This easy, healthy Curried Chicken Salad with Grapes Recipe will become a family favorite. It makes a great healthy lunch recipe or a light dinner!
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Healthy Uses for Rotisserie Chicken
I don’t know about you, but rotisserie chicken from the grocery store is my favorite easy dinner hack! I rarely just serve it as it, though I have been know to just cut off a piece and toss some chips on a plate and call it done.
My favorite way to use it is in healthy recipes that use cooked chicken, like these Healthy Chicken and Corn Nachos, or this Chicken, Cucumbers and Sweet Peppers Salad or this Chicken and Sweet Potato Farro Salad.
For today’s recipe I turned to So Easy from Ellie Krieger with her Curried Chicken Salad.
Healthy Lunch Recipe
Thanks to a well stocked fridge and pantry, I had everything I needed to make this salad! I love the combination of grapes, almonds and cilantro. The dressing is made with yogurt, mayonnaise and curry powder.
This would make an excellent salad for those of you that take a lunch to work, my husband likes to take his in a Packit Freezable Lunch Bag. Or if like me you work from home, this was even better the next day. Just right before serving scoop it out onto a bed of greens. She also recommends serving it with pita chips, which I didn’t have.
Easy Healthy Curried Chicken Salad
Since I didn’t have any pita chips, I served it with a piece of baguette. It was perfect! Light and tasty with plenty of flavor. Lot’s of texture contrasts from the almonds to the grapes. We loved it!
Here are a few more chicken salads you might like: Easy Chicken Salad and Tarragon Chicken Salad or this Low-Carb Greek Peperoncini Chicken Salad from Kalyn’s Kitchen also sounds amazing!
Curried Chicken Salad
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup sliced almonds
- 1/2 cup nonfat plain yogurt
- 2 tablespoons mayonnaise
- 1 teaspoon curry powder
- 2 1/2 cups cubed cooked chicken breasts
- 1 cup halved red grapes
- 1/4 cup chopped cilantro
- salt and fresh ground black pepper to taste
- 5 ounces mixed greens
- 4 lemon wedges
- 4 ounces pita chips
Instructions
- Toast the almonds in a small dry skillet over medium heat. Keep an eye on them because they go from brown to black pretty quickly.
- In a large bowl, mix the yogurt, mayo, and curry powder. Fold in the chicken, grapes and cilantro and season with salt and pepper. At this point you can store in the fridge for up to 3 days.
- When you are ready to serve. Put a scoop of the chicken salad on a bed of greens and sprinkle with the toasted almonds. Add a lemon wedge to squeeze over the greens right before eating. Serve with pita chips.
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swathi says
August 15, 2016 at 4:27 pmLove this curried chicken salad, thanks for sharing with Hearth and soul blog hop, pinning .
Miz Helen says
August 15, 2016 at 1:51 pmI love Chicken Salad and your Curried Chicken Salad looks delicious. Hope you are having a fantastic day and thanks so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday!
Come Back Soon,
Miz Helen
Kim says
August 9, 2016 at 9:01 pmI have not tried curry chicken. It looks great though. Thanks for the recipe. Thanks for linking up to Merry Monday! Sharing on G+! Have a great week!
Kim
Sherry Nappa says
August 8, 2016 at 3:18 pmThis is a salad I would go for. I love curried salads. Thanks so much for sharing your recipe with us at Funtastic Friday.
Deb in Hawaii says
August 7, 2016 at 4:53 pmPerfect for a hot day and a busy week. Thanks for sharing with Souper Sundays this week. I went ahead and linked you up to this past week’s post and you’ll be in this week’s roundup–posting later today. 😉
Michelle says
August 6, 2016 at 11:55 amSuch a bright and beautiful salad! I love all things curry! Looks sooooo yummy!
Thanks!
Michelle
Ann says
August 6, 2016 at 3:59 amThis is a much nicer version of a dish we know here (and also in England) as Coronation Chicken. I’ll be filing this one for summer.
Michelle | A Dish of Daily Life says
August 5, 2016 at 12:34 pmI LOVE curried chicken salad…I usually mix in golden raisins instead of grapes, but mostly its because of what I have in the house. This looks SO delicious! I could go for this for lunch! Need some company?