Low Calorie Chicken Salad

healthy chicken salad recipe

This Low Calorie Chicken Salad is low calorie, easy, and 100% all natural! At just 83 calories and with 15.3g of protein this chicken salad is perfect for any diet!

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Ingredients You’ll Need:

  • 2 cups shredded chicken
  • ½ cup 0% Greek yogurt
  • 1 tablespoon dijon mustard
  • 2 stalks celery 
  • 2 green onions 
  • ½ teaspoon dill
  • ½ teaspoon celery salt
  • ⅛ teaspoon pepper

Low Calorie Chicken Salad

low calorie chicken salad recipe

Healthy Chicken Salad Meal Prep and Storage

Meal Prep: To meal prep a salad, add all the ingredients to individual meal prep containers, or family sized containers. Add the dressing to a separate container and do not add it until you are ready to serve.
Storage: Will hold in the fridge for 4-5 days, does not hold well in the freezer.

Low Calorie Chicken Salad Recipe

healthy chicken salad recipe

Low Calorie Chicken Salad

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This low calorie chicken salad is just 83 calories per 1/3 cup!
I have supplied you with some low calorie bread recipes to use, and even more low calorie serving tips below.
Special Tip: Be sure to see above for low sodium tips and more to help modify this recipe to suit any diet.
5 from 8 votes
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Total Time 10 minutes
Course dinner, lunch
Cuisine American
Servings 6 servings
Calories 83 kcal

Ingredients
 
 

  • 2 cups shredded chicken pre cooked and cooled
  • ½ cup 0% Greek yogurt
  • 1 tablespoon dijon mustard
  • 2 stalks celery diced
  • 2 green onions sliced
  • ½ teaspoon dill fresh or dried
  • ½ teaspoon celery salt
  • teaspoon pepper

SERVE WITH:

Instructions
 

  • Add all of the chicken salad recipe ingredients to a large bowl.
  • Use the back of a spoon, fork, or a spatula to mix and squish all of the ingredients together.
  • Serve as a chicken salad sandwich, chicken wrap, chicken salad over greens or in the 10 low carb chicken salad recipes below.

Notes

10 Ways to Serve Healthy Chicken Salad Recipes:

  1. Serve it open faced, and eliminate one slice of bread.
  2. Scoop over mixed greens for a chicken with salad recipe.
  3. Eat it as a dip with a mix of sliced cucumbers and crackers.
  4. Really cut the carbs and serve with cucumber slices and carrots.
  5. Use a spinach tortilla to make a chicken salad lunch wrap.
  6. Vertically halve and clean a red bell pepper, roast until soft and cool before filling with chicken salad.
  7. Use large butter lettuce leaves to make a chicken salad lunch wrap.
  8. Use the smaller butter lettuce leaves to fill lettuce cups with chicken salad.
  9. Dip your favorite veggie chips in the chicken salad as a snack.
  10. Slice an apple into rounds (remove seeds) top with chicken salad.

Nutrition

Calories: 83kcalCarbohydrates: 1.3gProtein: 15.3gFat: 1.5gSaturated Fat: 0.4gCholesterol: 36mgSodium: 71mgPotassium: 143mgFiber: 0.3gSugar: 0.8gCalcium: 32mgIron: 1mg
Keyword lunch, Salad, Sandwich
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About the Author

Hi, my name is Audrey Johns and I am a 4 time best selling cookbook author! All 4 of my low calorie cookbooks are published by HarperCollins (the oldest publishing house in the US!) and have been featured on prominent TV shows like The Today Show, Rachael Ray and The Doctors. I am a low calorie and healthy recipe authority and my delicious recipes are tried and loved by thousands of readers. 

After a one year 150 pound weight loss (and I’ve kept it off for 13 years!) I started sharing all of my low calorie recipes with the world. They are always all-natural and geared around weight loss and weight management. I have even made some of these recipes with my Biggest Loser pal Bob Harper! Check out my weight loss story, my best selling cookbooks, and my numerous TV appearances by clicking here.

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Article History:

  • Originally written and published July 13, 2020 by Audrey Johns
  • Most recent update on November 12, 2023 by Audrey Johns

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