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Apple-Walnut Chicken Salad Sandwiches

Juicy seared chicken folded into a tangy mustard-yogurt dressing with crisp apple, celery, toasted walnuts and fresh dill, piled cold onto bread with tender spinach.

Apple-Walnut Chicken Salad Sandwiches

Ingredients

  • 1 lb500 gChicken breast, boneless skinlesspounded to an even thickness
  • 2¼ tsp10 gOlive oil
  • ½ tsp3 gSalt
  • ½ tsp1 gBlack pepper
  • ¼ cup chopped30 gWalnutschopped
  • 4 oz120 gPlain Greek yogurt, nonfat
  • 2 tbsp30 gYellow mustard
  • 1 tbsp15 gLemon juice
  • 2 stalks80 gCeleryfinely diced
  • 1¼ cups chopped150 gApplefinely diced
  • ½ cup sprigs5 gFresh dillchopped
  • 8 slices256 gWhole-wheat bread8 slices; sourdough slices work too
  • 2 cups loosely packed60 gBaby spinach

Steps

  1. Season the chicken breast on both sides with half the salt and all the black pepper.
  2. Toast the walnuts in a dry skillet over medium heat for 3 to 4 minutes until fragrant, then tip them onto a plate.
  3. Heat the olive oil in the same skillet over medium-high heat. Cook the chicken 5 to 6 minutes per side until it reaches 165°F (74°C) in the thickest part.
  4. Move the chicken to a cutting board and let it cool for about 20 minutes, then chop it into small pieces. Chill it if you like it colder.
  5. While the chicken cools, make the dressing: in a large bowl, stir together the Greek yogurt, mustard, lemon juice and the remaining half of the salt.
  6. Add the chopped chicken, celery, apple, toasted walnuts and dill to the dressing and fold until evenly coated.
  7. Lay out 4 slices of the bread and top each with a quarter of the spinach.
  8. Spoon a quarter of the chicken salad onto each, cover with the remaining 4 slices of bread, cut in half and serve cold.

Contains: Milk, Tree nuts, Gluten. Some brands contain egg, soy.

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Saved in the Every Helping recipe book on October 24, 2026.

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