No Mayo Chicken Salad with Blood Orange Vinaigrette
This no mayo chicken salad with blood orange vinaigrette is an easy weeknight meal that comes together quickly and is perfect for using up leftover roasted chicken.
4c.winter greens, such as kale, swiss chard, or spinachshredded or coarsely chopped
Instructions
Prepare the blood orange vinaigrette. Place all ingredients into a blender and blend until completely incorporated and the citrus rind is pulverized. Strain through a fine mesh strainer to remove any large bits of rind.
Toss the roasted chicken, carrot, celery, radishes, pecans, red onion and pomegranate seeds together in a large bowl. Dress with half the blood orange vinaigrette and toss again.
Arrange the greens on 4 dinner plates and top each plate with ¼ of the chicken salad. Serve with additional blood orange vinaigrette on the side.
Notes
If you don't have access to blood orange marmalade, sub any citrus marmalade of your choice. You can also swap the marmalade for the juice of one blood orange and increase the honey to a full tablespoon.