Yum! Learn how to make avocado chicken salad & curry chicken salad
In this week's Dining with Duria, Angelica shows us how to make Avocado Chicken Salad and Curry Chicken Salad.
Avocado Chicken Salad
Courtesy: Humana Vitality
Link: http://humanavitality.tumblr.com/post/64896624964/mayo-free-avocado-chicken-salad
Ingredients:
- 2-3 leftover cooked chicken breasts, shredded or cubed
- ½ avocado
- ½ cup plain low-fat or fat-free Greek yogurt
- ¼ cup of lime juice
- 3 celery stalks, diced
- ½ cup red onion, minced
- Salt and pepper to taste
Directions:
- In a bowl, mash together avocado, Greek yogurt and lime juice.
- Toss in chicken, celery, red onion and cilantro. Season with salt and pepper to taste before serving.
(NOTE: Greek yogurt may make the salad taste more tart/sour than normal. You can use yogurt with a higher fat content or mayo depending on taste.)
Curry Chicken Salad (Whole Foods knock-off)
Courtesy: MelonChef
Link: http://www.melonchef.com/2013/08/whole-foods-curry-chicken-salad.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+Melonchef+(%3Ca+href%3D%22http://melonchef.blogspot.com%22%3EMelonChef%3C/a%3E)
Ingredients:
- 2-3 leftover cooked chicken breasts, shredded or cubed
- ¼ cup almond slivers
- 1/3 cup red currants, or diced dried mixed berries and raisins
- 1 bunch scallions, chopped
- ¼ cup mango chutney
- ¼ cup of Greek yogurt (can add more to make salad creamier)
- 1 tsp. curry powder
- Dash turmeric
- Salt and pepper to taste
Directions:
- In a bowl, combine Greek yogurt, chutney, curry powder, turmeric.
- Toss in chicken and all the other ingredients. Season with salt and pepper to taste before serving.