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Dill Chicken Salad:
This is a very flavorful quick salad recipe. A simple and creamy dill dressing flavors this salad of chicken, hearts of palm, red onion and pimiento stuffed olives.
With just a few ingredients you can create this delicious quick salad recipe. Also take a look at the menu planner and the ingredient exchanges. They will give you some easy and quick meal recipes and ideas to make several salads from this one easy chicken salad.
2-3 servings
You will need 6 ingredients:
- Cooked Chicken
- Hearts of Palm (Canned or Jarred)
- Red Onion
- Pimiento Stuffed Olives
- Yogurt
- Fresh or Dried Dill
Make Ahead for this Salad:
- If cooking your own chicken,
prepare ahead of time and cube 3 cups
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Ingredients:
cooked chicken – 3 cups cubed
(prepare chicken as desired, baked or broiled works well)
hearts of palm – 1 cup cut into 1/2" chunks
red onion – 1/2 cup cut thinly in half-moons and separated
pimiento stuffed olives – 1/4 cup small dice
plain yogurt – 1/2 to 3/4 cup
fresh or dried dill – fresh (about 1 tbsp finely chopped) or dried (about 1/4 tsp)
(adjust dill to suit your own taste)
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1. In a mixing bowl, combine the chicken, hearts of palm, red onion and olives.
2. In another small bowl, combine the yogurt and the dill mixing completely.
3. Add the yogurt dressing to the salad ingredients and toss to combine.
4. Allow salad to sit in the refrigerator for at least a half an hour to allow the flavors to develop.
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Quick Meals - Menu Planner:
Light Meal Ideas (suitable for lunch or a light dinner):
** Serve this quick chicken salad mounded into medium to large sized grilled Portobello mushrooms.
** Another quick meal idea is to scoop this delicious chicken salad onto toasted French bread sprinkled with chopped parsley and sliced almonds for garnish and a side of sliced fruit.
Main Meals Ideas:
** Try this quick meal recipe and serve this easy chicken salad over a bed of stir-fried broccoli and mushrooms with a side of warm noodles dressed with olive oil, a squeeze of lemon juice and salt and pepper.
** This chicken salad is also great teamed up with a side of warm or cold wild rice.
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The following ingredient exchanges will add more variety to this dill chicken salad.
* Instead of Hearts of Palm: try Marinated Artichoke Hearts or Asparagus.
* Instead of Red Onion: try Scallions or Sweet Red Peppers.
* Instead of Pimiento Stuffed Olives: try Black Olives or Marinated Mushrooms.
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