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Fruity Fun Chicken Salad Cups

Ines Beltran

Chicken salad lettuce cups

This chicken salad takes only 15 minutes to prepare and is served in cute lettuce cups to make summer fruits and vegetables fun to eat.


Serving Size: 2 cups

Servings: 6


Ingredients

1 10-oz can all white meat chicken

½ cup strawberries, diced

½ cup fresh spinach, chopped

¼ cup green onions, thinly sliced

¼ cup fat-free sour cream

4 teaspoons yellow mustard

2 teaspoons dry oregano leaves OR dry dill weed

¼ teaspoon ground black pepper

12 small Romaine lettuce leaves or

Bibb lettuce leaves


Directions

  • Drain canned chicken.

  • In a medium bowl, combine chicken, strawberries, spinach, and green onions.

  • In a small bowl, mix together the sour cream, yellow mustard, oregano or dill, and black pepper.

  • Gently fold the dressing into the chicken mixture.

  • Measure ¼ cup of chicken salad into each lettuce leaf.


Options

Consider adding blueberries, diced peaches, or halved grapes for a fruitier chicken salad.

Instead of serving in lettuce cups, serve over 1½ cups of leafy greens like torn or chopped Romaine lettuce and/or spinach to make it a salad.


Nutritional Information 

Calories: 58; Total Fat: 2g; Saturated Fat: 0g; Sodium: 121mg; Potassium: 145 mg; Total Carb: 4g; Dietary Fiber: 1 g; Sugars: 1g; Protein: 7g; Vitamin A: 1368 IU; Vitamin C: 10mg; Vitamin D: 0 IU; Calcium: 35mg; Iron: 1 mg


Ines Beltran

Family & Consumer Sciences Agent UGA Gwinnett Extension Office


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