Chicken Curry Salad
This Chicken Curry Salad is jazzed up with curry, and loaded with goodness! It can be made ahead of time, chilled, and brought to room temp when ready to serve with your favorite sandwich bread. Flaky croissants are perfect!
Servings: 6
Ingredients
- ½ cup whole Greek yogurt, unsweetened
- ½ cup real mayonnaise
- 5 teaspoons yellow curry powder
- 2 teaspoons pure honey
- ½ teaspoon ground ginger
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt, plus more to taste
- ½ teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
- 1.5 pounds cooked chicken breast, shredded or chopped
- ½ cup red onion, chopped
- 1 large dill pickle, chopped
- 1 cup raisins
- 1 whole apple, chopped*
- ½ cup roasted cashews, salted, coarsely chopped
- thinly sliced green onions, for garnishing (optional)
Instructions
- In a bowl, whisk together Greek yogurt, mayonnaise, curry powder, honey, ginger, salt, and pepper.
- Add chicken, onions, pickles, raisins, and apples to the curry mixture. Use rubber spatula to gently combine well. Season with additional salt or pepper, if needed.
- Keep covered and chilled. Let salad rest at room temp at least 15 minutes before serving. Just before serving, top with chopped cashews and green onions, if using.
Notes
- Apple can be peeled or unpeeled. A crisp, sweet apple variety like Fuji or Honeycrisp works best.
- Use store-bought rotisserie chicken for convenience, or cook and chop your own. If your chicken is unseasoned, add extra salt and pepper to taste.
- Mangoes can be used in place of apples for a different flavor. Raisins can be swapped out for dried cranberries or dried blueberries if needed.
- Let the salad chill in the fridge for at least 30 minutes before serving. Take it out about 15 minutes ahead of time so it's not too cold when you serve it.
- Curry chicken salad keeps well covered and chilled for 3 days.
- This recipe is part of our Chicken Salad Recipes Collection.
- Serve with croissants, soft French bread, your choice of bread rolls, or simply over green leaf lettuce.
Nutrition (per serving)
Calories: 445kcal | Carbohydrates: 33g | Protein: 29g | Fat: 23g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 10g | Monounsaturated Fat: 7g | Trans Fat: 0.05g | Cholesterol: 81mg | Sodium: 532mg | Potassium: 827mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 9g | Vitamin A: 438IU | Vitamin C: 17mg | Calcium: 55mg | Iron: 2mg