Light chicken salad is a fresh, simple, and light main dish compared to the classic chicken salad with mayonnaise. Delicious, fresh, and crunchy vegetables like fennel, celery, and carrots are enriched with tender chicken breast cooked in a pan, shredded, and seasoned with extra virgin olive oil, plain low-fat yogurt, and chives. A perfect dish to serve as an appetizer or to fill wraps or kebab-style bread.
- Difficulty: Very Easy
- Cost: Economical
- Preparation time: 10 Minutes
- Portions: 1 Person
- Cooking methods: Stovetop
- Cuisine: Healthy
- Seasonality: Summer
Ingredients
- 3.5 oz chicken breast
- 3.5 oz natural plain yogurt
- 3.5 oz fennel
- 1.75 oz carrots
- 1.75 oz celery
- 0.7 oz black olives
- to taste chives
- to taste extra virgin olive oil
- to taste fine salt
- to taste black pepper
Tools
- Kitchen Scale
- Cutting Board
- Knife
- Mandoline
- Pan
- Bowl
- Scissors
- Spoon
Steps
To prepare the light chicken salad…
First, in a pan, pour a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil and when it’s hot, place the chicken breast. Cook it, turning it on each side until golden brown, then let it cool slightly.
While the chicken is cooling, peel the carrots and using a mandoline or a food processor, grate them and place them in a bowl or salad bowl.
Wash the celery, removing the strings with a knife or by running a peeler along the outer rib, leaves, and the end of the stalk, then slice it (thin or about a quarter-inch thick, depending on preference) and add it to the carrots.
Clean the fennel as well, removing the hard base, any damaged outer parts, the stalks cut at the base, and the leaves. Wash it, cut it in half lengthwise, and then into thin slices using the mandoline or food processor with the appropriate tool. Add it to the other vegetables.
Finally, take the chicken breast and shred it with your hands, then add it to the other ingredients. Add the yogurt, whole or sliced pitted black olives, extra virgin olive oil, chives chopped with scissors, salt, and pepper.
Mix everything well and serve the dish freshly prepared or chilled from the refrigerator.
