How to Cook Delicious A Healthier Chicken Salad

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A Healthier Chicken Salad. Creamy and tangy, this healthy chicken salad dish gets its richness from half mayonnaise and half low-fat Greek yogurt. Recipe creator lutzflcat says, "It's sweet and juicy from the apples and grapes, a little savory from the tarragon, crunchy from the pecans and celery, and lightened up a bit with some yogurt." A protein-packed alternative to the normal chicken salad. This one is healthier, quick, and easy to make.

A Healthier Chicken Salad The balance of sweet apples and raisins with fragrant curry elevates chicken salad to a new level. This easy chicken salad recipe made with Greek yogurt is actually good for you! Use it for sandwiches, salads, wraps, and more. You can cook A Healthier Chicken Salad using 12 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of A Healthier Chicken Salad

  1. Prepare of chicken salad.
  2. Prepare of cooked chicken, boneless, skinless,.
  3. Prepare of plain greek yogurt.
  4. You need of avocado.
  5. It's of lime juice.
  6. You need of red onion, finely chopped.
  7. It's of celery, finely chopped.
  8. It's of fresh parsley, finely chopped.
  9. You need of salt.
  10. It's of white pepper.
  11. Prepare of paprika.
  12. Prepare of sriracha, optional.

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A Healthier Chicken Salad instructions

  1. In a food processor or blender, pulse the onion and celery until you have a fine chop. About four or five pulses. Set aside in a bowl..
  2. In the same processor, add in the avocado, lime juice, greek yogurt, salt, pepper, paprika and sriracha if using. Pulse until smooth..
  3. Cooked chicken can be shredded or very finely chopped. I prefer to chop it finely by hand. Canned all white meat chicken, drained, can be used for an even quicker meal..
  4. In a large bowl, mix everything together. I chop parsley and add it in at the last minute..
  5. You can serve it at room temperature or chilled for 1 hour before serving..
  6. Use this in a sandwich or over a bed of lettuce. Or dip some crackers in it!.
  7. Recipe by taylor68too..

This recipe is also great or for easy lunches and light dinners. This Healthy Chicken Salad recipe is low fat, sugar free, gluten free, and can be either a Trim Healthy Mama E Fuel or Full Pull! You won't find even a hint of mayo in this tasty chicken salad. The chicken is poached in chicken broth with ginger, coriander, scallions and. Depending on the ingredients you use (and how much!), chicken salad can certainly be a healthy, nutritious choice.