Description

Curried chicken salad in cantaloupe boats is the perfect summer meal for to serve at a party with it’s impressive display. Or cut up the cantaloupe into cubes and store separate from the chicken salad for meal prep.

Ingredients

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3 cups cooked, cooled chicken, chopped (I used rotisserie chicken. or use leftover instant pot whole chicken)
1/4 cup mayonnaise
1/4 cup plain fat free Greek yogurt
6 to 8 ounces jarred mango chutney (I used just over half of a 12 ounce jar)
1 to 3 teaspoons teaspoons curry powder (depends how strong of a curry taste you like)
1 teaspoon turmeric powder
1/2 to 1 teaspoon Salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
3 ribs of celery, chopped
1/2 red bell pepper, chopped
1/4 cup slivered almonds

For serving

2 ripe cantaloupes

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Instructions

Mix: Add everything (except the cantaloupes) to a large mixing bowl. Gently stir until everything is well combined. Taste and adjust the seasonings as needed. This can be made up to 1 day in advance.
Serve: To serve cut your melons in half, scoop out the seeds and discard. Cut a small piece of the skin off the bottom of the cantaloupe, creating a flat surface for the melon so that it doesn’t roll around. Spoon the chicken salad into the cavity of the melon boats. Serve immediately. This is obviously a larger serving than most will eat at one sitting. You can also cut the melons into quarter size wedges and spoon the chicken salad over the wedge, however this might mean that some of the chicken salad falls off the melon wedge.

Notes

Leftovers: Store the melon and the chicken salad in separate containers. Assemble again just before serving. Leftovers will keep for up to 3 or 4 days.

Meal prep/picnic: I have made this chicken salad before for a picnic. To do so I simply cut up the cantaloupe into cubes, stored it separately from the chicken and when it came time to eat I served the chicken salad along with the melon cubes. This would also work great for packed lunches or any kind of meal prep – I actually find it easier to eat that way.

Dairy free: To keep this recipe diary free you can simply omit the Greek yogurt and replace it with more mayonnaise.