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Healthy Grilled Chicken Salad Recipe

Contributors: Dawn Jackson Blatner, RDN, CSSD

Reviewers: Academy Staff RDNs

Published: May 23, 2016

Reviewed: June 24, 2025

Healthy Grilled Chicken Salad
Rebecca Clyde, MS, RDN, CD

This chicken salad is fast and easy to make! Serve it on whole-wheat bread or packed in a bento box with whole-grain crackers and veggies.

Ingredients

1 cup diced grilled chicken breast
¼ cup diced celery
2 tablespoons chopped green onion
1 tablespoon light mayonnaise
1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
½ lemon, juiced
Black pepper, to taste

Directions

Before you begin: Wash your hands.

  1. Mix all ingredients in a medium-sized bowl.
  2. Serve on whole-wheat bread as a sandwich, or in a bento box with whole-grain crackers and sliced vegetables such as cucumbers, carrots and bell peppers.

Nutrition Information

Serving size: ½ cup
Serves 2

Calories: 150; Total fat: 5g; Saturated fat: 1g; Cholesterol: 60mg; Sodium: 170mg; Carbohydrate: 3g; Dietary fiber: 0g; Sugars: 1g; Protein 22g

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