Chicken and white bean salad

1
Points® value
Total Time
9 min
Prep
9 min
Cook
0 min
Serves
4
Difficulty
Easy
This tasty salad is perfect for evenings when you’re looking for a quick, no-fuss meal. Pungent lemon juice and zest stirred into the dressing adds an extra dimension of tantalizing fresh flavor and marries beautifully with the tomatoes, parsley and shallots. When making the dressing, it will be easier to grate the zest from the lemon first before juicing it. Hand-shred chicken from a store-bought rotisserie chicken or from any leftover chicken in your fridge that needs to be used up. Serve with crackers or pita crisps to complete the meal or spoon into tender lettuce leaves to make wraps.

Ingredients

Lemon zest

½ tsp, grated

Fresh lemon juice

2 Tbsp

Olive oil

1 Tbsp

Table salt

¼ tsp

Black pepper

tsp, freshly ground

Canned cannellini beans

15½ oz, rinsed and drained

Cherry tomatoes

2 cup(s), or grape tomatoes, halved

Cooked boneless skinless chicken breast

½ pound(s), shredded

Fresh parsley

1 cup(s), flat-leaf variety

Celery

1 rib(s), large, thinly sliced

Shallot

1 medium, minced

Instructions

  1. Whisk together the lemon zest and juice, oil, salt, and pepper in a serving bowl. Add the remaining ingredients and toss to coat. Let stand about 10 minutes to allow the flavors to blend. Yields 1 1/4 cup per serving.