Caribbean Chicken Salad

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This Caribbean chicken salad makes for a nice light lunch or dinner. With baked Caribbean chicken breasts (skinless of course) and a flavorful peanut chutney dressing, this is one lunch you won't want to skip.

The nutritional information and Weight Watchers Points are given separately for the salad and the dressing. So if you want to skip the dressing or use your favorites you will still be able to track what you need for your diet.



Caribbean Chicken Salad


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The crunch of peanuts, sweet tang of chutney, and tropical papaya in this healthy salad will have you dreaming of gentle island breezes in no time. Pair this with your favorite soup for even more flavor.

Below are the list of ingredients, directions, recipe nutrition information and Weight Watchers points.

Recipe Type:

Salad, Main Dish, Chicken

Degree of Difficulty:

Moderate

Ingredients - Caribbean Baked Chicken

  • 4 each (4 oz) chicken breast halves, skinless
  • 1/2 cup pineapple canned in own juice, crushed
  • 1 tbs brown sugar
  • 2 tbs Caribbean jerk seasoning
  • 1 tsp curry powder

Directions - Baked Chicken

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
  2. In a small mixing bowl combine Caribbean Jerk seasoning, curry powder and brown sugar.
  3. Rub mixture over chicken breast halves.
  4. Place chicken breasts in baking dish. Cover with crushed pineapple.
  5. Place in oven and bake for 45 minutes or until chicken is cooked through.
  6. Remove chicken and let it cool down and rest.
  7. Discard pineapples.

Ingredients - Caribbean Chicken Salad

  • 1 head romaine lettuce, torn in pieces
  • 1/2 cup sliced green onions
  • 1 papaya, halved, seeded, peeled and sliced
  • 1 cup raspberries
  • 1/2 cup peanuts

Directions - Salad

  1. Toss lettuce with green onions and divide among serving plates.
  2. Cut chicken into strips. Place on top of the lettuce.
  3. Place papaya slices and raspberries on top of salad.
  4. Sprinkle with peanuts and serve with chutney dressing.

Ingredients - Peanut Chutney Dressing

  • 1/2 cup peanuts
  • 1/2 cup mayonnaise, non-fat
  • 1/4 cup chutney
  • 2 Tbs sugar substitute, Truvia
  • 2 Tbs raspberry vinegar
  • 1 tsp curry powder

Directions - Peanut Chutney Dressing

  1. In a blender or food processor combine peanuts, mayonnaise, chutney, sugar, vinegar and curry powder.
  2. Blend until Smooth.
  3. Refrigerate until ready to use.

Cooking Times

Prep Time: 25 minutes Cooking Time: 45 minutes

Nutrition Facts

Nutrition facts shown below are per serving. The number of serving is noted in the header section below. The serving size is the first item noted on the nutrition facts table.


Nutrition Per Serving - Salad

Number of Servings: 4
Serving Size 1 salad
Calories 337
Total Fat 13.4g
      Sat Fat 2.3g
Cholesterol 79.4mg
Sodium 107.6mg
Total Carbohydrates 26.0g
      Fiber 8.1g
      Sugar 14.9g
Protein 31.5g
Nutrition Per Serving - Dressing

Number of Servings: 4
Serving Size 1/4 cup
Calories 173
Total Fat 9.1g
      Sat Fat 1.3g
Cholesterol 0mg
Sodium 463mg
Total Carbohydrates 26.2g
      Fiber 3.1g
      Sugar 0g
Protein 4.4g

MyWW Points

Green: 6 pts
Blue: 4 pts
Purple: 4 pts

Other Weight Watchers Points

Points
Plus: 7 pts
Original
Points: 6 pts

The chicken breast, veggies and fruits are not included in the MyWW blue and purple points. All other point calculations do not include the fruit or vegetables.

MyWW Points

Green: 5 pts
Blue: 5 pts
Purple: 5 pts

Other Weight Watchers Points

Points
Plus: 5 pts
Original
Points: 4 pts

All ingredients are included in the calculation of WW points for the dressing.

For a lower point dressing that goes well with this Caribbean chicken salad, check out this red wine vinaigrette from Weight Watchers.

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