Chicken tenders are always a crowd pleaser, so having them for dinner is usually a hit, especially if you have kids! Sometimes though you want the chicken tenders, but you want a more grown up version.  This is a recipe that will work perfectly for you!

This recipe is for Crispy Falafel Chicken Salad with a Yogurt Dressing as a side, grown up just enough to please anyone.  The chicken comes out moist and delightfully delicious and the yogurt salad is really wonderful with the yogurt, cucumbers and other ingredients being mixed together making it a perfect side for your meal.  Give this recipe a try for your next dinner and let me know what you think, your family, I’m sure, will be glad you did.

Here’s what you need:

Chicken:
1/2 cup prepared falafel mix
Vegetable oil, for frying
4 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves, tenders removed (about 1 1/2 pounds)
Kosher salt
Freshly ground black pepper
Salad:
1/2 cup plain whole-milk yogurt
3 Kirby cucumbers, diced
1/4 cup fresh mint leaves, roughly torn
1/4 cup fresh dill fronds, coarsely chopped
1/4 red onion, diced (about 1/2 cup)
1 small clove garlic, minced
1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
1 lemon

This great recipe is coming to you today thanks to the fine folks over at foodnetwork.com. Keep in mind, that you can make this dish according to your own dietary needs, You can leave out the Yogurt dressing if you like. Either way, this is a perfectly filling, and fairly healthy meal that is bound to put a real smile on your face! Be sure to head on over to the Food Network website now for the full instructions. Enjoy!