Cottage Cheese Chicken Salad
Cottage cheese chicken salad is a lighter version of classic chicken salad with creamy, blended cottage cheese as the dressing. It’s perfect in sandwiches or lettuce wraps!
Servings: 4 servings
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1¼ pounds cooked and shredded chicken breasts (or chopped)
- 1 cup cottage cheese
- 1 celery stalk chopped
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
- 1 tablespoon avocado oil
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh dill
- 3 spring onions thinly sliced
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
Instructions
- Prepare the chicken. Shred the cooked chicken with two forks or using a chicken shredder tool. You can also chop it into small pieces. Set aside.
- Blend the cottage cheese. Blend the cottage cheese in a bowl using an immersion blender until smooth. You can also blend it in a regular blender.
- Assemble the salad. In a large bowl, combine the blended cottage cheese, celery, lemon juice, Dijon mustard, avocado oil, fresh dill, spring onions, garlic powder, and salt and pepper to taste. Stir in the shredded chicken, and mix and stir until well combined.
- Chill and serve. Cover the salad and chill it for 30 minutes in the fridge before serving.
Notes
- You can use cooked chicken breasts or rotisserie chicken.
- For a stronger onion flavor, instead of spring onions, you can use red onions or shallots.
- Chill the salad before serving.
- To balance the flavors, you can add ½ teaspoon of maple syrup or a handful of raisins.
Nutrition
Serving: 1.3cups | Calories: 252kcal | Carbohydrates: 3g | Protein: 36g | Fat: 10g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 0.02g | Cholesterol: 100mg | Sodium: 374mg | Potassium: 625mg | Fiber: 0.5g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 221IU | Vitamin C: 6mg | Calcium: 61mg | Iron: 1mg
