System D, or “fly by the seat of your pants cooking” is responsible for this luscious and healthy chicken salad made fresh with the best of summer fruits. Salad of Frissée with Spatchcocked Chicken, Peaches, Avocado, and Blueberries .
System D Salad of Frissée with Spatchcocked Chicken, Peaches, Avocado, and Blueberries
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Ingredients
- 2 pound free-range organic chicken, spatchcocked
- to taste barbecue chicken spice
- 1 head green leaf lettuce, such as frisee
- 2 avocados, peeled, sliced ¼ inch thick
- 1 pint locally grown blueberries, washed
- 4 peaches, washed, pitted, cut into wedges
- to taste dressing of your choice, (i loved the empty jar mustard vinaigrette!)
Directions
Spatchcock the chicken; lay it out flat. Season both sides liberally with barbecue spice, and place breast up in a pan with a wire rack. The key here is air circulation. Place it into a 350°F oven and roast the chicken until the juices run clear from the thigh bones, about 30 to 35 minutes. Remove the chicken from the oven, tent with aluminum foil to allow the chicken to rest.
Remove the wing and drummettes from the chicken, reserve for garnish. Using a fork, gently scrape all bits of meat from the chicken bones, keeping them in a neat little pile. Be sure to save the skin, cut it up into little strips to mix in with the chicken meat.
Cut up the green leaf or frisee lettuce, wash in cold water; spin dry. Toss with either olive oil and red wine vinegar, or your favorite vinaigrette.
Arrange the shredded chicken in middle, avocado slices to the left, peach slices to the right, and the blueberries to fill in the spaces. Finally, cap off your masterpiece of System D work with the chicken drummettes as a garnish.
Present your masterpiece to the guests, and revel in their enjoyment. Remember, while there may not have been anything in the fridge to start, we managed to pull off a great dish, System D Style!
Why did I never think of chilling the dough before shaping the logs? Oh, and the ‘bling’ was a sheer stroke of genius!
Since I was giving the cookies to a friend who just had a baby girl I went ahead and color coordinated the sugar for the occasion! Pink, Purple & White!
So simple and so pretty! Thanks! 🙂
These buttery sugar cookies would suit me just fine!
Ha Ha Ha you sound like my husband: “Oh, thanks so cute…but you know how we feel about cute, don’t you (grrrrr)!” These do look perfect and I love the salty touch and the sugar grains on the outside. Will make these for the husband.
I’m starting to get an inferiority complex from my Sup visits.
Greg — these are picture perfect, gorgeous cookies. I like how they glisten on the sides with that turbinado sugar. I’m a cookie monster and will be trying these out asap.
Saw your photo on TasteSpotting. Nice work! I think your Sugar Cookies may be related to my Gingersnaps…
i love the crunchy edges. that sugar on the sides just makes it perfect. i need that texture. and yes, you need to bake more, would love to see more of your creations.
these cookies are great! I love the simplicity of this recipe. Sweet yet right to the point!
I’ve never been able to get my slice and bake cookies to keep their circular shape! What’s your secret??!
Start with very cold dough. Use a good knife, slice– don’t saw or press straight down… and wipe the blade between slices. Then tweak them back to shape after slicing. GREG
great cookies I am like you and don’t bake much ever
these would be great with a cup of tea
Greg, you and I are both in the same camp with the baking. I don’t really eat sweets hence I don’t bake. We both know that the folks out there are wanting these treats. Great sugar cookies, love the extra twist of salt!
xxoo
Hard to believe that you don’t bake much–these seem perfect indeed. I like the turbinado sugar edges.
but I’ve NEVER made refrigerator cookies before.…what a loser. These not only look beautiful, but would be so practical to be able to pop a few in the oven on the spur of the moment for the kids, or to enjoy myself with an afternoon tea. Beautifully presented.…I think this baking thing is growing on you, my friend. — S
These cookies look perfect indeed!
I’m with you in that I like a simple sugar cookies without all that fuss!
Those look absolutely amazing, how did you get them to last long enough to snap a picture?
Everyone needs a little bling. Even sugar cookies. They’d fit right in at the MTV video music awards.
I love the jolt of salt in these. I’m a sweet and salty girl all the way
These would be perfect for my morning coffee break. I like them.
Sweet and salty is on the top of my got to have list! Although I bake quite a bit I rarely eat any of it, these may be the exception to the rule 🙂
I don’t like the sticky gooey sweet cookies either. I might decorate at X‑mas (or Camp Blogaway), but that’s about it. These are looking like shortbread to me…which I love!
You’re in the correct sweet way Greg 😉 wonderful cookies and keep up till pastry chef! — You can change of opinion about your sweet tooth..
Cheers,
Gera
Oh, those are so beautiful! I love homemade slice and bake cookies…
These make me want a spot of tea and some cookies! Perfectly delicious!
Although I’m not a sweets guy, I can put away some sugar cookies unless they are the kind that come in a tube, ick!
Nice cookies, Greg. I especially like the turbinado sugar touch.
I cannot relate! My house is always stocked with cookies. And I bake a few times a week (right now I’m obsessed with my mini-muffin pan.) I met a gal several months ago who said she didn’t like chocolate. I almost fainted.
Those are gorgeous. It’s no secret i *do* have a sweet tooth, and those would fit nicely.
I also do not like decorated sugar cookies, although of course as a mom I do it anyway. Because nothing is more fun then that sticky, messy bling.
Nicely done on the cookies. I haven’t done much backing lately and I sure need to get back into the swing of things. Sugar cookies have been one I haven’t made yet. I do like to eat them quite a bit though.
These look good. I’m going to make cookies to send to my Dad for Father’s Day… I think he’d like these!
Greg, I’m not much for frosting and sprinkles and such either. But…I do have a sweet tooth. One I have to reign in from time to time. Buttery, salty-sweet sugar cookies with turbinado sugar on the edges? In the freezer, ready for me to cut at a moment’s notice? That’s sinfully dangerous for me! These look awesome.