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Mandarin Almond Chicken Salad:
A light and quick salad recipe with only four ingredients. Chicken with mandarin oranges, leeks and crunchy almonds create this delicious and fast chicken salad in no time.
You can easily serve this chicken salad recipe as a main entrée. See the menu planner below for some quick meal ideas.
2-3 servings (as a main dish)
You will need 4 ingredients:
- Chicken
- Mandarin Oranges - canned
- Leeks
- Sliced Almonds
Make Ahead for this Salad:
- If cooking your own chicken, prepare
as desired and dice 2 cups
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Ingredients:
chicken – 2 cups cooked and diced
canned mandarin oranges in light syrup – 1 cup drained
(you may cut each section in half or leave whole as you prefer)
(reserve juice for dressing)
leeks – 1/2 cup thinly sliced half-moons
(be sure to thoroughly clean, making sure
that all the dirt is removed)
sliced almonds – 1/4 cup
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1. In a mixing bowl, combine the chicken, orange sections, leeks and almonds.
2. Drizzle on the reserved juice from the oranges and season with salt and pepper to taste.
Although lightly dressed, this salad is very flavorful.
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Quick Meals - Menu Planner:
Main Meal Ideas:
** Serve this chicken salad recipe along with linguine flavored with olive oil, lemon juice, basil and salt and pepper. Add sourdough bread slices with goat cheese spread on top as a simple side.
** Another quick meal recipe is to serve this chicken salad with roasted potato slices sprinkled with parmesan cheese and pepper. Add an easy vegetable dish of steamed asparagus with lemon and butter.
Light Meal Ideas (suitable for lunch or a light dinner):
** Serve this flavorful salad in avocado halves with pretzel, celery and carrot sticks.
** For a simple lunch or light meal, try serving this easy chicken salad in soft taco shells with sprouts and shredded cheese of choice on top. Pair with a creamy coleslaw.
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Ingredient Exchanges:
* Instead of Leeks: try Red Onion or Jicama
* Instead of Almonds: try Chopped Hazelnuts or Chopped Peanuts
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If you prefer this mandarin almond chicken salad recipe to be a little creamier, add any of the following to desired consistency.
* Sour Cream
* Yogurt
* Mayonnaise
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