Description
A creamy and delicious chicken salad featuring cottage cheese and banana peppers, perfect for warm days and gatherings.
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 a food processor, pulse the cottage cheese with Dijon mustard, garlic powder, salt, and pepper until you achieve a smooth and creamy consistency.
- Combine and serve: In a large mixing bowl, combine the blended cottage cheese mixture with the chopped rotisserie chicken, banana peppers, red onion, celery, and green onion. Gently stir until well combined.
- Taste and adjust: Give your salad a taste and adjust the seasonings with extra salt or pepper if needed.
- Serve immediately: Enjoy your creamy chicken salad right away, or store it in the fridge until you’re ready to serve.
Notes
This salad can be prepared a day ahead and stored in the fridge. Perfect for picnics and gatherings.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Salad
- Method: No-Cook
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cup
- Calories: 250
- Sugar: 3g
- Sodium: 600mg
- Fat: 8g
- Saturated Fat: 2g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 10g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 30g
- Cholesterol: 60mg