Special Lunchbox Chicken Salad

Submitted by MsSally

"This is a simple little lunchbox version of chicken salad that I make on occasion. It is full of fruit and very flavorful, but not fattening. Serve with crackers and vegetable sticks."

 

• Ready In: 5mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Serves: 1

ingredients

• 1 (5 ounce) can white chicken meat packed in water, drained well
• 1⁄2 medium apple, chopped
• 1 stalk celery, chopped
• 1 tablespoon raisins
• 1 tablespoon walnut pieces
• 1 tablespoon light mayonnaise
• 1⁄2 teaspoon curry powder
• salt and pepper

directions

1. Mix all together and chill in fridge till lunch time. Enjoy.

Reviews

[Brooke the Cook in]

Lovely chicken salad! I doubled this recipe and used cooked/cooled chicken breast. My DS and I stuffed our chicken salad in half of a whole wheat pita, I lined mine with spring greens. Like breezermom mentioned, combining the curry with the mayo first would have been a good thing. This is a great lunchtime recipe that I'll be using again.

 

[breezermom]

I used braised chicken, as I don't use canned chicken. I also used pecans instead of walnuts. But other than that, I followed the recipe exactly. This is delicious! The only thing I would do differently is combine the mayonnaise and curry powder to make it easier to distribute the spice evenly. Delicious as is, but I can't wait to try it stuffed into a really fresh ripe tomato! Made this for Everyday is a Holiday Tag!

 

[Dreamer in Ontario]

What a quick and tasty little lunch. The apple I used was small so I used the whole thing. The rest of the recipe was prepared as written using Recipe#289383 for the curry powder. This would be a wonderful way to use up leftover chicken. Made for Every Day Is A Holiday Tag

 

[bluemoon downunder]

Delicious! I made this with some shredded roast chicken and, to meet personal taste preferences, I used only a tiny pinch of curry powder and substituted sultanas for the raisins. Loved the range of flavours and textures and I'll certainly make this again for take-to-work lunches. Made this for Everyday is a Holiday Tag!

 

[Halcyon Eve]

I was surprised by this--I thought I'd like it, but I didn't expect to love it! I made this for DH's lunch, and I wish I'd kept back more than just a taste of it for me! I used chicken breast leftover from making Recipe #155759, golden raisins, and a great big Fuji apple. I had to add extra mayo, probably due to the large amount of apple and celery that I put in. I mixed the curry spice (Green Ship label Madras Curry Powder) into the mayo before tossing it with the salad. I let it sit overnight in the fridge before I tasted my all-too-tiny portion, and the flavors had combined to make a really delicious salad! DH described it as a curried chicken Waldorf salad, which seems to fit pretty well. Thank you so much, MsSally!