Chicken, Carrot, and Cucumber Salad

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4 servings
By David Bonom
March 2007
RECIPE BY Cooking Light

Serve this chunky salad with pita wedges or pita chips. Purchase pita chips or make your own by spraying pita wedges with cooking spray, sprinkling them with a little shredded Parmesan cheese, and baking them at 400° for about 10 minutes.

Ingredients

  • 2 cups chopped cooked chicken breast (about 1 pound)
  • 1 1/4 cups chopped seeded cucumber
  • 1/2 cup matchstick-cut carrots
  • 1/2 cup sliced radishes
  • 1/3 cup chopped green onions
  • 1/4 cup light mayonnaise
  • 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
  • 1 teaspoon bottled minced garlic
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
  • 1/8 teaspoon black pepper
  • 4 green leaf lettuce leaves
  • 4 (6-inch) whole wheat pitas, each cut into 8 wedges

Nutritional Information

  • Calories 382
  • Caloriesfromfat 25%
  • Fat 10.4g
  • Satfat 2.1g
  • Monofat 2.7g
  • Polyfat 4.3g
  • Protein 40.7g
  • Carbohydrate 31.4g
  • Fiber 5.1g
  • Cholesterol 102mg
  • Iron 3mg
  • Sodium 621mg
  • Calcium 56mg

How to Make It

Step 1

Combine first 5 ingredients in a large bowl. Combine mayonnaise and next 5 ingredients (through pepper) in a small bowl, stirring with a whisk. Add mayonnaise mixture to chicken mixture; stir until combined.

Step 2

Place 1 lettuce leaf on each of 4 plates; top each leaf with about 1 cup chicken mixture. Place 8 pita wedges on each serving.

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Ratings & Reviews

wrestlermom's Review

wrestlermom
July 04, 2013
This salad was ok not great because it didn't have much flavor other than the pepper.

Phoebegetsfit's Review

Norenn
March 06, 2013
I really enjoy this dish and have made it several times. I find it's best to make it head of time to let all the flavors soak together.

LouLouBrownie's Review

LouLouBrownie
August 03, 2012
Very yummy! I feel like the mayo could be substituted for something dairy-based, like a little plain yogurt, but it was fine. I added oregano instead of cilantro, some freeze--dried chives, a couple splashes of lemon juice, and used celery salt because we have it. Also, didn't have radishes. Stuffed the chicken salad into the pita pockets, but ate it like a regular salad. Very yummy and light!

Norenn's Review

Phoebegetsfit
February 27, 2012
This chicken salad was a amazing and a refreshing change to normal chicken salad. I used less carrots than called for - subbed curry powder for the cumin (I don't like it) and added a dash of red pepper flakes for a little bite. Awesome!

DeannaG's Review

DeannaG
November 10, 2008
This is a fantastic chicken salad. So easy to make, so easy to change to your own veggie faves. This is a keeper! Everyone in my family loves this...even the one who doesn't like mayo! Thanks!