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Chicken Caprese Salad

Turn a caprese salad into a full meal by adding some shredded chicken
Keyword caprese chicken salad, caprese salad with chicken, chicken caprese salad
Servings 4 servings
Calories 434kcal
Author Madeline

Ingredients

  • 2 boneless skinless chicken breasts
  • 1 cup cherry tomatoes cut into quarters
  • 2 cup cubed mozzarella cheese
  • 2 tbsp fresh basil cut into ribbons
  • ½ cup mayonnaise
  • 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
  • ½ tsp dried basil
  • ¼ tsp black pepper

Instructions

  • Place chicken breasts in a sauce pan and fill with water. Bring the pot to a boil, reduce to a simmer and cover the pot. Simmer for 14 minutes, remove the chicken breasts from the pot and allow to cool.
  • While the chicken breasts cool, whisk together mayonnaise, balsamic vinegar dried basil and black pepper in a large mixing bowl
  • Shred chicken breasts with 2 forks and place shredded chicken in the mixing bowl along with quartered cherry tomatoes, mozzarella cheese and fresh basil.
  • Toss to coat all of the ingredients in the mayo mixture evenly and serve.

Notes

  • You can use mini mozzarella pearls in place of cut mozzarella
  • You can use boneless skinless chicken thighs in place of chicken breast
  • If you don't like mayo, you can use plain greek yogurt in place of the mayonnaise

Nutrition

Serving: 4g | Calories: 434kcal | Carbohydrates: 4g | Protein: 25g | Fat: 35g | Saturated Fat: 11g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 13g | Monounsaturated Fat: 9g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 92mg | Sodium: 600mg | Potassium: 351mg | Fiber: 0.4g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 650IU | Vitamin C: 9mg | Calcium: 298mg | Iron: 1mg