Healthy Chicken Salad Recipes to Tickle Your Tastebuds

Want to enjoy a refreshing mix of nutritious and tasty ingredients to tickle your taste buds? Make these fast and flavorful chicken salad recipes:

Light Chicken Salad

Ingredients

• Boneless and skinless chicken breasts, cooked and shredded- 2lb.
• Halved red grapes- 1 and 1/2 cups
• Chopped pecans- 1/2 cup
• Diced green onions- 1/3 cup
• Plain Greek yogurt- 1/2 cup
• Mayo- 1/2 cup
• Dijon mustard- 1/4 cup
• Dried sage- 1/2 teaspoon
• Smoked paprika- 1/2 teaspoon
• Garlic powder- 1/4 teaspoon
• Fresh lemon juice- 1-2 tablespoons
• Salt- to taste
• Pepper- to taste

Method

• Take a big bowl. Add pecans, red grapes, green onions and shredded chicken in it.
• Take a small bowl. Add mayo, Greek yogurt, sage, mustard, smoked paprika, mayo, lemon juice, garlic powder, salt, and Whisk all the ingredients together.
• Add the mixture in the small bowl to the chicken mixture in the big bowl.
• Gently stir and mix until all the ingredients are combined together perfectly.
• Serve in a cup of Bibb lettuce or on a bread slice.

Chopped Chicken Salad in Southwestern Style

Ingredients

Salad

• Chopped romaine lettuce- 6 cups 
• Cubed cooked chicken- 6 cups 
• Corn-1 and 1/2 cups
• Black beans-1 and 1/2 cups
• Diced tomatoes- 2 nos.
• Diced avocado- 1 no.
• Diced red onion- ½ no.
• Shredded cheddar cheese- 3/4 cup
• Crushed tortilla chips- 1 cup
• Chopped cilantro- a handful 

Dressing

• Plain Greek yogurt- 1/2 cup
• Extra virgin olive oil- 3 tablespoons
• Honey- 2 teaspoons
• Apple cider vinegar- 2 teaspoons
• Minced garlic- 1 teaspoon
• Lime- 1 no. (make juice)
• Finely diced jalapeño- ½ no.
• Taco seasoning- 2 heaping teaspoons
• Salt- to taste and if required

Method

• Add all the salad ingredients except the tortilla chips in a big bowl.
• Add all the ingredients for dressing except salt in a small bowl and whisk together. Taste and add salt only if required and as per preference.
• Pour the contents of the small bowl into the big bowl and mix everything together gently to combine.
• Add tortilla chips and serve cold.

Poppy Seed Dressing Chicken Salad with Cranberry and Pecan

Ingredients

Salad

• Cooked and chopped chicken breast- 4 cups
• Chopped pecans- 1 cup
• Dried cranberries- ½ cup
• Chopped green onions- 4 nos.

Dressing

• Mayonnaise- 1/2cup
• Sour cream- 1/4cup
• Softened honey- 2tablespoon
• Dijon mustard- 1tablespoon
• Poppy seeds- 1tablespoon
• Salt- to taste

Method

• In a big bowl, combine together all the salad ingredients.
• In a small bowl, mix together all the dressing ingredients until properly combined.
• Add salt as per your preference.
• Add the contents of the small bowl to the big bowl and toss.
• Taste and add more salt if required.

Chicken Salad with Jalapeño

Ingredients

• Boneless and skinless chicken breasts, evenly pounded- 2
• Garlic powder- 1teaspoon
• Onion powder- 1teaspoon
• Smoked paprika- 1/2teaspoon
• Cumin- 1/2teaspoon
• Lengthwise sliced jalapeñoswithout seeds or stems- 4 nos.
• Softened cream cheese- 4ounces
• Mayonnaise or sour cream- 1/2cup