Easy Homemade Chicken Salad

Name: Easy Homemade Chicken Salad
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 5 servings
Ingredients: 1 rotisserie chicken, breast meat only; 1 cup honey roasted pecans; 1 cup diced granny smith apples, or apples of choice; 1/2 cup diced red onion; 1 cup dried cranberries; 1 cup red grapes, sliced in half; 2 avocados, sliced; 1 5oz package baby spinach; salt and cracked pepper to taste; 1/3 cup plain greek yogurt; 2 Tablespoons mayonnaise; 2 Tablespoons apple cider vinegar; 1 Tablespoon rosemary, minced; 1/2 teaspoon sugar

posted by Shannon on March 16, 2018 // 0 Comments

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Easy Homemade Chicken Salad is a perfect way to enjoy a light lunch or serve as a side with dinner. This salad has honey roasted pecans, grapes, chicken, creamy avocados and is tossed with a burst of creamy dressing.

Chicken Salad

In todays world we are all in need of some quick recipes that will fuel our bodies and minds. This Easy Homemade Chicken Salad is a great recipe to make when you are looking for quick, delicious, and nutritious. The beauty about salads is they can be manipulated to accommodate taste preferences without causing the recipe to taste off skew.

Each ingredient in this Chicken Salad provides depth and flavor and the dressing is light, creamy and aromatic. The rosemary offers this refreshing taste and gives this salad a lot of sensational flavor.

Is chicken salad good for you?

The culprit in chicken salad or any type of “creamy” dressing a lot of times is mayonnaise. This chicken salad does contain mayonnaise, but only a very small amount, 2 tablespoons.
To make this chicken salad healthier you could omit the mayonnaise from the dressing and use a little more greek yogurt.
You could also leave out the pecans and avocado (although they are so good), and that would also reduce the caloric intake to make it more on the “lighter” side. However, remember that avocados are a healthy fat and in moderation are a good thing!

Easy chicken salad recipe

Because salad is such a great lunch and/or dinner option you can either serve it over lettuce of your choosing or turn it into more of a meal and put it on a croissant, toasted french bread, or in a pita. I think serving it as a side with a sliced baguette that has been toasted would be great fun option too.

What can I put in chicken salad?

If you are looking for some other options to put in your chicken salad, here are a few:

Sliced celerey
Diced shallots
Almonds or sunflower seeds
Diced sweet onion
Sliced green onions
Chopped sweet pickles
Red, green or orange peppers, thinly sliced
Sweet corn
Cilantro
Bacon bits

How do you make chicken salad?

Using a rotisserie chicken, shred the breast meat and place in a large bowl. Add pecans, apples, red onion, cranberries, and grapes. Mix to combine.
In a separate bowl whisk together the dressing ingredients, greek yogurt, mayonnaise, apple cider vinegar, sugar, and rosemary. Pour over salad. Toss to combine and top with sliced avocados.
Place baby spinach on a plate and spoon salad on top. Season with salt and cracked pepper.

how to make chicken salad

Lunch or dinner you are going to love the bold flavors and creamy essence of this Easy Homemade Chicken Salad. Served however fits your taste buds, each bite has a little crunch, a little sweet, and a whole lot of yum. Remember, cooking doesn’t have to be difficult, but it should be delicious.

Key ingredients used in this chicken salad:

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