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This chicken salad is an elevated version of a classic. It’s lighter, fresh, and totally satisfying! You have to give this Cucumber Dill Chicken Salad with Greek Yogurt a try!
I don’t often have time for complicated lunches, but I love having something on hand and prepped for the weekdays. That’s where this awesome recipe comes in handy - it fits the description perfectly.
Not only is it lighter (the mayo is swapped for greek yogurt), but it’s cooling and crunchy with the addition of the cucumber.
Ingredients + substitutions
- Dressing - full fat Greek yogurt, olive oil, dijon mustard, lemon juice, dill, honey, pepper, salt. The greek yogurt as the base of this dressing gives it a cooler, fresher, tangier flavor. If that’s not your thing you can certainly swap it for mayo.
- Chicken - be sure to use cooked chicken, remove any bones. I like to use rotisserie chicken, but you can use any leftover chicken that you have on hand.
- English cucumber - use any cucumber but I like english cucumbers because they have fewer seeds, thinner seeds, and a nicer texture.
- Celery - this is just a classic ingredient in chicken salad, you can use more or less bases on your preference but since we have the crunchy cucumber I find that we don’t need as much celery as in traditional chicken salad.
- Red onion - for color, flavor and crunch!
Certainly, this is only a base recipe, you can feel free to make it your own with additions such as more spices, herbs, seeds, or toasted nuts.
Let me know in the comments if you make any changes to this recipe and how they’ve turned out!
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Ingredients
- ¾ cup Greek yogurt full fat
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tbsp dijon mustard
- 1 tbsp dill
- 1 tbsp honey
- ½ tsp pepper
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 ½ cup cooked chopped chicken
- 1 cup English cucumber chopped
- 1 rib celery chopped
- ½ red onion chopped
Instructions
- In a medium-sized bowl, whisk together Greek yogurt, lemon juice, olive oil, dijon mustard, dill, honey, pepper, and salt until combined.
- To the same bowl, add the chicken, cucumber, celery, and red onion. Mix until well combined.
- Allow the flavors to meld in the fridge for about 30 minutes before serving.
Notes
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