Healthy Curry Chicken Salad is loaded with flavor and protein. It’s made with Greek yogurt for a healthier base, packed with celery, red onion, and crushed pistachios for crunch, and dates for a bit of sweetness.
Why You’ll Love Healthy Curry Chicken Salad
Healthy Curry Chicken Salad is rich in flavor and packed with protein. Each serving provides 33 g protein. This recipe is a great way to mix things up from your standard plain chicken meal prep.
Make this recipe in 15 minutes and you have 4 meals prepped for the week! Meal prep doesn’t have to take hours. I aim to have at least one of my meals be a quick recipe so I don’t feel like I am in the kitchen all day Sunday.
Add Healthy Curry Chicken Salad on top of lettuce, in a pita, or eat it with crackers. There are several ways to enjoy it!
Easy Ways to Get Shredded Chicken
There are so many options to easily get shredded chicken:
- Prepare shredded chicken in a crockpot or pressure cooker.
- Buy a rotisserie chicken and shred the meat.
- Shred canned chicken.
- Buy fully cooked shredded chicken like Trader Joe’s or Del Real Foods.
Ingredients
- Chicken: the main protein source.
- Greek yogurt: provides protein and makes a healthy base for the dressing.
- Curry powder: the flavor which contains several anti-inflammatory spices.
- Celery: adds crunch and full of antioxidants, including vitamin C and beta carotene.
- Red onion: more crunch and flavor. Rich in B vitamins.
- Pistachios: provides fiber, antioxidants, potassium, and one of the richest foods in vitamin B6, which plays a role in blood sugar regulation.
- Dates: add fiber and sweetness.
How to Make Healthy Curry Chicken Salad
- Chop celery and red onion. Cut dates into small pieces. Place pistachios in a sandwich bag and crush with a meat tenderizer or can.
- In a large mixing bowl, mix Greek yogurt and curry powder.
- Add chicken, celery, red onion, pistachios, and dates. Mix all together.
Tips
- Canned chicken works great and makes it super easy to prepare.
- Eat Healthy Curry Chicken Salad in a pita, on a salad, or with crackers for a satisfying meal.
- Don’t have chicken? Make this with canned tuna or salmon for an omega-3 rich meal.
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Healthy Curry Chicken Salad
Ingredients
- 3 celery stalks
- 1/2 small red onion
- 2 Medjool dates, pitted
- 1/4 cup pistachios, shelled
- 3/4 cup Greek yogurt, plain
- 2 tsp curry powder
- 12 oz cooked chicken, shredded
Instructions
- Chop celery and red onion. Cut dates into small pieces. Place pistachios in a sandwich bag and crush with a meat tenderizer or can.
- In a large mixing bowl, mix Greek yogurt and curry powder.
- Add chicken, celery, red onion, pistachios, and dates. Mix all together. Enjoy!
Notes
- Canned chicken works great and makes it super easy to prepare.
- Eat Healthy Curry Chicken Salad in a pita, on a salad, or with crackers for a satisfying meal.
- Don’t have chicken? Make this with canned tuna or salmon for an omega-3 rich meal.
