Italian chicken salad
#175896 - 05/02/05 03:30 PM
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Italian Chicken Salad
Leftover or rotisserie chicken from the deli speeds this fresh dish to the table.
Dressing:
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
1/2 teaspoon bottled minced garlic
1/2 teaspoon sugar
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1/8 teaspoon salt
Salad:
3 cups cubed cooked chicken breast
1 cup finely chopped red bell pepper
2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh parsley
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1/2 teaspoon dried basil
10 pitted ripe olives, halved
1 (14-ounce) can quartered artichoke hearts, drained
To prepare dressing, combine first 7 ingredients in a medium bowl, stirring with a whisk.
To prepare salad, combine chicken and remaining ingredients in a large bowl. Pour dressing over salad, and toss gently to combine.
Yield: 4 servings (serving size: 1 1/4 cups)
CALORIES 262 (32% from fat); FAT 9.4g (satfat 1.5g, monofat 3.8g, polyfat 1.2g); PROTEIN 34.6g; CARBOHYDRATE 8.3g; FIBER 1.1g; CHOLESTEROL 89mg; IRON 2.5mg; SODIUM 395mg; CALCIUM 31mg;
Cooking Light, MAY 2005
The olives up the fat percentage but with a side dish like rolls or something the fat would be in the zone.
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Everything about this salad looks wonderful, except that I am not a big fan of peppers. Can you think of any substitute veggie that I could use instead of the peppers?
Thanks!
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possibly cherry tomatoes or cooked and cooled green beans or zucchini maybe. Is that better? 
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Sounds great. Will try it today.
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Yum...I love tomatoes...I'm thinking those little grape tomatoes would be wonderful! Thanks for the tip!
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This is very good but made as-is it's too chicken-y for me so I changed it around a little.
I made the dressing as directed but whisked the dried oregano and dried basil into the dressing. I also substituted 2 teaspoons of dried parsley for the 2 Tablespoons of fresh and whisked that into the dressing also.
I used 1 cup of cooked cubed chicken breast (about 1 breast) and added 2 cups of cooked elbow macaroni (1 cup uncooked). I'm not up for a cup of bell pepper so I used 1 tomato (a little less than a cup) plus about 1/4 cup of red bell pepper. And I cut the olives into smaller pieces so they're more like flavoring and less like a mouthful of olive.
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