This lemon herb chicken salad recipe is low carb and keto friendly, so easy to make, bright, light, and full of flavor. It will quickly become your go-to chicken salad recipe!
Happy Sunday my lovelies ❤
How is the weather where you are?
We have had our typical wacky Western Washington weather.
It was in the 50’s a couple of days ago and rained so hard it ripped the gutters off one side of our house 😮
Now the forecast says we should be hitting almost 90 in a couple of days!!
Weather by Sybil I swear!
#craycray
But that is OK, so far windows open have been the way we have combat warm weather and haven’t had to turn on the AC yet.
I love being able to sit in my living room with the windows open and listen to the birds chirp as the fresh air blows through.
It is the simple things in life that make me the happiest!
Kind of like this chicken salad.
People!
I am so addicted to this chicken salad it isn’t even funny!!
I have started making it in double batches because it is so good I want it for lunch every day!
I am serious.
EVERY.SINGLE.DAY.
The tender juicy chicken with bright lemon flavor, slight onion taste from the chives, and the herby undertone from the parsley?
AAHHHHH HEAVEN!
Kevin thinks I am nut when I get like this.
When I find something I really like AND it is uber low carb?
I obsess!
He is not an “I can eat this every day for the rest of my life” kind of person.
Me?
Hell ya!
It is like when they have really good jalapenos at the store. The kind that has just that right amount of heat?
I will make buckets of my Salsa Fresca and eat cheese omelets topped with it every morning.
A friend shared a recipe for keto tortilla chips and I have been afraid to make them for fear of how much salsa I might actually consume 😂
Anywho, my obsessive personality aside, let’s talk about how easy this chicken salad is to make.
The hardest part is 6 minutes of cook time on the chicken.
That’s it!
And I grab all of my other ingredients while it is cooking, so really it just takes about 10 minutes at the most to make it.
I prefer pan searing my chicken (oh grilled would be really good too!) VS poaching because I like that texture it gives the chicken.
I am not a huge poached chicken fan, but if you are, go for it. Poach away!
Just make sure to season the salad really good because most of my seasoning is on the chicken when I cook it.
I also like it pretty lemony so that is why the recipes says 1 to 2 tablespoons of lemon juice.
If you aren’t sure how much lemon flavor you want, just go with 1 at first, then taste it and add more if you like.
I go frontal lemon!!
I have eaten this chicken salad in lettuce wraps, with low carb cheese wraps, on keto bread, and also just piled it in a bowl and scarfed it down as fast as I could shovel it into my pie hole!
Like I said, I reallllllllllllllllly like it 🤣
If you don’t want to eat it everyday ad nauseam like me, give this keto tuna salad recipe a try.
It has zero, yes I said ZERO carbs per serving!
So you can go hog wild on that one too!
I have a question for y’all.
Have you found a store-bought keto bread that you really like?
I have had some that were horrid, and some that were OK, but would really really like to find one that I could make at home that is easy to make and tastes good.
Kevin has jumped back on the bread train and having regular bread in the house is enough to drive me batty!
I thought pasta was my big temptation.
Nope!
It is bread.
UGH!!
It calls my name from the cupboard!
Bobbi
BOBBI
BOBBBBBBBIIIIIIIIII
😭😭😭
It is cruel and unusual punishment I tell ya!!
So if you can save me from this torment, leave me a comment and let me know when I can find my salvation bread!!
I will love ya forever 💋
MORE EASY KETO RECIPE IDEAS
It calls my name from the cupboard!
Bobbi
BOBBI
BOBBBBBBBIIIIIIIIII
😭😭😭
It is cruel and unusual punishment I tell ya!!
So if you can save me from this torment, leave me a comment and let me know when I can find my salvation bread!!
I will love ya forever 💋
MORE EASY KETO RECIPE IDEAS
Lemon Herb Chicken Salad
Yield: 4 servings
prep time: 10 Mcook time: 6 Mtotal time: 16 M
This lemon herb chicken salad recipe is low carb and keto friendly, so easy to make, bright, light, and full of flavor. It will quickly become your go-to chicken salad recipe!
ingredients:
- 1 pound boneless skinless chicken breast
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1/3 cup zero carb mayo
- 1 lemon zested
- 1 to 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons chopped chives
- 1 tablespoon Gourmet Garden parsley paste
- Sea salt
- Fresh cracked black pepper
instructions:
How to cook Lemon Herb Chicken Salad
- Cut each chicken breast in half to make cutlets and salt and pepper them generously.
- In a large skillet, heat 1 tablespoon olive or coconut oil over medium-high heat and place the chicken breasts in the pan. Cook for about 2 to 3 minutes, or until they become golden brown and are cooked about halfway through. Turn the chicken breasts over and cook an additional 2 to 3 minutes or until they reach the internal temperature of 165 degrees F.
- Remove the chicken breasts from the pan to a plate and allow to cool a bit. When they are cool enough to touch cut into cubes.
- Combine the remaining ingredients in a medium bowl and add the chicken breast cubes.
- Taste and add salt and pepper as needed.
Calories
341.78
Fat (grams)
21.02
Sat. Fat (grams)
3.74
Carbs (grams)
0.39
Fiber (grams)
0.08
Net carbs
0.31
Sugar (grams)
0.22
Protein (grams)
35.42
Sodium (milligrams)
345.99
Cholesterol (grams)
104.01
Nutritional information is provided as a courtesy and is approximate only. We cannot guarantee the accuracy of the nutritional information given for any recipe on this site. Erythritol carbs will not be included as it has a glycemic index of 0 (meaning it does not spike blood sugar) and it’s not metabolized. Net carbs are the total carbs minus fiber.
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