Hearty Healthy Chicken Salad

A tasty, low-fat chicken and macaroni pasta salad that will satisfy the heartiest of appetites.

Recipe Ingredients:

1 broiler-fryer chicken, cooked, skinned, boned and cut into chunks
1 cup small macaroni, cooked
3 tomatoes, cubed
1 cup sliced celery
1/2 cup chopped sweet red pepper
3 tablespoons chopped onion greens
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
1/4 teaspoon oregano
1 cup chicken broth
1 clove garlic, split
1/4 cup wine vinegar

Cooking Directions:

1. In large bowl, mix together chicken (while still warm), macaroni, tomatoes, celery, red pepper and onion greens. Sprinkle salt, pepper and oregano.
2. In small saucepan, place chicken broth and garlic; bring to boil over high temperature and boil for 10 minutes or until broth is reduced to 1/2 cup. Add wine vinegar and pour over salad, mixing well. Serve warm or chilled.

Makes 6 servings.

Nutritional Information Per Serving (1/6 of recipe): Calories: 192 Protein: 22.5 g Total fat: 5.7 g Saturated fat: 1.53 g Carbohydrates: 12.1 g Cholesterol: 61 mg Sodium: 603 mg

Recipe provided courtesy of the National Chicken Council. Used with permission.