Description
A creamy, zesty chicken salad featuring cottage cheese and banana peppers that’s perfect for picnics and light lunches.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup rotisserie chicken, chopped into small chunks
- 1/2 cup low-fat (2% milkfat) cottage cheese, blended smooth
- 1/4 cup jarred banana peppers (mild or spicy), diced
- 1/4 cup red onion, diced
- 1/4 cup celery, diced
- 2 tablespoons green onion, thinly sliced
- 1/2 teaspoon Dijon or spicy mustard
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
Instructions
- Blend cottage cheese: In your trusty food processor, pulse the cottage cheese with Dijon mustard, garlic powder, salt, and pepper until it becomes luxuriously smooth.
- Combine and serve: In a large mixing bowl, combine the blended cottage cheese mixture with the chopped rotisserie chicken, diced banana peppers, red onion, celery, and green onion. Stir until well combined.
- Taste and adjust: Give the chicken salad a little taste test and adjust the seasonings if you desire.
- Serve immediately or refrigerate: Enjoy it right away for the freshest taste, or store in the fridge until you’re ready to serve.
Notes
This salad can be made a day in advance, and it stores well in an airtight container for up to three days. Feel free to swap in different veggies or proteins.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 5 minutes
- Category: Salad
- Method: Mixing
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cup
- Calories: 220
- Sugar: 2g
- Sodium: 440mg
- Fat: 8g
- Saturated Fat: 3g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 10g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 30g
- Cholesterol: 60mg