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Healthy Chicken Salad Recipe
- Total Time: 15 minutes
- Yield: Serves 8-10
Description
A healthy chicken salad perfect for taking to work with your favorite einkorn crackers!
It’s well-spiced with herbs. It’s great on its own, in a lettuce wrap, with crackers, as a dip for sweet bell peppers, or smashed on toasted crusty einkorn bread and topped with avocado and olive oil.
Ingredients
- 5-6 cups shredded chicken (meat from one whole chicken, approximately 3-pounds)
- 1 tablespoon finely chopped green onion (use light green/green portion)
- 1/4 cup finely diced celery
- 1 1/4 cups plain yogurt
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
- 1 teaspoon raw honey
- 1 tablespoon dried crushed oregano leaves
- 1 1/2 teaspoons sea salt
- 1 teaspoon dried rosemary leaves, grind using mortar and pestle
- 1 teaspoon nigella sativa, grind using mortar and pestle
- 1 teaspoon dried crushed sage (or 1/4 teaspoon ground)
- 1/2 teaspoon whole black peppercorns, grind using mortar and pestle
Optional Probiotic Boost: 1 tablespoon brine from a ferment of your choice. Something like giardiniera, jalapeños, serrano chiles, poblanos, or pickles. If you add this, lessen the salt a pinch or two.
Instructions
- Place 5-6 cups shredded chicken, 1 tablespoon finely chopped green onion, and ¼ cup finely diced celery in a large bowl.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together 1 ¼ cups plain yogurt, 3 tablespoons olive oil, 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar, 1 teaspoon raw honey, 1 tablespoon dried crushed oregano, 1 ½ teaspoons sea salt, 1 teaspoon dried rosemary leaves (grind using mortar and pestle), 1 teaspoon nigella sativa (grind using mortar and pestle), and 1 teaspoon dried crushed sage (or ¼ teaspoon ground), ½ teaspoon whole black peppercorns (grind using mortar and pestle).
- Add the yogurt-herb sauce to the shredded chicken. Mix until all the chicken is coated well.
- Serve immediately or within 24 hours.
Notes
Use plain yogurt with live active cultures for a probiotic boost.
Serve this chicken salad alone, wrapped in romaine lettuce, in pasta, or on einkorn sourdough flatbread.
One easy way to get 5-6 cups shredded chicken is by simmering a whole chicken in a pot of water on the stove. Alternatively, you can use the Easy Chicken Broth from a Whole Chicken recipe.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Einkorn
