Easy Chicken Salad & Dippers: Adult Lunchable Meal Prep
I feel like this is chicken salad “adult lunchable” is the closest I get to a no-cook lunch meal prep most weeks! It’s delicious, fresh, and doesn’t leave you with that heavy feeling for your afternoon slump.
I will say, I’d HIGHLY recommend grabbing a bento-box style container, or just making sure your chicken salad stays separate from your “dippers” to make sure nothing gets soggy – especially the mini naan breads.
If making your own chicken salad feels too daunting for your weekly meal prep, no problem! Head to your local deli and grab 4 cups of premade chicken salad (that’s 1 cup per portion when you divvy it out, then). Personally, I prefer to make my own chicken salad so I can use light mayo, and so I can control the chicken to mayo ratio. I like mine a little heavier on the chicken if you know what I mean.
Easy Chicken Salad & Dippers: Adult Lunchable Meal Prep
Ingredients
Chicken Salad Ingredients
- 16 oz boneless skinless chicken breast
- 1 cup Duke's light mayonnaise
- 1 lemon
- ½ red onion
- salt, pepper, and garlic seasoning
Dippers
- 1 apple I like to use honeycrisp!
- 4 mini cucumbers
- 1 package mini peeled carrots
- 1 package mini naan (feel free to sub with crackers, chips, pita bread, etc)
Instructions
- Put your chicken breasts in a small pot and cover with water. I usually like to do at least one inch above the chicken breasts. Put the pot on the stove over medium heat and let it cooke for 20-30 minutes until the chicken is cooked thoroughly.
- While your chicken boils, chop your cucumbers and your apple into slices for dipping and chop your red onion into small peices.
- After your chicken is done boiling, use tongs to remove your chicken from your pot, then shred your chicken and place it in a large mixing bowl. I like to use my Kitchenaid mixer to shred it to be faster!
- Once the chicken has cooled just a bit, add 1 cup of mayonnaise (feel free to increase or decrease to your liking), the juice of half a lemon, the chopped red onion, and your salt, pepper and garlic seasoning. Mix, taste, and adjust as needed.
- Divvy up the "dippers" (carrots, apple, cucumber, and naan breads) into four equal portions. Divvy up and scoop the chicken salad into four equal portions.
