By the Plate: Warm Chicken Salad With Apples
Give leftover cooked chicken a starring role in a warm salad. Pair the salad with a cup of delicious Zuppa di Ceci soup.
Full Meal
Calories: | Carbohydrate: gBy the Plate Foods Include
Per ServingWarm Chicken Salad With Apples |
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Makes: 4 servings | ||
Serving Size: 1.5 cups | ||
Calories | 265 | |
Fat | 14 | g |
Saturated Fat | 2.5 | g |
Trans Fat | 0 | g |
Carbohydrate | 13 | g |
Fiber | 3 | g |
Sugars | 7 | g |
Cholesterol | 65 | mg |
Sodium | 545 | mg |
Potassium | 655 | mg |
Protein | 24 | g |
Phosphorus | 245 | mg |
Choices: Fruit 0.5, Nonstarchy Vegetable 1, Lean Protein 3, Fat 1.5 |
Warm Chicken Salad With Apples
- Makes: 4 servings
- Serving Size: 1.5 cups
- Preparation Time: 25 minutes (includes shredding or dicing cooked chicken)
- Cooking Time: 5 minutes
Ingredients
Dressing | ||
1 | thin slice bacon, diced | |
2 | scallions, minced | |
1 | garlic clove, minced | |
1/4 | cup | red wine vinegar |
2 | Tbsp. | olive oil |
1 | Tbsp. | coarse Dijon mustard |
1/2 | tsp. | dried thyme leaves |
1/4 | tsp. | sea salt |
1/4 | tsp. | freshly ground black pepper |
2 | cups | shredded or diced rotisserie (or homemade roasted) chicken breast meat, skinned |
1 | large | Granny Smith apple, unpeeled, diced |
2 | tsp. | fresh lemon juice |
2 | Tbsp. | chopped walnuts, toasted |
4 | cups | baby spinach leaves |
Directions
- In a small skillet, cook the bacon over medium-high heat for 2 to 3 minutes, until almost crisp. Add the scallions and garlic and sauté for 2 minutes. Add the vinegar, oil, mustard, thyme, salt, and black pepper and heat for 30 seconds.
- Combine the chicken, apples, lemon juice, and walnuts in a large bowl. Pour the warm dressing over the chicken mixture and toss to coat. Serve the chicken mixture over the spinach.
Additional Foods in This Meal
Soup
1 cup Zuppa di Ceci soup
- Per Serving
- Calories: 180
- Carbohydrate: 28g
- Choices: Starch 1, Nonstarchy Vegetable 2, Fat 1
Dessert
1/2 cup sugar-free vanilla pudding (made with nonfat milk), 1 tsp. shaved dark chocolate
- Per Serving
- Calories: 75
- Carbohydrate: 7g
- Choices: Fat-Free Milk 0.5