook Weekend Potluck
Carole from Carole's Chatter says
May 4, 2017 at 3:49 pmHi Pam, hope you bring this over to Food on Friday: Rice & Grains. Cheers from Carole’s Chatter
Tina Culbertson says
May 2, 2017 at 12:43 pmGreat combo, I wouldn’t have thought of mixing pears and sweet potatoes but it sounds very good. A healthy bowl meal, that’s for me.
grace says
May 2, 2017 at 8:20 ami’m pretty hooked on farro right now and i’m loving every single component of this lovely salad bowl!
Ann says
May 2, 2017 at 4:25 amThat looks like just the thing for an easy Friday night dinner. Or Saturday lunch.
ARTantana says
May 1, 2017 at 8:28 amWould Love to try this out. Thanks for sharing. Have a great week ahead!
Shantana
Bethany @ athletic avocado says
November 30, 2016 at 5:46 pmThis is salad bowl perfection right here! The combo of the farro, roasted chicken, sweet potatoes and pears sounds like it would rock my world!
Miz Helen says
May 10, 2016 at 2:29 pmYour Salad looks delicious, I love this combination! Thanks so much for sharing them with us at Full Plate Thursday and come back soon!
Miz Helen
April J Harris says
May 9, 2016 at 10:32 amYour salad looks lovely, Pam. I love farro too, it’s got such a great flavour and texture. Love the dressing too! Thank you for sharing with us at the Hearth and Soul Hop.
shadi says
May 8, 2016 at 11:45 amsuch a healthy and delicious dish! I love bowls like this, make life easier 😀
Dee says
May 8, 2016 at 3:03 amThese look so good. Honestly, rotisserie chicken is a life saver! Thanks for sharing at merry Monday. 🙂
Dini @ The Flavor Bender says
May 7, 2016 at 4:31 pmI love this salad Pam!! Everything in it is just so yummy!! I love leftover recipes and it’s a great way to use up the chicken, but the added farro and the sweet potatoes AND the pears?? SO GOOD!
Joy @ Joy Love Food says
May 7, 2016 at 4:12 pmYum, I love farro, this sounds like a wonderful preparation! Thanks for sharing at What’d You Do This Weekend?!
Christine | Mid-Life Croissant says
May 5, 2016 at 1:40 pmLove farro and the pear makes it so unique. This is such a great to use leftover roasted chicken. And that chili sauce dressing sounds so great. I’m currently obsessed with fish sauce so I may have to play around with that, too. YUM, Pam.
Michelle @ Giraffes Can Bake says
May 4, 2016 at 9:34 amThis looks so yummy, I’m loving the flavours with sweet potato and pear – it sounds perfect.
You can definitely be queen of the rotisserie chicken salad with this!!!
Pinning!
Meghan | Fox and Briar says
May 3, 2016 at 8:10 pmYes, I love everything about this! Such a great trick relying on rotisserie chickens. I’m a recent convert to farro, so good. And that dressing sounds amazing! Pinning!
Tracy says
May 2, 2016 at 8:48 pmThis salad looks amazing! LOVE the combo of sweet potato and farro
Julie at Hostess At Heart says
May 2, 2016 at 1:48 pmI just love farro and am very happy to have another recipe to use it! What a beautiful salad!
Heather Kinnaird says
May 2, 2016 at 10:16 amfarro is a new favorite in our house, so I am all over this salad! what a healthy and delicious way to make over a store bought chicken
Ellen Pilch says
May 2, 2016 at 9:55 amYou always make me so hungry 🙂
Kristen Chidsey says
May 2, 2016 at 8:20 amI love using leftover chicken in salads for lunch, and your spin sounds heavenly–especially with that dressing!!
Ann says
May 2, 2016 at 3:56 amGee that looks tasty!