California Chicken Salad
This California Chicken Salad recipe features a creamy dressing with greek yogurt and grapes, cashews, and celery that add great texture and fresh flavors. It makes a delicious meal and is perfect with croissants, crackers, in a pita, or served over a bed of greens.
Servings: 6
Calories: 175kcal
Ingredients
- 3 cups cooked chicken, chopped
- ½ cup quartered grapes
- ⅓ cup chopped cashews
- ½ cup chopped celery
- ½ cup plain Greek yogurt
- 2 teaspoon honey
- 1 teaspoon dijon mustard
- 2 teaspoon lemon juice
- ½ teaspoon onion powder
- ½ teaspoon sea salt
- ¼ teaspoon fresh cracked pepper
Instructions
- In a large bowl, combine the chopped chicken, quartered grapes, chopped cashews, and chopped celery.
- In a small bowl, combine the plain Greek yogurt, honey, mustard, lemon juice, onion powder, salt, and pepper. Mix with a fork until well combined.
- Add the Greek yogurt dressing into the large bowl and mix until the chicken, grapes, cashews, and celery are evenly coated.
- Enjoy this California chicken salad inside a croissant or pita or on top of crackers or a bed of lettuce.
Notes
- There are several ways to eat this classic chicken salad, so we wanted to discuss a few of the options here! One favorite way is as a sandwich, whether that be in a croissant, between sandwich bread, or inside of a pita. You can also use it to make tortilla wraps or lettuce wraps. It is also delicious on top of your favorite cracker!
- While we love this recipe as is, here are some ideas for other additions and swaps you can make to your chicken salad: Poppy seeds, chopped pecans, chopped apples, green onions, red bell peppers, or red onion.
- If you don't happen to have lemon juice on hand, you can try swapping it for apple cider vinegar.
Nutrition
Serving: 4.6oz | Calories: 175kcal | Carbohydrates: 7.9g | Protein: 24.2g | Fat: 5.5g | Saturated Fat: 1.4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.6g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1.6g | Cholesterol: 54.9mg | Sodium: 393.2mg | Potassium: 458.9mg | Fiber: 0.5g | Sugar: 5.7g
