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Healthy Chicken Salad Sandwich
Healthy chicken salad sandwiches are perfect for summer BBQs, weekday lunches, and any time you need a quick meal. Purchasing a ready rotisserie chicken from the market allows you to save a lot of time. The taste is also unbeatable. Add a few spices and other ingredients, mix together, and a healthy chicken salad is born! This would be great over a big salad or as a sandwich with some hearty whole wheat bread. However you serve it, this healthy chicken salad will be a hit!
How did I come up with it? Well, friends from RI were coming by for lunch before we headed off to Wilmington for Amy & Joseph’s wedding. I wanted to make a simple and healthy lunch that wouldn’t take forever to prepare (remember- I work full time from home) but I also wanted it to be different. Our Whole Foods has rotisserie chickens on sale on Thursdays, so the opportunity for a delicious chicken salad appeared! You can also make this with simple baked chicken breasts, but I find that the flavor of the rotisserie really adds a lot to the dish.
I am having a lot of fun in the kitchen letting the moment inspire meals. I did not know what I would add to the chicken breast, but I combined what felt right in that moment and added a little bit of this or that until it tasted just right. Don’t be afraid to let flavors, moments, anything inspire you. Healthy chicken salad sandwiches are a hit for the summer!
Please try out this recipe and let me know what you think. Happy eating!
Healthy Chicken Salad Sandwich
Serves 2
Chicken Salad Ingredients:
1 large cooked chicken breast, shredded
1/2 carrot, diced
1/2 celery stalk, diced
3 tbs Dijon mustard
dash of paprika
2 tbs olive oil
1 tsp honey
kosher salt and pepper
Other sandwich components:
4 slices of good whole wheat bread
2 slices (2 oz total) of provolone cheese
Directions:
Whisk the mustard, paprika, olive oil and honey in a medium bowl and add a dash of kosher salt and pepper. Add the chicken breast, celery and carrot and mix together. Taste for seasonings and add more salt and pepper if necessary. Add half of the chicken salad to a slice of wheat bread and top with a slice of cheese and the second piece of bread. Repeat for the other sandwich and toast in a toaster oven for 3 minutes until bread is toasted and the cheese is melted. Enjoy!
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That looks like one of the best sandwiches I have ever seen. The cheese is calling my name!
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Very nice! I’m sure everyone was super excited to see these sammys! Great job on just following your taste buds too. I think thats the sign of a really amazing chef/cook!
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That looks so good, the cheese looks so unbelievably good.
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agree. this looks DIVINE.
as in, i am going to have to stop reading your blog before meals, because my mouth is currently WATERING.
thanks for sharing such a fun, easy recipe!
can’t wait for #fitblog tonight.
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yum! when i was abroad (south africa), and hated all of the food, i relied on chicken salad sandwiched almost every day. i need to try this.
dont worry, i havent forgotten about the zucchini bread recipe (ok, that’s not true. i forget every night to call my grammy), but i promise it will be here soon!!
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I love creating new chicken salads! So simple and always so delicious!
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wow, i want that sandwich right now too! looks melty, yummy, and completely amazing
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Drool city!!!
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That looks delicious, mama! I would love to get my hands on one of those
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Great post!! I want those sandwiches…and some of your best pics yet!
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You had me at the melted cheese in the picture!! This does sound delicious…I need to remember rotisserie chickens more often! Great recipe!!
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Ive had chicken salad on my mind for a few weeks now!
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Okay yes…that sandwich looks amazing! I am definitely going to be bookmarking this! Perfect for summer!
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Such a tasty looking sandwich! I love dijon mustard. It really gives a little something extra to everything!!
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I just stumbled upon your blog and love it! I hate mayo so your version of chicken salad is right up my alley – yum!
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RhodeyGirlTests Reply:
May 11th, 2010 at 7:56 pm
@Kerstin, Thank you!!! I hate mayo too which is how I came up with this!
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I’m trying that recipe out, that looks and sounds amazing.
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Just made this and it was fantastic! I didn’t have any provolone so I used brie instead but the chicken salad itself was yummy!
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RhodeyGirlTests Reply:
May 12th, 2010 at 12:41 pm
@Lauren, AWESOME! I am so happy to hear you liked it!
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I made this last night, forgot to add honey, but still amazing! Thanks for a recipe I can use again and again!
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RhodeyGirlTests Reply:
May 13th, 2010 at 10:11 am
@Rebecca, Thanks for trying it and happy to hear you liked it!
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I love letting the food inspire me as well. Honey sounds like a delicious addition to this salad. I bet your friends were pleased with your impromptu meal
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