You’ll be surprised how tasty this Skinny Greek Yogurt Chicken Salad is! It tastes just like the real deal lathered in mayonnaise and it’s much healthier!
Healthy Chicken Salad Recipe
This chicken salad recipe is such a hit with everyone! My husband and I teamed up and developed this creamy dreamy chicken salad packed with all kinds of goodness.
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We used the canned chicken that you get from Costco or any grocery store. Feel free to use your own chicken breast that you bake yourself.
For the creamy base we used plain Greek Yogurt. Give it a try, you’ll be surprised!
How To Make Greek Yogurt Chicken Salad
- Combine chicken, greek yogurt, honey, mustard, dill relish, and chia seed into large bowl. Mix together until chicken is shredded.
- Add and mix in, chopped cucumber, celery, and grapes. Add garlic salt to taste. Squeeze lemon, add salt and pepper into chicken salad and combine.
- When making a sandwich, salad, or wrap, sprinkle grape nuts over the top for a crunch.
Drizzle in your honey!
We added dill pickle relish and mustard at this stage. Mmmm!!
Celery and cucumber please!
Sliced grapes! Give a good stir then squeeze lemon on top and pepper to taste. Plate over a nice bed of arugula or lettuce, or in a wrap or sandwich. Most of the time, we don’t get to the sandwich phase, we ending up eating the salad with crackers.
Sprinkle with Grape Nuts for a great crunch. Enjoy!
Skinny Greek Yogurt Chicken Salad
Equipment
- Large Bowl
Ingredients
- Two 12.5 oz cans chunk chicken breast
- 1 cup nonfat or lowfat plain greek yogurt
- 2 tablespoons raw honey
- 2 tablespoons yellow mustard
- 4 tablespoons dill pickle relish
- 1 cup about 4 stalks chopped celery
- 1/2 cup quartered then chopped cucumber
- 1/2 cup halved grapes
- 1/8 teaspoon garlic salt
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- 1/8 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
Instructions
- Combine chicken, greek yogurt, honey, mustard, dill relish, and chia seed into large bowl. Mix together until chicken is shredded.
- Add and mix in, chopped cucumber, celery, and grapes.
- Add garlic salt to taste.
- Squeeze lemon, add salt and pepper into chicken salad and combine.
- When making a sandwich, salad, or wrap, sprinkle grape nuts over the top for a crunch.
So delicious! The yogurt dressing is the best! I usually don’t care for yogurt dressings,but this one is great! I grilled two marinated chicken breasts instead of canned chicken. Added a ton of flavor. Because I was out of cucumber and celery, I substituted finely diced yellow peppers. This makes 4 large or 8 smallish portions. (4 PP or 2 PP) thanks fort this recipe.
Just made this for lunch for this week – by far the best chicken salad recipe I’ve tried! Thanks for sharing!
So glad to hear it Jess! Thanks for the feedback!
I love celery and grapes in chicken salad! This looks fabulous, Jenny! xoxo- K
I LOVE chicken salad but not the calories and fat that come with it, so thank you for this! I have a question though – I plan to use my own chicken breasts. How much do you think I would need to equal the canned amount you use?
This looks so fresh, yet filling!
Such a healthful & tasty salad!
Oh Jenny I’m just loving this!!
I love this skinny version – I’ll be making this for sure!
Loving this light version and those grape nuts! I have to give this a try!
Yummy! This looks so delicious! I never thought of adding chia seeds! What a great idea!
I could probably eat chicken salad every day for lunch! There’s so many options for mix-ins, you’d never get bored. I like the idea of adding chia seeds…I was pumped off them for a while after reading Born to Run, but now we aren’t stocked up. Thanks for the reminder! I love them in the summer with water and a squirt of lemon or lime juice!
I’ve never made chicken salad with greek yogurt before. This looks like my kind of meal! Can’t wait to make this 🙂
I think I’m in love!!!! Can’t wait to try this! It would be great wrapped in a tortilla, too.
Is it lunch time yet? This chicken salad looks and sounds amazing!
Nice recipe. thank you and have a great day!
Love this lighter version!! Perfect for staying fit! 🙂
I love chicken salad with greek yogurt. You really can’t tell the difference in taste! Love the addition of grape nuts for the crunch!
Loved that you added grapenuts! 🙂
healthier options are 100% on my mind right now! Looks good
Love this lighter version!
What a nice chicken salad! Love the use of the juicy grapes in it!
Grape Nuts! I’ll have to give that a try!!! Thanks, Jenny!