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Cashew Chicken Salad Recipe

Cashew Chicken Salad Recipe

This salad features chicken breasts and very flexible. Make changes that you like.

Course Salad
Cuisine American
Keyword Cashew Chicken Salad Recipe
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Servings 4
Calories 265 kcal

Ingredients

  • 3 boneless skinless chicken breasts
  • 1 cup unsalted cashew halves and pieces
  • 2 cups small pasta such as seashells, cooked
  • 1 small sweet onion diced
  • 1 small green bell pepper diced
  • 5 stalks celery split lengthwise and diced
  • 1 cup mayonnaise based salad dressing
  • 1/4 cup brown sugar
  • 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
  • 1 tablespoon distilled white vinegar
  • 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
  • Pinch ground black pepper

Instructions

  1. Cook the chicken breasts in any manner you prefer.
  2. The easiest way is to cut the breasts into bite sized pieces and quickly sauté them in a little olive oil. But you could also quickly broil them in the oven - cook them all the way through, then when they are cool enough to handle, cut the chicken into bite sized pieces.
  3. Make the dressing by combining the salad dressing (Miracle Whip), brown sugar, fresh lemon juice, the distilled white vinegar and the kosher salt with the black pepper.
  4. Toss the dressing with the cooked pasta, and then add the celery, green bell pepper and the sweet onion. Lastly add the cooked chicken pieces.
  5. Refrigerate the salad until ready to serve.