Description
A comforting and creamy chicken salad with a zesty twist, featuring cottage cheese and banana peppers.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup rotisserie chicken, chopped into small chunks
- 1/2 cup low-fat (2% milkfat) cottage cheese, blended smooth
- 1/4 cup jarred banana peppers, diced
- 1/4 cup red onion, diced
- 1/4 cup celery, diced
- 2 tablespoons green onion, thinly sliced
- 1/2 teaspoon Dijon or spicy mustard
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
Instructions
- Blend cottage cheese: In a food processor, pulse the cottage cheese, Dijon mustard, garlic powder, salt, and pepper until smooth.
- Combine and serve: In a large mixing bowl, combine the blended cottage cheese mixture with the chopped chicken, diced banana peppers, red onion, celery, and green onion. Stir until well combined.
- Taste and adjust: Taste the salad and adjust the seasonings with more salt and pepper if needed.
- Serve immediately or chill: You can serve the salad right away or cover it and chill in the fridge to deepen flavors.
Notes
Customize with additional vegetables or nuts for extra crunch.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Salad
- Method: Mixing
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 220
- Sugar: 2g
- Sodium: 350mg
- Fat: 7g
- Saturated Fat: 2g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 8g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 28g
- Cholesterol: 70mg