Chicken Mango Salad
This Mango Chicken salad features the most tender baked and sliced chicken breasts served over a bed of lettuce and topped with diced mango, plus a fresh honey-lemon homemade dressing.
Servings: 6
Ingredients
- 1 pound cooked chicken breasts sliced
- 6 cups romaine lettuce rinsed, dried, and chopped
- 2 cups baby spinach
- 1 mango pitted, peeled, and diced
- 2 cups halved cherry tomatoes
- 1 English Cucumber sliced and cut into half moons
- ⅓ cup diced red onion
- ¼ cup parsley or cilantro finely chopped
For the Honey Lemon Dressing
- ⅓ cup extra virgin olive oil
- 3 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1 to 2 tablespoons honey or to taste
- 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
- 1 clove garlic finely minced
- ½ teaspoon salt or to taste
- ¼ teaspoon fresh ground black pepper or to taste
Instructions
- Add chopped romaine lettuce and baby spinach to a large salad bowl.
- Top with cooked chicken slices, diced mango, cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, onion, and parsley or cilantro. Set aside.
- In a separate mixing bowl whisk together olive oil, lemon juice, honey, Dijon mustard, garlic, salt, and pepper; taste for seasonings and adjust accordingly.
- Drizzle dressing over the salad.
- Serve.
Nutrition
Calories: 296kcal | Carbohydrates: 15g | Protein: 26g | Fat: 15g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 64mg | Sodium: 288mg | Potassium: 626mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 11g | Vitamin A: 5716IU | Vitamin C: 34mg | Calcium: 56mg | Iron: 2mg
