Honey-Dijon Chicken Salad Recipe

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This delightful main-dish salad has an easy sauce/dressing that lends a sweet-tangy flavor to the mix. "You can add or take away vegetables to suit your taste," notes Janelle Hensley of Harrisonburg, Virginia.

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Diabetic Friendly

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Honey-Dijon Chicken Salad Recipe

Prep: 20 min. Bake: 20 min.

Yield: 2 Servings

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Ingredients

1/2 pound chicken tenderloins, cut into 1-1/2-inch pieces
2 tablespoons honey, divided
2 tablespoons Dijon mustard, divided
3 cups torn leaf lettuce
2 hard-cooked eggs, chopped
2 tablespoons each chopped green, sweet orange and yellow pepper
1 tablespoon chopped onion
2 teaspoons sesame seeds

Directions

Place chicken in a 1-1/2-qt. baking dish coated with cooking spray. Combine 1 tablespoon each of honey and mustard; pour over chicken. Cover and bake at 350° for 20-25 minutes or until meat is no longer pink.
In a large bowl, combine the lettuce, eggs, peppers, onion and sesame seeds; divide between two plates. Top with chicken. Combine remaining honey and mustard; drizzle over chicken. Yield: 2 servings.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving equals 301 calories, 9 g fat (2 g saturated fat), 279 mg cholesterol, 498 mg sodium, 25 g carbohydrate, 2 g fiber, 35 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 4 lean meat, 2 vegetable, 1 starch.

Originally published as Honey-Dijon Chicken Salad in Cooking for 2 Summer 2007, p10