3 Healthy Chicken Salad Recipes That You Will Love

Colourful salads loaded with flavour and nutrients never fail to impress us. These are light on the stomach, but people usually try to avoid them thinking salads are not tasty. However, we are here with three tasty chicken salad recipes that you will love.

Grilled Chicken Salad

Ingredients

For Grilled Chicken

• 4 large chicken breasts
• 2 lemons (juiced)
• 50 ml olive oil
• 2 large pods of garlic (minced)
• 1/2 cup mint leaves (plucked and chopped)
• Salt and pepper to taste

For Grilled Veggie Salad

• 2 zucchinis (thickly sliced lengthwise)
• 1 sweet lime (cut into thick roundels)
• 10 baby red radishes (sliced)
• 3 plum tomatoes (cut into thick roundels)
• 2 heads of lettuce
• 2 Tbsp olive oil
• Salt and crushed black pepper to taste

Instructions

• Marinate the chicken breasts using all the ingredients.
• Refrigerate it for two hours.
• Once the chicken is marinated, grill each side for three minutes on medium heat.
• Now, marinate the zucchinis and grill them.
• Take all the veggies in a large bowl except lettuce and dress with olive oil, salt, and pepper.
• Now, arrange the torn lettuce leaves, grilled chicken and all the other veggies on a plate.
• Your grilled chicken salad is now ready.

Chicken Caesar Salad

Ingredients

For Caesar Dressing

• ½ cup mayonnaise
• 1 medium garlic clove (minced)
• 2 teaspoons lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
• ½ teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
• ⅛ tsp fine salt
• ⅓ cup parmesan cheese (grated)
• 1 tbsp water
• Freshly ground black pepper

For Caesar Salad

• 6 cups lettuce (Chopped)
• 1 pound boneless skinless chicken breasts (grilled and cut into strips)
• ½ Cup parmesan cheese (shredded)
• ½ cup seasoned croutons

Instructions

• Take a large bowl. Add mayonnaise, garlic, lemon juice, dijon, Worcestershire sauce, and salt. Mix well.
• Add parmesan cheese and water. Keep stirring.
• Season with black pepper
• Your caesar sauce is now ready.
• Cover four plates with lettuce.
• Top it with all the remaining ingredients.
• Drizzle with dressing and serve immediately.

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Chicken Pasta Salad

Ingredients

For Salad

• 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts (cut into strips)
• 1½ tbsp olive oil
• 4 garlic cloves (minced)
• Black Pepper (grounded)
• 350 gm fusilli pasta
• 2-3 tbsp fresh thyme (chopped)
• 2 tbsp Oregano or dried (chopped)
• 2 cups Cherry Tomatoes (halved)
• 1 yellow bell pepper (seeds removed and thinly sliced)
• ½ cup green olives (sliced)
• 1 medium red onion (sliced)
• ⅓ cup parmesan cheese (grated)
• Salt

For dressing

• 4 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
• 2 tbsp white wine vinegar
• 1 tsp honey
• 1 garlic clove (minced)
• red pepper flakes (crushed)
• Salt
• Black Pepper (grounded)

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Instructions

• Take a large bowl and add all the ingredients for the dressing. Mix well.
• Boil a pot of water and add some salt.
• Add the pasta to the water and cook it.
• After the pasta is cooked, drain the water and rinse it.
• Take a large bowl. Add one tbsp olive oil, garlic, oregano, thyme, salt, pepper and chicken strips. Mix well.
• Cook these chicken strips from both sides in a pan.
• Now, mix the cooked chicken strips and pasta in a large bowl.
• Add onions, cherry tomatoes, olives, parmesan cheese, pepper and salt.
• Add salad dressing and mix well.

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