Spicy Chicken Salad Recipes

Chicken Salad doesn't have to be boring. You can make it a dozen different ways, so that it never has to get old. I've created two different varieties of chicken salad that I think are quite tasty. They are both spicy and full of flavor.

The inspiration for the first chicken salad came from Rachael Ray's Buffalo Chicken Chili recipe. My husband absolutely loves that chili. When I was thinking about how I could change the recipe up, I thought of that. Take the same basic ingredients from the chili recipe and make chicken salad.

Chicken Chili

Buffalo Chicken Salad

Ingredients:

1 10 oz. can of white meat chicken (drained), or 1 chicken breast cooked and chopped 1/4 Teaspoon garlic powder 1 Teaspoon smoked paprika 1 celery stalk, finely chopped 1 medium carrot, finely grated 2 Tablespoon red onion, finely chopped 3 Tablespoon Franks Red Hot Sauce (Original) 2 Tablespoon reduced-fat mayo 2 Tablespoon plain, non-fat Greek yogurt

Cooking instructions:

Place chicken into bowl and break up larger chunks with fork. Add in the rest of ingredients and stir together. Cover and chill in refrigerator for at least 1 hour before serving. Serve on a bed of lettuce or wheat bread.

Healthier Chipotle Chicken Salad

Ingredients:

1 10oz. canned white chicken, or 1 chicken breast chopped 2 Tablespoon red onion, finely chopped 1 celery stalk, finely chopped 1 chopped chipotle, from can of chipotle peppers in adobo sauce 1 Tablespoon adobo sauce, from can of chipotles 1 to 2 Tablespoon cilantro, chopped 2 Tablespoon reduced fat mayo 2 Tablespoon plain non-fat Greek yogurt 1/4 Teaspoon cumin 1/4 Teaspoon onion powder 1/4 Teaspoon garlic powder juice of 1 small lime, half if lime is large

Cooking instructions:

Place chicken into bowl and break up larger chunks with fork. Add in the rest of ingredients and mix together. Cover and chill in refrigerator for at least 1 hour before serving. Serve on a bed of lettuce or wheat bread.

Spicy Chicken Salad Recipes

Tempie Hughes is a proud Texas gal who grew up a little obsessed with movies about southern belles or 'georgia' peaches'. Read about her adventures in travel, food, and life at The Texas Peach Blog.

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