Chicken and Pea Salad

Name: Chicken and Pea Salad
Total time: PT40M15M
Yield: 4
Ingredients: Ingredients 1/2 pound snap peas 3 cups cooked chicken, roughly chopped 1/2 cup frozen peas, thawed 2 scallions, chopped 1/4 cup parsley, chopped 1/2 cup Greek yogurt, nonfat 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil 2 teaspoons fresh lemon zest 1 teaspoon dried tarragon Salt to taste

By:

Co+op

Recipe Information

Total Time:

40 minutes total; 15 minutes active

Servings:

Chicken salad is much more interesting with the addition of crisp snap peas and sweet English peas.

Chicken salad is much more interesting with the addition of crisp snap peas and sweet English peas. In this easy dish, yogurt replaces the usual mayonnaise, with a little boost in flavor from extra virgin olive oil. You can roast chicken for this or use leftover or rotisserie chicken to save time.

Ingredients

1/2 pound snap peas
3 cups cooked chicken, roughly chopped
1/2 cup frozen peas, thawed
2 scallions, chopped
1/4 cup parsley, chopped
1/2 cup Greek yogurt, nonfat
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
2 teaspoons fresh lemon zest
1 teaspoon dried tarragon
Salt to taste

Preparation

Trim the snap peas, chop into ½-inch pieces and place in a bowl with the chicken. Add the thawed peas, scallions and parsley.
In a cup, stir the yogurt, olive oil, lemon zest and tarragon. Pour over the chicken mixture and stir to mix.