Quick Healthy Chicken Salad

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Published: Sep 3, 2020 · Updated: Apr 8, 2025 by Neil 14 Comments

Quick healthy chicken salad. An easy to make lower calorie salad. A perfect dinner for busy weeknights and ideal for lunchboxes too!

Folks, my aim with this healthy chicken salad recipe is to prove that it’s easy to create a quick healthy filling salad for lunch or dinner.

There is no need to overwhelm your salad with lots of unhealthy calorific mayonnaise, no.

I’ve made this a low-fat chicken salad recipe but it’s still as tasty and creamy as you would expect.

You can make your own healthy homemade dressing with just a little lower calorie mayonnaise and fat free Greek yogurt combined.

Then what you’ve got is a delicious, cold and creamy tasting, flavour packed healthy chicken salad with Greek yogurt.

This healthy salad comes together with very little effort at all.

I feel that for those of us who have had extra meals to prepare over the last few months, will be very happy with this recipe.

There’s very little washing up here either. Just the knives you have used to chop the salad and the bowls you’ve used to mix those ingredients.

Plus the only cooking required for this recipe is to toast the cashew nuts. Even then that dry saucepan isn’t going to require much washing up!

This is definitely a recipe you want to add to your list of quick and nutritious chicken salad recipes!

For the chicken I use pre-cooked shop bought baked chicken chunks.

You can normally find these in the cold meat section. Or you could use any leftover cooked chicken.

If you don’t have or don’t like cashew nuts then you could use pecan nuts instead.

You could leave out the nuts altogether but I think they add a lovely flavour to the salad.

Feel free to add / substitute the salad veggies I’ve used with others you may need to use up or have to hand.

Prior to serving put in the fridge for at least 1 – 2 hours. Make sure you stir it well before transferring to plates too.

Why This Is A Healthy Chicken Salad

A lower calorie home made dressing helps to keep the calories low in this healthy chicken salad to only 375 per serving. This is compared to shop bought chicken salad with mayonnaise which can be as high as 750 calories in some major UK supermarkets.

This is a protein packed chicken salad. You’ll get 78% of your daily recommended protein requirment from the chicken.

It’s low in fats too. There are only 19g of fat and 4g saturated fat here. That makes it an ideal chicken salad for weight loss.

This chicken salad is a great way to ensure you get a good helping of vegetables towards your recommended “5 a day” serving.

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Quick Healthy Chicken Salad Recipe

I recommend serving your healthy chicken salad as a packed lunch or with some of my pitta breads for dinner.

This salad is great paired with a couple of slices of my whole grain bread.

You could also serve it as a filling for chicken sandwiches or with some wholegrain rice.

I’d love to hear what you think of my recipe in the comments below and please do rate my recipe 5* if you like it! 🙂

Quick Healthy Chicken Salad Recipe

Quick healthy chicken salad. An easy to make lower calorie salad. A perfect dinner for busy weeknights and ideal for lunchboxes too!

Prep Time20 minutes

Cook Time5 minutes

Course: Dinner, Lunch

Cuisine: International

Servings: 4

Calories: 375kcal

Author: Neil

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Ingredients

70 g cashew nuts

500 g cooked chicken chopped

3 spring onions chopped

1 celery stalk chopped

10 cherry tomatoes quartered

100 g cucumber diced

50 g shredded iceberg lettuce

150 g 0% fat Greek yogurt

50 g low fat mayonnaise

2 teaspoon Dijon mustard

1 teaspoon red wine vinegar

Freshly ground salt and pepper

Instructions

Dry fry the cashew nuts in a large frying pan until golden and lay aside to cool.

In a large mixing bowl combine the cooked chicken with the spring onions, celery, cherry tomatoes, cucumber and iceberg lettuce.

In a small Pyrex bowl combine the yogurt, mayonnaise, mustard, and vinegar. Season to taste with the salt and pepper.

Combine the yogurt dressing with the chicken mixture, add the cooled nuts and stir everything together to combine.

Serve cold as packed lunches or for dinner with some pitta breads.

Notes

Keep your salad fresh in a sealed container in the fridge for up to 5 days. Still well before serving.

This chicken salad is not suitable for freezing.

Nutrition

Calories: 375kcal | Carbohydrates: 11g | Protein: 39g | Fat: 19g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 98mg | Sodium: 240mg | Potassium: 624mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 430IU | Vitamin C: 13mg | Calcium: 77mg | Iron: 3mg

Nutrition Facts

Quick Healthy Chicken Salad

Amount Per Serving

Calories 375
Calories from Fat 171

% Daily Value*

Fat 19g29%

Saturated Fat 4g25%

Cholesterol 98mg33%

Sodium 240mg10%

Potassium 624mg18%

Carbohydrates 11g4%

Fiber 2g8%

Sugar 5g6%

Protein 39g78%

Vitamin A 430IU9%

Vitamin C 13mg16%

Calcium 77mg8%

Iron 3mg17%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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