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9 Skinny Chicken Salad Recipes

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These crisp and cool salads have a refreshing combination of ingredients to satisfy your taste buds while giving you the nutrition you need. Dig your fork into one of these 9 low-cal, main dish salads.

Curried Chicken Salad

Turn leftover chicken into a zesty part of the simple salad. Combining curry powder and fat-free yogurt upgrades a boring salad to a spicy, tangy bowl of greens.

Ingredients: Fat-free yogurt, grapes, curry powder, salt, walnuts, lettuce, chicken

Calories: 238 (approximate)

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A Skinny Caesar

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This dish tastes exactly like your favorite Caesar salad, but it contains only half the fat of traditional versions. How? The dressing uses silken tofu instead of mayo, to make a lighter, leaner topping for your salad.

Ingredients: Olive oil cooking spray, chicken breast, salt, pepper, silken soft tofu, lemons, extra_virgin olive oil, Dijon mustard, red wine vinegar, Worcestershire sauce, garlic, anchovy paste, fresh Parmesan cheese, romaine lettuce, fat-free croutons

Calories: 269

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Grilled Chicken and Wheat-Berry Salad

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Boost your intake of whole grains by digging into this hearty salad. You’ll get plenty of fiber, plus vitamins A and C.

Ingredients: Winter wheat berries, bay leaf, spinach leaves, green apples, red bell peppers, Dijon mustard, chicken breasts, salt, pepper, cooking spray, green onions, Cucumber Yogurt Dressing

Calories: 332

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Grilled Chicken Salad With Avocado and Mango

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Fresh and full of flavor, this salad brings together your favorite tastes of summer. Plus the mango chutney adds a spicy-sweet kick to each mouthful. Serve with a crusty baguette for a low-cal summer dinner.

Ingredients: Olive oil, limes, mango chutney, low-sodium soy sauce, fresh ginger, chicken breast, cooking spray, salad greens, mango, avocado

Calories: 185

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Chicken-and-Cornbread Salad With Lime

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Cornbread isn’t just for Thanksgiving. The tangy salad combines this comfort food with a citrus dressing for a delicious, vitamin C-packed meal.

Ingredients: Cornbread, limes, olive oil, cumin, chicken breasts, tomato, red onion, heart of romaine

Calories: 390

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Orange Chicken Salad With Feta

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Contrast sweet mandarin oranges with zesty feta for a quick, filling salad. The orange juice dressing adds an extra layer of fruit flavor, and you can enjoy this colorful meal for less than 300 calories.

Ingredients: Chicken breast, cooking spray, lettuce, orange bell pepper, cherry tomatoes, carrots, feta cheese, green onions, orange juice concentrate, white vinegar, olive oil, salt, pepper, mandarin oranges, almonds

Calories: 299

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Chicken-Garbanzo Salad

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This creamy chicken salad provides fiber by combining chickpeas with chicken and veggies. Though it works great as a salad, it is also delicious spooned into a pita half.

Ingredients: Chicken breast, chickpeas, cucumber, green onions, fresh mint, plain fat-free yogurt, garlic, salt, spinach leaves, feta, lemons

Calories: 258

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Blackened Chicken Salad With Tomato Chutney

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Tomato chutney adds a spicy kick to the smoky, seasoned chicken in this recipe. The veggies provide vitamin C and fiber, allowing you devour the savory salad guilt-free.

Ingredients: Chicken breasts, blackened steak seasoning, romaine salad greens, cucumber, yellow bell pepper, olive oil vinaigrette, Tomato Chutney

Calories: 247

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Chinese Chicken-Cabbage Salad With Peanut Sauce

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Don’t be fooled by this salad’s bare-bones appearance. It’s packed with plenty of flavor—and nutrients. Cabbage, unlike iceberg lettuce, is rich in vitamins C and K, and carrots are a good source of vitamin A. Plus the dressing adds just the right amount of nutty flavor.

Ingredients: Rice wine vinegar, olive oil, sesame oil, Thai peanut sauce, napa cabbage, carrots, scallions, rotisserie chicken, pepper, black sesame seeds

Calories: 302

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