Mandarin Chicken Salad With Raspberry-Lemon Parfaits
Meal Time - 20 minutes / Serves 4
Cooking Sequence
- Prepare chicken salad sandwiches - 15 minutes
- Prepare parfaits and serve - 5 minutes
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Mandarin Chicken Salad
Ingredients
1 (10-ounce) package roasted seasoned chicken
1/4 cup pre-diced celery
3/4 cup mayonnaise
2 tablespoons pre-diced onions
1/8 teaspoon salt-free herb/spice blend
1/8 teaspoon pepper
1 (11-ounce) can mandarin oranges (drained, about 1 cup)
4 Bakery croissants
1 medium tomato (rinsed)
4 lettuce leaves (rinsed)
Steps
1. Place chicken and celery in medium bowl, breaking chicken into bite-size pieces, if needed. Stir in mayonnaise, onions, spice blend, and pepper until well blended.
2. Fold (gently mix) oranges into chicken salad.
3. Cut croissants in half. Slice tomato into thin slices. Place lettuce leaves and tomato slices on bottom halves of croissants. Top with chicken salad and top halves of croissants. Serve.
CALORIES (per 1/4 recipe) 680kcal; FAT 47g; CHOL 95mg; SODIUM 1220mg; CARB 42g; FIBER 3g; PROTEIN 22g;
VIT A 35%; VIT C 35%; CALC 4%; IRON 10%
Raspberry-Lemon Parfaits
Ingredients
2 cups fresh (or frozen) raspberries (rinsed)
2 (8-ounce) cartons fat-free lemon yogurt
Steps
1. Pat raspberries dry. (If using frozen, thaw following package instructions.)
2. Layer raspberries and yogurt into parfait glasses, beginning and ending with raspberries. Serve.
CALORIES (per 1/4 recipe) 90kcal; FAT 0g; CHOL 5mg; SODIUM 85mg; CARB 21g; FIBER 4g; PROTEIN 6g;
VIT A 0%; VIT C 25%; CALC 20%; IRON 2%
Utensils & Cookware
- medium bowl
- 4 parfait glasses
- cooking spoons
- knife and cutting board
- measuring utensils
Shortcuts & Tips
Be careful to gently fold the mandarin oranges into the chicken salad; stirring too hard will cause the segments to break.
Recipe Version R-05/07-0007