Chicken Salad Recipe
with Creamy Vinaigrette

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Chicken Salad Recipe with Creamy Vinaigrette:

A simple and delicious chicken salad combining sweet mango, crunchy cabbage and a smooth and creamy vinaigrette. A fast meal in minutes and a real crowd pleaser.

We love serving this chicken salad on thick slices of Italian bread with a warm bowl of soup. It's a meal that has so much flavor with so little effort. Give it a try.

Another option, is to serve this quick chicken salad with one of our simple salsas. It is also a delicious meal made in no time.

The quick meal ideas and ingredient exchanges below will give you a variety of easy serving ideas for our creamy chicken salad.

2-3 servings (as main dish)

You will need 5 ingredients:

- Cooked Chicken
- Shredded Cabbage
- Mango
- Vinaigrette Dressing – your favorite store bought
- Plain Non-Fat Yogurt


Make Ahead for this Salad:

- If cooking your own chicken, prepare as desired
and cube 3 cups

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 **Quick Tips:  For Chicken: any store bought pre-cooked variety 
                             can be used.  
                For Cabbage: use packaged pre-shredded cabbage.
                For Mango: use frozen cubed mango.  Thaw and
                           drain and cut into smaller dice.

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Ingredients:

cooked chicken – 3 cups cubed

shredded cabbage – 1 1/2 cups

mango – 1/2 cup small dice
(if using frozen mango – thaw, drain and cut into smaller dice)

vinaigrette dressing – 1/2 cup
(choose your favorite store bought brand)

plain non-fat yogurt – to desired thickness when combined with vinaigrette

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1. In a mixing bowl, combine the chicken, cabbage and mango.

2. In a smaller bowl, mix the 1/2 cup of vinaigrette with the yogurt until you reach the desired creaminess and thickness.

3. Add the dressing to the salad ingredients and toss well to combine.


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Quick Meals - Menu Planner:

Main Meal Ideas:

** Serve chicken salad over a bed of cooked pasta with steamed broccoli and carrots on the side.

** Serve this easy chicken salad with a simple salsa and warm breadsticks on the side.

Light and Quick Meal Ideas(suitable for lunch or a light dinner):

** This quick salad makes a simple meal when served on thick slices of Italian bread with your favorite chips or a nice bowl of warm soup or make an open-faced sandwich and add a slice of your favorite cheese and pop under the broiler or microwave just until the cheese melts.

** Another way to serve this creamy chicken salad is as a wrap style sandwich filling using either tortilla shells or lettuce leaves with a side of regular or sweet potato fries.


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Try these easy ingredient exchanges for this chicken salad recipe:

* Instead of Cabbage: try Diced Jicama, Diced Celery, or a combination of Red Onion and Red Pepper

* Instead of Mango: try Pineapple, Papaya or Kiwi


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