Chicken Apple Arugula Goat Cheese Salad

Ingredients

• 2 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil, plus more for dressing
• 1 large shallot, peeled and sliced
• 1 1/2 lb skinless, boneless chicken breast, cut into 1 inch cubes
• Salt
• 1 tart green apple, thinly sliced and roughly chopped
• Baby arugula leaves – enough for a salad for four
• 1/4 cup toasted walnuts, roughly chopped
• 1/4 cup goat cheese – broken up into little pieces
• Lemon juice
• Salt and pepper

Directions

1. Warm a tablespoon of olive oil in a nonstick frying pan over medium heat. Once it shimmers, add the sliced shallot and cook gently until softened and see-through. Transfer the shallot out of the pan and reserve it.
2. Add another tablespoon of olive oil to the same pan. When it is hot, put in the chicken breast pieces and cook, stirring now and then, until the chicken is just done, 5 to 10 minutes. Season the chicken with salt as it cooks, then take it out of the pan and chill it.
3. After the chicken has cooled, combine the shallots, chicken, sliced green apple, arugula, toasted walnuts and goat cheese in a serving bowl.
4. Finish the salad with olive oil, lemon juice, salt and pepper to taste.