Cajun Chicken Salad

Cajun Chicken Salad is a salad that serves 4. One portion of this dish contains approximately 28g of protein, 27g of fat, and a total of 377 calories. For $1.55 per serving, this recipe covers 21% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe from Simply Recipes requires hard-boiled eggs, skinless boneless chicken breasts, tabasco, and green onion. 576 people have made this recipe and would make it again. It is a rather cheap recipe for fans of Creole food. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 30 minutes. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free, dairy free, and whole 30 diet. Taking all factors into account, this recipe earns a spoonacular score of 80%, which is outstanding. Try Cajun Chicken Salad, Easy and Fast Cajun Chicken Caesar Salad, and Cajun grilled chicken with lime black-eyed bean salad & guacamole for similar recipes.

Servings: 4

Preparation duration: 15 minutes

Cooking duration: 15 minutes

 

Ingredients:

1/2 cup chopped celery

1 Tbsp cider vinegar

1 teaspoon Cajun or Creole seasoning

1/4 cup chopped green onion

1/2 cup chopped green pepper

2 hard-boiled eggs, chopped

1 teaspoon prepared horseradish

1/2 cup mayonnaise

2 Tbsp mustard

2 teaspoons paprika

Salt

1 pound skinless, boneless chicken breasts

Tabasco or other hot sauce to taste

Equipment:

pot

bowl

slotted spoon

Cooking instruction summary:

1 Set a 2-quart pot of well salted water over high heat. As the water heats to a boil, cut the chicken breasts into large (2 1/2-inch) chunks. When the water boils, add the chicken. Turn off the heat and cover the pot. Let sit for 15 minutes (time it) or more while you prepare everything else.2 In a large bowl, mix the mayo, mustard, vinegar, paprika, Cajun seasoning and horseradish together. Mix in the eggs, celery, green pepper, green onion. 3 Using a slotted spoon, remove the chicken from the poaching water* and dice it. Mix it in with the remaining ingredients. Add salt and hot sauce to taste. Chill before serving. Serve over butter lettuce or between two pieces of bread for a sandwich.*The resulting poaching liquid is a light, salted chicken broth. You can save it and pour it into a cup and drink it as a light soup if you want.

 

Step by step:


1. 1 Set a 2-quart pot of well salted water over high heat. As the water heats to a boil, cut the chicken breasts into large (2 1/2-inch) chunks. When the water boils, add the chicken. Turn off the heat and cover the pot.

2. Let sit for 15 minutes (time it) or more while you prepare everything else.2 In a large bowl, mix the mayo, mustard, vinegar, paprika, Cajun seasoning and horseradish together.

3. Mix in the eggs, celery, green pepper, green onion. 3 Using a slotted spoon, remove the chicken from the poaching water* and dice it.

4. Mix it in with the remaining ingredients.

5. Add salt and hot sauce to taste. Chill before serving.

6. Serve over butter lettuce or between two pieces of bread for a sandwich.*The resulting poaching liquid is a light, salted chicken broth. You can save it and pour it into a cup and drink it as a light soup if you want.


Nutrition Information:

Quickview
376k Calories
28g Protein
27g Total Fat
3g Carbs
16% Health Score
Limit These
Calories
376k
19%

Fat
27g
42%

  Saturated Fat
4g
30%

Carbohydrates
3g
1%

  Sugar
1g
2%

Cholesterol
177mg
59%

Sodium
492mg
21%

Get Enough Of These
Protein
28g
57%

Selenium
47µg
68%

Vitamin K
65µg
62%

Vitamin B3
12mg
61%

Vitamin B6
0.98mg
49%

Phosphorus
309mg
31%

Vitamin C
18mg
23%

Vitamin A
1076IU
22%

Vitamin B5
2mg
21%

Potassium
588mg
17%

Vitamin B2
0.28mg
17%

Vitamin E
2mg
13%

Magnesium
43mg
11%

Vitamin B1
0.14mg
9%

Vitamin B12
0.54µg
9%

Zinc
1mg
8%

Iron
1mg
7%

Folate
29µg
7%

Manganese
0.14mg
7%

Fiber
1g
6%

Vitamin D
0.72µg
5%

Calcium
40mg
4%

Copper
0.08mg
4%

covered percent of daily need
Widget by spoonacular.com

 

Related Videos:

Tomato Basil Pasta Salad w/ Cajun Chicken

 

Suggested for you

Dark Chocolate Truffles
S’mores Ice Cream Sandwiches and a Huge #Giveaway #IceCreamWeek
Healthy Gluten Free Quinoa Muffins
Grilled Taco and Lime Chicken for Tacos
Chocolate Cookie Ice Cream Sandwiches
Sausage and Pepper Sandwiches
Hawaiian Stone Sour
Chipotle Cheese Fondue with Homemade Pretzels
Chicken Caprese Pasta Salad
Brown Sugar Pecan Coffee Cake with Chai Spices
Food Trivia

The M’s in M & M’s stand for ‘Mars & Murrie’, the co-creators of the candy.

Food Joke

When Bill and Hillary first got married, Bill said, "I am putting a box under our bed. You must promise never to look in it." In all their 30 years of marriage, Hillary never looked. However, on the afternoon of their 30th anniversary, curiosity got the better of her and she lifted the lid and peeked inside. In the box there were 3 empty beer cans and $1,874.25 in cash. After dinner, Hillary could no longer contain her guilt and she confessed, saying, "I am so sorry. For all these years I kept my promise and never looked in the box under our bed. However, today the temptation was too much and I gave in. But now I need to know why do you keep the empty cans in the box?" Bill thought for a while and said, "I guess that after all these years you deserve to know the truth. Whenever I was unfaithful to you, I put an empty beer can in the box under the bed to remind myself not to do it again." Hillary was shocked, but said, "I am very disappointed and saddened, but I guess after all those years away from home on the road, temptation does happen and I guess that 3 times is not that bad considering the number of years we've been together." They hugged and made their peace. A little while later, Hillary asked Bill, "So why do you have all that money in the box?" Bill answered, "Well, whenever the box filled up with empty cans, I took them to the recycling center and redeemed them for cash."

Popular Recipes
Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake

Blahnik Baker

Coconut Cake

Somethings Wanky

Peanut Butter Glazed Brownie Doughnuts

Simply Scratch

meringues with fresh summer berries & vanilla creme fraiche

The Wicked Noodle

Spaghetti Sqlaw

Foodnetwork