The Easiest Chicken, Cashew and Peach Chicken Salad
Do you have some leftover roasted chicken in the fridge? Or maybe you're at the grocery store and you are eyeing that roasted chicken in the rotisserie and thinking about an easy recipe for that... Well, no worries because I have your back! With some roasted chicken and a few other simple ingredients, you'll have a snazzy chicken salad (and even a filling for a sandwich) in no time!
Servings: 10
Ingredients
- 1 store bought rotisserie chicken, shredded (or about 4 cups roasted chicken)
- 2 large ripe but firm peaches, diced (or one small can of peaches packed in water or real juice - or 2 snack cups)
- 3 green onions, minced can sub in chives
- 1/2 cup cashews
- 1 head leaf lettuce like romaine, bibb or red leaf, leaves washed and separated
- 1 orange zested and juiced
- 1/2 cup sour cream or plain yogurt
- 2 tbsp honey
- 2 tsp poppy seeds
- 2 tbsp rice wine vinegar or apple cider vinegar
- 1 tbsp light oil like canola, peanut
- generous pinch of salt
- freshly ground pepper
Instructions
- In a large bowl, add the shredded chicken, peaches, green onions and csashews; toss well.
- In a small mason jar (or a small bowl), combine the orange zest and juice, sour cream, honey, poppy seeds, oil, vinegar, salt and pepper; shake to combine.
- Add to chicken salad and toss well.
- In a serving bowl, line the bowl with the lettuce leaves and add the chicken salad to the middle and serve.
Notes
Now, all this healthy talk aside, if you want to add some crunch, take the skin off your chicken (after it's been cooked), put it, crispy side down on a baking sheet and put it under the broiler to crisp up the inside. Now tuck it around the salad as an extra crunchy layer (see below) or crumble it and sprinkle all over the top of the salad.