Feta Chicken Salad Recipe

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I grew up eating chicken because my father was the manager at a poultry facility, but this is the one dish that never gets boring. —Cheryl Lundquist, Wake Forest, North Carolina

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Feta Chicken Salad Recipe

Prep: 20 min. + chilling

Yield: 4 Servings

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Ingredients

2 cups shredded cooked chicken breasts
1/2 cup cherry tomatoes, halved
1/2 cup finely chopped red onion
1/2 cup chopped seedless cucumber
1/2 cup chopped sweet yellow pepper
4 teaspoons lemon juice
4 teaspoons olive oil
1/2 teaspoon Greek seasoning
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon pepper
1/4 cup crumbled feta cheese

Directions

In a large bowl, combine the first five ingredients. In a small bowl, whisk the lemon juice, oil, Greek seasoning, salt and pepper. Pour over chicken mixture; toss to coat. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour. Just before serving, sprinkle with cheese. Yield: 4 servings.

Nutritional Facts 1 cup equals 198 calories, 9 g fat (2 g saturated fat), 63 mg cholesterol, 540 mg sodium, 5 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 24 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 3 lean meat, 1 vegetable, 1 fat.

Originally published as Feta Chicken Salad in Healthy Cooking August/September 2012, p54

The History of Feta

FETA is a white, salty, semi-firm cheese. Traditionally it was made from sheep or goat's milk but is now also made with cow's milk. After feta is formed in a special mold, it's sliced into large pieces, salted and soaked in brine. Although feta cheese is mostly associated with Greek cooking, "feta" comes from the Italian word "fette", meaning slice of food.