Poppy Seed Chicken Salad with Greek Yogurt Dressing
I found a recipe for poppy seed chicken salad on the food network website and totally couldn’t get it out of my mind. After a week of mulling it over in my head I finally decided to give it a try. The result was a perfect spring salad that boasting sweet but tangy flavors and protein packed meal into one. I switched out the dried fruit for fresh just because I like to use fresh whenever possible. I do however LOVE apricot chicken salad so I am sure it would be delicious the other way too.
Poppy Seed Chicken Salad
1 to 1 ½ lbs cooked chicken (I used the leftovers from a whole bird I roasted off earlier in the week) 1 clementine, tangerine or other small citrus ¼ C mayo ¼ C greek yogurt 1 tbs dijon mustard 1 stalk celery, chopped ¼ C chopped pecans or almonds Chopped chives, small handfull 1 tbs poppy seeds fresh ground pepper ½ C chopped strawberries
Mix mayo, yogurt, mustard and zest and juice from the citrus together in a small bowl. Add other ingredients and toss until completely covered. Serve or refrigerate immediately.