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Curried Chicken Salad Sandwiches
Chopped cooked chicken is folded with yogurt, a little curry, celery, and grapes. It is a sandwich, not a mayonnaise puddle.
- Prep
- 20 min
- Cook
- 0 min
- Total
- 20 min
- Servings
- 4
- Difficulty
- Easy
Why you’ll love it
- Yogurt lightens the dressing.
- Curry is a teaspoon, not a paste.
- Grapes add a sweet bite.
- It uses chicken you already cooked.
Ingredients
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Instructions
- 1
Stir the yogurt, curry powder, salt, and lemon juice together.
- 2
Fold in the chicken, celery, and grapes.
- 3
Taste and add a pinch more salt if it needs it.
- 4
Chill 10 minutes so the flavors meet.
- 5
Spoon onto bread and serve.
Pro tips
- Dry chicken chops better than shredded wet chicken.
- Toast the bread if you are packing it, and keep the salad separate until you eat.
- A pinch of cayenne is optional.
Easy substitutions
- Yogurt
- Mayonnaise
- Grapes
- Diced apple
- Bread
- Butter lettuce cups
Storage and reheating
Storage
Refrigerate up to 3 days.
Reheating
Serve cold. Do not heat.
Nutrition
Estimates per serving, using standard ingredient averages and rounded to the nearest gram. This is not a lab analysis, and it shifts if you change brands or add sides.
- Calories
- 360
- Protein
- 28 g
- Carbs
- 34 g
- Fat
- 12 g
- Fiber
- 2 g
Moderate · No Cook · High Protein
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A half-sheet pan
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