Creamy Chicken Blue Cheese Salad

This healthy high-protein, low-carb salad is a great option for your weekly meal prep. Tender chicken breasts, crunchy broccoli and celery are combined with blue cheese dressing which is so creamy that it can even be used as a dip. It's as simple as that!

Recipe Tips

This recipe uses broccoli and celery although other options will work just fine. Try steamed green beans, cauliflower or even some shredded cabbage or kohlrabi.

You can use poached chicken breasts or leftover rotisserie chicken shredded into pieces. If using raw chicken, you’ll need about 800 g (1.76 lbs) of raw chicken breasts to get about 600 g (1.3 lbs) of cooked chicken.

Travel friendly tip: Use mason jars to assemble your salad. Start by adding the dressing, followed by diced or shredded chicken, and finally add the chopped celery and broccoli. When ready to serve, simply tip into a serving bowl!

Preparation time

Hands-on:    10 minutes
Overall:     15 minutes

Nutritional values (per serving, about 390 g/ 13.8 oz)

Total Carbs	10.9	grams
Fiber	3.6	grams
Net Carbs	7.3	grams

Protein	55.6	grams
Fat	32.8	grams
of which Saturated	12.9	grams

Energy	563	kcal

Magnesium	76	mg (19% RDA)
Potassium	884	mg (44% EMR)

Macronutrient ratio: Calories from carbs (5%), protein (41%), fat (54%)

Ingredients (makes 4 servings)

150 g crumbled blue cheese (5.3 oz)
¹/₄ cup avocado oil mayonnaise (55 g/ 1.9 oz)
¹/₂ cup sour cream (115 g/ 4.1 oz)
1 tbsp apple cider vinegar (15 ml)
¹/₄ tsp garlic powder
ground black pepper, to taste
600 g cooked chicken breasts, skinless and boneless (1.3 lbs)
4 medium celery stalks, chopped (225 g/ 8 oz)
400 g broccoli florets or tenderstem broccoli (14.1 oz)

Instructions

To make the dressing: Place the crumbled blue cheese, mayonnaise, sour cream, vinegar, garlic powder and black pepper in a mixing bowl. Mix to combine.
Steam or boil the broccoli florets until crisp tender, for 5-7 minutes. Then, place the cooked broccoli in ice water to quickly cool down. Drain and set aside. Slice or shred the chicken.
To make the salad: Combine the chicken, celery, broccoli and blue cheese dressing.
The salad can be stored in a sealed jar in the fridge for up to 4 days.