Curry Chicken Salad
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Curry Chicken Salad
Description
Curry Chicken Salad combines diced cooked chicken with crunchy celery, pungent red onion, sweet golden raisins, and roasted cashews for a varied texture and flavor profile. The curry spiced dressing, based on mayonnaise and sour cream with a fresh lemon juice accent, imparts a gentle warmth from the curry powder without overpowering the other ingredients. This creates a balanced creamy salad with contrasting sweet, nutty, and mildly spiced elements.
This salad can be served immediately or chilled, making it ideal for sandwiches, wraps, or served over greens. The curry and lemon flavors maintain a fresh but warming character that makes it versatile for different meal occasions.
Keeping it refrigerated helps the flavors to meld and the cashews stay crunchy. Adjust salt and pepper to taste before serving.
Ingredients
For the salad
- 4 cups chicken breast diced into bite sized pieces, cooked
- 1/2 cup celery diced small
- 2 tablespoons red onion finely chopped
- 1/3 cup golden raisins
- 1/2 cup cashew coarsely chopped, roasted
- 2 tablespoons parsley finely chopped, fresh leaves
For the dressing
- 3/4 cup mayonnaise can use light
- 2 tablespoons sour cream
- 2 teaspoons lemon juice freshly squeezed
- 2 teaspoons yellow curry powder
- 1/2 teaspoon sugar
- salt to taste
- black pepper to taste
Instructions
For the salad
- Place the diced chicken in a large bowl.
- Add the celery, red onion, raisins, cashews and parsley to the bowl.
For the dressing
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the mayonnaise, sour cream, lemon juice, curry powder, sugar, salt and pepper.
- Pour the dressing over the chicken and vegetable mixture. Toss gently to coat, then serve immediately, or refrigerate for later use.
Nutrition Information
Show DetailsNutrition Facts
Serving: 6Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 250 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 250kcal | 13% |
| Carbohydrates | 1g | 0% |
| Protein | 1g | 2% |
| Fat | 16g | 25% |
| Saturated Fat | 3g | 15% |
| Cholesterol | 10mg | 3% |
| Sodium | 139mg | 6% |
| Potassium | 29mg | 1% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 1g | 2% |
| Vitamin A | 187IU | 4% |
| Vitamin C | 3mg | 3% |
| Calcium | 10mg | 1% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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