Pesto Chicken Salad Croissants Recipe: This Pesto Chicken Salad can be prepared in just ten minutes with just five ingredients and minimal effort.
Pesto Chicken Salad Croissants Recipe
It’s the ideal simple option for lunch, supper, or even a snack. Serve it on top of a bed of greens, as a sandwich or wrap, or enjoy it with crackers.
Ingredients
- 2 cups shredded chicken breast, we use rotisserie chicken
- 1/3 cup basil pesto
- 1/4 cup plain Greek yogurt, can use mayonnaise
- 2 tablespoons sliced green onion
- Squeeze of fresh lemon juice, optional
- Kosher salt and black pepper, to taste
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Instructions
The shredded chicken, pesto, Greek yogurt, and green onion should be mixed together in a large basin.
Mix thoroughly until everything is incorporated. Depending on your preference, you can add a few drops of lemon juice, and then season it with salt and pepper. Stir once more.
In addition to serving on toast, you may also build a sandwich or lettuce wrap with it, or you can have it with crackers.
How to Store
The chicken salad can be kept in the refrigerator for up to four days if it is stored in an airtight container from the beginning. If you notice that the salad has become a little dry, you can simply add a little bit more pesto to it in order to brighten it up.
Nutrition
- Calories:Â 192kcal
- Carbohydrates:Â 2g
- Protein:Â 23g
- Fat:Â 8g
- Saturated Fat:Â 2g
- Polyunsaturated Fat:Â 1g
- Monounsaturated Fat:Â 1g
- Cholesterol:Â 65mg
- Sodium:Â 437mg,
- Potassium:Â 233mg
- Fiber:Â 1g
- Sugar:Â 1g
- Vitamin A:Â 460IU
- Vitamin C:Â 1mg
- Calcium:Â 59mg
- Iron:Â 1mg
