Healthy sticky chicken salad – slimming recipe
Here I have a tasty sticky chicken salad recipe from Carla who writes over at MyBump2Baby. It is an alternative chicken salad recipe for those bored of plain chicken in a salad!
Just Average Jen is an independent blog not connected with any weight loss plan. Please check nutritional values and/or syns yourself.
What makes this salad recipe different?
Now, this sticky chicken salad isn’t any ordinary salad – I assure you. If I had to describe this salad in 2 words it would be a “mouth-watering masterpiece”.
Although the honey does hold a small syn value this recipe is perfect for anyone on Slimming World with a sweet tooth. The syns in the whole recipe is 7.5 (approx) so if you are making that for two I would count approx 3.5 syns each. Still, this is much better than a shop-bought salad covered in a dressing!
This sticky chicken salad recipe means that you can have a salad that is quick and easy to make whilst also being full of flavour and hot. If this isn’t quite to your taste or you prefer wings then try soy garlic wings for an equally nice salad topper.
Fancy a different salad dressing, why not try a maple vinaigrette salad dressing?
Using frozen chicken
Chicken for this or any other chicken recipes should never be cooked from frozen, there are so many issues with this that risk food poisoning.
If you have just realised you only have frozen chicken there I have lots of tips to safely defrost chicken check them out in my defrosting chicken guide.
More Slimming World friendly recipes
If you love the look of this then don’t forget to check out my other Slimming World friendly recipes in my menus.
You will find lots more tasty recipes including the popular Cowboy Cheesy Potato bake, Mushroom Stroganoff and Vanilla baked cheesecake!
Please do share this recipe with your Slimming World groups or other weight loss clubs and with friends across social media so everyone can enjoy it.
If you want to pin it on Pinterest for later then do it with the image below so you don’t forget! Trust me you will love this recipe!
Why this sticky chicken salad recipe is perfect on Slimming World
If you follow Slimming World then you will instantly know what I am talking about and why all the meals on your meal plan need to include speed vegetables. There are lots of vegetables in this recipe but there is nothing stopping you from adding more on the side or perhaps a mug of soup.
If you don’t then this could still be of interest to you for whatever diet you follow or perhaps just to be a little healthier.
Check out my ready-made meal plans to help you along the way with lots of my delicious Slimming World recipes including syn free recipes.
More healthy recipes you may enjoy
If you enjoyed this sticky chicken salad recipe you can find more recipes with chicken here.
This is a great recipe for an easy lunch if you are trying to eat healthily. You can find more lunch ideas here.
Have you tried sticky mushrooms yet? Or the Sweet and sticky marinade and Sweet and sticky butternut squash? All are recipes I think you will love.
Sticky chicken salad – Slimming World friendly recipe
- Prep Time: 5 Minutes
- Cook Time: 10 Minutes
- Total Time: 15 minutes
- Yield: 2 Portion 1x
- Category: Main meal
- Method: hob
- Diet: Low Calorie
Description
Easy healthy chicken salad recipe
Ingredients
400 g Diced Chicken
3 TBSP Balsamic Vinegar
3 TBSP Soy Sauce
3 TBSP honey 7.5 syns
2 Tomatoes
4 handfuls Salad leaves
1/2 Cucumber (diced)
1 small Red onion (diced)
1 Peppers (deseeded and sliced)
Low Calorie Cooking Spray
Instructions
Add Balsamic vinegar, soy sauce and honey to a big glass bowl and mix well.
Add the diced chicken and coat in the mixture, cover and for best results leave 5 hours or as long as possible in fridge.
Place your salad leaves on to 2 plates, add the sliced peppers, quartered tomatoes, diced red onion and cucumber.
Add the chicken to a wok on a medium/high heat with a few sprays of low calorie cooking spray.
Push round pan to ensure the chicken doesn’t stick for approximately 5 minutes or until all chicken is thoroughly cooked.
Remove from pan and pour chicken and any remaining sauce over salad.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 plate
- Calories: 446
- Sugar: 39.3 g
- Sodium: 768.2 mg
- Fat: 5.9 g
- Saturated Fat: 1.2 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 47.8 g
- Protein: 49.9 g
I’ve always been a ‘boring!’ responder to the idea of salads – but this is divine. Loved the stickiness of the chicken.
I made this yesterday. It is a excellent salad. After chicken is cooked, pour the remaining marinade in the pan and reduce down to a thicker consistency. Put in side dish and serve with the salad. Probably not very SW but it tastes great! Yum!