Chicken Salad

By Marian Burros

Published April 16, 2002

Total Time
20 minutes
Rating
4(50)
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Ingredients

Yield:4 servings

  • 4 cups cooked white meat chicken, cut in ¼-inch dice

  • ½ cup minced celery

  • 4 green onions, white and pale green part, minced

  • ½ cup chopped toasted walnuts

  • ¾ cup reduced-fat mayonnaise

  • ¼ cup nonfat plain yogurt

  • 3 to 4 tablespoons minced fresh tarragon

  • 2 tablespoons lemon juice

  • 1 tablespoon minced fresh parsley

  • Baby greens for serving

  • Ripe tomatoes for serving

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Nutritional analysis per serving (4 servings)

11 grams carbs; 105 milligrams cholesterol; 571 calories; 13 grams monosaturated fat; 20 grams polyunsaturated fat; 9 grams saturated fat; 45 grams fat; 2 grams fiber; 445 milligrams sodium; 31 grams protein; 5 grams sugar

Note: The information shown is Edamam’s estimate based on available ingredients and preparation. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.

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Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Combine all ingredients except baby greens and tomatoes in a bowl and mix thoroughly. Refrigerate one hour if you have the time. Serve on baby greens with tomatoes.

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Texas

Great chilled dinner on a steamy night. I used white onion instead of scallions, cause it's what I had, but otherwise the recipe. I wanted the flavor of the much-loved tarragon chicken salad at the old American Cafe in DC, and got it. A keeper.

MSWIS

Really good chicken salad.

Kat

Too much tarragon for our tastes, but the toasted walnuts make a very nice variation.

Shelly Friedland

The central component about great chicken salad is the texture of the chicken. It must be torn or shredded to achieve maximum taste. Cutting or dicing just doesn’t do it

dimmerswitch

Just what I was looking for in chicken salad using fresh tarragon. Chicken and that herb are BFF. This benefits from being made several hours in advance and refrigerated. Even night before if lunch next day service. Used regular Best Foods mayo, not reduced fat. Ditto for Greek yogurt. Walnuts would be good here but you don't miss them if you leave them out. (One eater has allergy.) Added a little salt and lots of black pepper. Used this to fill sandwiches with baby lettuce on them.

Kat

Too much tarragon for our tastes, but the toasted walnuts make a very nice variation.

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