I enjoy our cool evening weather and have a hard time coming in from the garden to make dinner. So I usually bring a bowl of greens with me when I finally come in and throw together a salad. The inspiration for this salad was a great sale on mangoes and limes at our local grocery store last week. I bought lots of both. My husband compared the salad to pizza with pineapple: ” an odd combination, but it works”. My daughter said she was surprised at how good it was to have a piece of mango and onion in the same bite.
You can mix all of the salad ingredients and then toss them with the dressing, but then you either have to finish the salad or toss out soggy salad the next day. By keeping the ingredients separate, I can use them tomorrow to make chicken mango wraps and use the dressing as a tasty substitute for mayo. Which is a good thing, because I will probably drag myself in from the garden at the last minute and be greeted by 4 hungry faces. 🙂
- 8 cups lettuce and other greens
- 4 green onions, thinly sliced
- 1 cup carrots, julienned (optional)
- 2 stalks celery, thinly sliced (optional)
- 2 cups cooked chicken, diced
- 2 mangoes, cut into bite size pieces
- 1 cup plain yogurt
- juice and zest of one lime (tip for freezing lime juice and zest)
- 2 tablespoons oil (I used grape seed oil)
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 2 tablespoons fresh cilantro ( or 1 tablespoon dried
- In a 2 cup pyrex measuring cup (or small bowl) combine dressing ingredients. Use a whisk to thoroughly combine ingredients.
- In a large bowl, combine salad ingredients and toss. OR toss greens, onions, celery and carrots and keep chicken and mango separate.
- Then either mix all of the salad ingredients and toss them with the dressing OR build individual salads by placing greens in a bowl, topping with chicken and mangoes, and then drizzling dressing over the salad.
Kitchen Belleicious says
July 1, 2011 at 5:30 amOh how I love thee! Chicken salad is literally what I eat like 3 times a week. I just crave it for lunch! This version with the mangos sounds and looks out of this world incredible and the dressing? Come on – what could get better
Heather @girlichef says
July 1, 2011 at 8:19 amMy stomach just growled. Loudly. 3 mangoes for a dollar is a fabulous deal…I would’ve gone wild. This sounds like a wonderful combination to me…the perfect salad to beat the summer heat. Yum 😀
Elsa says
July 2, 2011 at 2:43 pmThis reminds me of a recipe I made a while back, tilapia with mango salsa. It also had cilantro and onion it in. I was very surprised at how good it tasted together. It is an odd combination, but it works very well.
Nicole Feliciano says
July 5, 2011 at 6:41 pmI’m been on the hunt for more mango recipes (the kids love them). Thanks for this fresh recipe.
Candace says
February 16, 2012 at 7:45 pmThis looks soooo good, Alea!
Julia says
April 24, 2013 at 11:56 amTriple yum! I definitely need to try this salad. I saw it on your menu plan for this week. Thanks for visiting Swirls and Spice, too. =)
Amanda says
May 1, 2013 at 8:40 pmSuch a fresh and fun combo. Thanks for sharing it with Delicious Dish Tuesday 🙂