Cranberry Pecan Chicken Salad

Keto Cranberry Pecan Chicken Salad is very tasty & mouthwatering. This recipe contains a combination of juicy chicken with tangy cranberries and crunchy pecans along with the creamy poppy seed dressing. It takes only twenty minutes to make this salad. This cranberry pecan salad is grain-free and gluten-free but it is not dairy-free, we can make this dairy-free by omitting the mayonnaise from it. We can easily make this salad for the meal prep and it will allow the flavors to get incorporated deeply and we can add the dressing when we are serving. This salad only contains 2g fiber and 4g net carbs/serving.

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STATS:

Calories: 310 kcal
Prep time: Ten minutes
Serving size: 1 plate or bowl
Cook time: 10 minutes
Cuisine: America
Total time: 20 minutes
Diet: Keto, Low-carb, Gluten-free, Dairy-free
Serving: 4 servings
Course: Lunch

EQUIPMENT:

Baking sheet
Knife
Skillet
Spatula
Medium bowl
Whisk
Large mixing bowl
Spoon

INGREDIENTS:

FOR THE CHICKEN SALAD:

2 cups cooked chicken breast
½ cup celery
¼ cup red onion
½ cup pecans
¼ cup dried sugar-free cranberries(sweetened with keto sweetener)
2 tablespoons fresh parsley

FOR THE POPPY SEED DRESSING:

Two tbsp. apple cider vinegar
One tbsp. Dijon mustard
One tbsp. poppy seeds
1 teaspoon Erythritol
Half cup keto mayonnaise
Salt and black pepper

TO GARNISH & SERVE:

Mixed greens or lettuce
Lemon wedges

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INSTRUCTION:

Take a large mixing bowl and add the red onions, celery, chicken, pecans, cranberries(sweetened with keto sweetener), fresh and parsley and mix all of them gently.
We can grab a small bowl and add theketo mayonnaise, Dijon mustard, black pepper powder, Erythritol, salt, poppy seed, and apple cider vinegar and mix them with the whisk.
Then we can add the poppy seeds dressing in the chicken salad.
Mix all of the components with the spatula till everything get coated properly.
Put the bowl of chicken salad in the fridge for some time to incorporate the flavor with each other.
When the salad gets chicken then we can serve the salad on the mix green or lettuce.
Garnish the chicken salad with the lemon wedges.

TIPS:

I use Erythritol to make this salad but you can also use any keto-friendly sweetener of choice you want like monk fruit, stevia, or any other of choice but adjust the amount of sweetness according to the sweetener.
We can easily make this salad before time and store the salad in the fridge but store the salad and dressing separately to avoid the wilting of the greens.
You can also able to customize the dressing according to our interest and add the Greek yogurt in it.
We can also add other things like walnuts, almonds, or fresh berries in this salad.

STORAGE INFORMATION:

FRIDGE:

We can store the cranberry(sweetened with keto sweetener), pecan, & chicken salad in the seal container and store them for three days. If we plan to meal prep the salad so we should store the dressing and salad separately to keep it fresher.

FREEZER:

We cannot store this cranberry pecan chicken salad in the freezer as the texture will get ruin when it gets thawed.

FAQs:

Is this cranberry pecan chicken salad low in carbs?

This cranberry pecan chicken salad only contains 6g carbs, 2g fiber, 4g net carbs, and 30g proteins in them.

Will we store this salad?

We can store the cranberry, pecan, & chicken salad in the seal container and store them for three days. If we plan to meal prep the salad so we should store the dressing and salad separately to keep it fresher. But we cannot store this cranberry pecan chicken salad in the freezer as the texture will get ruin when it gets thawed.

Can I utilize fresh cranberries instead of sugar-free cranberries?

If you are making this salad for having in keto diet so it is best to made it with sugar-free cranberries that are sweetened with keto sweetener, otherwise you can easily make these with the normal cranberries as well.

How can I make this salad without the mayonnaise?

We can easily make this salad without using the mayonnaise and we can utilize the avocado base dressing, sour cream, or Greek yogurt in place of mayonnaise.