Melon Chicken Salad

Prep: 30 min Serves: 4 Cuisine: American

A refreshing melon and chicken salad featuring sweet cantaloupe, crisp celery, and flavorful blue cheese dressing, perfect for light summer meals or entertaining guests.

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Ingredients

  • 1 cantaloupe
  • 1 cup sliced celery
  • celery leaves
  • 2 cups cooked chicken, cut-up

Instructions

  1. Pare the cantaloupe and cut into four crosswise slices.
  2. Remove seeds and cut out the inside of the cantaloupe rings to leave a one-half inch ring.
  3. Reserve the cut-out melon pieces.
  4. In a large bowl, combine the reserved melon pieces and cut the rest of the melon into cubes.
  5. Cut the cooked chicken, celery, and radishes into cubes.
  6. Mix the cubed chicken, celery, radishes, and melon with blue cheese dressing.
  7. Cover and chill the salad for several hours.
  8. To serve, place the melon slices on salad plates and spoon the chicken salad into the middle of each ring.
  9. Garnish with celery leaves.

Nutrition & Diet Analysis (per serving)

45 kcal 2% DV
Protein Fat Carbs

Macronutrients

Protein 5g 10% DV
Total Fat 0.6g 1% DV
Carbs 5.1g 2% DV
Fiber 1.2g 4% DV
Sugar 3.3g 7% DV

Electrolytes

Sodium 541mg 24% DV
Potassium 311mg 7% DV
Cholesterol 12.8mg 4% DV

Vitamins & Minerals

Vitamin A 49.3mcg 5% DV
Vitamin C 10.7mg 12% DV
Vitamin D 0mcg
Calcium 22.5mg 2% DV
Iron 0.3mg 2% DV

* % Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet (FDA 2020).

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