Description
This chicken salad is a delightful blend of ingredients, perfect for a light lunch or snack.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 pounds boneless skinless chicken breasts (fully cooked, shredded or chopped into bite-sized pieces – approximately 4 cups)
- ½ cup red grapes (halved)
- ½ cup celery (diced)
- 1 ¼ cups green apple (diced – 1 medium apple, optional)
- ⅓ cup green onion (chopped)
- ½ cup pecans (chopped – toasted or raw, see Notes)
- ¾ cup Greek yogurt (up to 1 cup if desired)
- ½ teaspoon salt (more or less to taste)
- ½ teaspoon freshly cracked black pepper (more or less to taste)
Instructions
- Add chicken, red grapes, celery, green apple, green onion, and pecans to a large mixing bowl.
- Stir ingredients together until well blended. Set aside.
- Add Greek yogurt, salt, and pepper to a small mixing bowl. Stir ingredients together until fully combined.
- Transfer Greek yogurt mixture to large mixing bowl with chicken and vegetables. Gently fold chicken salad ingredients into yogurt mixture until all ingredients are mixed and well coated.
- Cover mixing bowl with lid or plastic wrap. Place bowl in refrigerator and chill salad for at least 1 hour.
- Immediately prior to serving, remove salad from refrigerator and uncover. Gently stir salad again if needed and serve chilled.
Notes
- Toasted pecans will add extra flavor and crunch.
- This salad can be served on a bed of lettuce or in a sandwich.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Salad
- Method: Mixing
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cup
- Calories: 300
- Sugar: 5g
- Sodium: 200mg
- Fat: 15g
- Saturated Fat: 2g
- Unsaturated Fat: 10g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 25g
- Fiber: 3g
- Protein: 25g
- Cholesterol: 70mg