Fruit & Chicken Salad
Frozen lemon concentrates are ideal ingredients for making low-fat dressings. This recipe uses frozen orange juice concentrate, which adds flavor and body to the dressing.
Prep Time:
25 mins
Total Time:
2 hrs 25 mins
Servings:
Makes 4 servings.
Ingredients
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1/2 cup fat-free dairy sour cream
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1/2 cup low-fat mayonnaise or low-fat salad dressing
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1 tablespoon frozen orange juice concentrate, thawed
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1/8 teaspoon ground ginger
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Dash ground red pepper
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3 green onions, sliced (1/3 cup)
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2 cups thinly sliced celery
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1-1/2 cups seedless red or green grapes, halved
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1-1/2 cups chopped cooked chicken
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1/2 cup dried apricots, cut into slivers
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4 lettuce leaves
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2 plum tomatoes, thinly sliced
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1 cucumber, thinly sliced
Directions
1.
For dressing, stir together the sour cream, mayonnaise dressing or salad dressing, orange juice concentrate, ginger, and red pepper. Stir in green onions.
2.
In a large bowl toss together celery, grapes, chicken, and apricots; stir in the dressing, Cover and chill for 2 to 4 hours.
3.
To serve, line 4 salad plates with lettuce leaves. Arrange tomatoes and cucumber on top of lettuce. Top with chicken mixture. Makes 4 servings.
Nutrition information
Calories 264, Total Fat 3 g, Saturated Fat 1 g, Cholesterol 44 mg, Sodium 511 mg, Carbohydrate 40 g, Fiber 5 g, Protein 21 g. Daily Values: Vitamin A 0%, Vitamin C 0%, Calcium 0%, Iron 0%. Exchanges: Vegetable 1, Fruit 2.5.
Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet
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