Chicken Wild Rice Salad with Yogurt & Figs
Healthify chicken salad with yogurt. Our chicken wild rice salad mixed with pecans and figs will become a picnic and potluck favorite.
Nutrition
Servings 4
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup long grain brown rice
- 1/2 cup wild rice
- 8 ounces Orchard Choice or Sun-Maid California Figs
- 3/4 cup plain nonfat yogurt
- 1/2 cup sliced green onion
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon grated lemon peel
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 2 cups shredded cooked chicken
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans toasted
Instructions
- In medium saucepan, bring 2 1/4 cups water to a boil. Add brown and wild rice. Cover and reduce heat to low; cook 55 minutes until water is absorbed and rice is done. Cool. Remove stems from figs and quarter. In large bowl, combine yogurt and next six ingredients. Stir in rice, chicken, pecans and figs. Refrigerate until serving.
Notes
Photography Annelies Zijderveld
