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Chicken Salad Sandwich – Two Ways

Makes 1 sandwich

Preparation Time: 10 min

2014 Kids Recipe Challenge winning recipe (lunch) : 2nd Place!

Ingredients

1 cup cooked diced or shredded chicken 250 mL
1/2 half a tomato, seeded and finely chopped 1/2
3 tbsp finely chopped onion, shallot or green onion 45 mL
1/4 cup chickpea hummus or soft cream cheese 60 mL
1 tbsp chopped fresh cilantro (optional) 15 mL
  a pinch of each salt and pepper  
2  slices whole grain bread 2 
2  lettuce leaves 2 
This is a great way to use up leftover chicken from last night’s dinner. For variety, try this sandwich with different flavours of hummus.  You can also use cream cheese instead of the hummus.
 
 

Instructions

Step 1
In a bowl, stir together chicken, tomato, onion, 2 tbsp (30 mL) of the hummus, cilantro (if using), salt and pepper.

Step 2
Place bread on work surface and spread each with remaining hummus and top with lettuce.

Step 3
Divide chicken mixture among bread and serve.

Tips

If you want a bit more zip to your sandwich, add 1 tbsp (15 mL) lemon juice to the chicken mixture. 

Nutrition & Notes

Nutrition Information
Valeur nutritive
per 1/2 sandwich
% Daily Value
% valeur quotidienne
Amount
Teneur
Calories / Calories 240
Fat / Lipides 6.9 g
Saturated / saturés
+ Trans / trans
Cholesterol / Cholestérol
Sodium / Sodium 314 mg
Carbohydrates / Glucides 26.0 g
Fiber / Fibres 5.5 g
Sugars / Sucres
Protein Protéines 18.6 g
Vitamin A / Vitamine A
Vitamin C / Vitamine C
Calcium / Calcium
Iron / Fer
In Sharanya from Markham’s own words: “Do you want to try something new, soft and crunchy? Then you want to try this chicken salad sandwich! It is a cold sandwich that can be made during any time of the day or night and is really healthy. It’s so simple to make. You are going to love it.”
Recipe courtesy of EatRight Ontario at www.eatrightontario.ca. 

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