Pesto Chicken Salad

Submitted by BrandiRose

"I love this chicken salad because it is lighter than the traditional kind and the flavor from the pesto just takes it a whole other level of deliciousness. I use this salad to make healthy wraps with Light Flatout Bread, low fat cheese, lettuce, red onion, and tomato."

 

• Ready In: 20mins
• Ingredients: 4
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 2 cups grilled chicken breasts, shredded and cooled
• 1⁄2 cup light mayonnaise
• 4 tablespoons pesto sauce (kind from a jar in the spaghetti sauce ailse)
• 1⁄8 cup red onion, diced

directions

1. Mix chicken, mayo, onion, and pesto until well combined.
2. Serve on a sandwich, in a wrap, on a bed of luttuce, in a hollowed out tomato, or simply enjoy plain.

Reviews

[twissis]

I saw this recipe during Spring PAC 2013 & saved it to make at a later date. We love chicken salad & I was a woman w/a mission to lower fat content w/o sacrificing taste. Regular mayo is 80% fat & light mayo 8% fat. I made a double recipe using a combo of light mayo & 5% sour cream, which reduced the fat content further. The use of pesto (I used red) made certain it did not lack flavor, but what I missed was more texture & volume. Opt adds like celery, olives or even grapes will satisfy that pers pref need for greater texture & volume. Thx for sharing this recipe certain to be the basis for our future batches of chicken salad (with adds as mentioned).