By Meal Prep Ideas 
This Curry Chicken Salad is super clean and SO delicious. Loaded with spiced chicken, golden raisins, pistachios, herbs, and Greek yogurt + olive oil as a stand-in for mayo.
Ingredients For This Recipe
Chicken
This recipe works best with chicken breasts, ideally thinly sliced if you want them to cook more quickly. You could also use pre-cooked shredded chicken if you’re short on time!
Spices
This uses a really simple mixture of curry powder, garlic powder, and onion power that you season right on the chicken.
Yogurt
Plain, unsweetened Greek yogurt is best here – super creamy, nice and tangy, and a hit of protein to boot.
Honey
I love the honey flavor in this, but any other liquid sweetener would also do the trick!
Golden Raisins
These are just the absolutely perfect pops of sweetness against the tangy yogurt and punchy spices. Definitely a don’t-miss!
Pistachios
These really make the texture sing with a little bit of crunch and nuttiness. Almonds would also work great here.
Fresh Herbs
Cilantro is my preference, or parsley works too. Just adds a little bit of green and a lot of flavor!
What Sets This Curry Chicken Salad Apart
This is not your ordinary curry chicken salad – it’s a GODDESS CURRY CHICKEN SALAD. Which basically just means I feel like the summer goddess of health and wellness when I eat this. Especially on an everything bagel. So, yes, my definitely of health and wellness goes a little bit outside the box sometimes.
This really isn’t all that different from a regular curry chicken salad, except no fruit – none of this apples or grapes or blueberries business – and no mayo. As you have seen from my love of Wild Rice Burgers, I have a healthy love and respect for good old fashioned mayonnaise. But if we’re getting into the summer goddess zone? Goodbye, mayo. Greek yogurt feels like such a basic stand-in, but that’s because it works. It’s good. It is thick, creamy, and the added tang is a welcome addition to this salad, IMHO.
Real Chicken Talk: THIS CHICKEN, you guys. I will never make another kind of chicken for salad toss-ins. I cut it in half horizontally, so the pieces were super thin, and then I loaded them with garlic powder, onion powder, curry powder, salt, and pepper. Sautéed in a little olive oil, and MWAH. Best quick chicken ever. I even let it get a little extra browned on the outside because I play by my own rules.
Also invited to this party are:
- Greek yogurt
- olive oil
- curry powder
- pistachios
- golden raisins
- parsley, cilantro, basil, whatever the heck herbs you want. and this idea just came to me: MINT. please someone add some mint.
Hit that up with some salt and pepper, and a little more curry powder to taste, and zing! You’ve got goddess curry chicken salad magic on your hands.
It’s practically a detox salad, except that dairy isn’t really detox, and chicken.. well, whatever. Close enough, right? It’s real food, clean eating, delicious summer love.
And you know if you give a summer goddess some curry chicken salad, she’s probably going to ask for an everything bagel. Just warning you.
Other Favorite Meal Prep Salads:
- Quinoa Sweet Potato Salad with Lemon Dressing
- Lentil Greek Salad with Dill Sauce
- Summer Quinoa Salad Jars with Lemon Dill Dressing
- Quinoa Crunch Salad with Peanut Dressing
- Cashew Crunch Salad with Sesame Dressing
- Super Yummy Chicken Salad
Common Questions About Curry Chicken Salad
How can I make this vegan?
We would recommend the following substitutions to make this curry chicken salad vegan:
Replace the chicken with chickpeas.
Replace the Greek yogurt with vegan mayonnaise and omit the oil.
Replace the honey with agave syrup.
How can I make this dairy-free?
Use mayonnaise and omit the oil in the recipe.
How long will this keep in the fridge.
This should last about 3-4 days in a sealed container in the fridge.
How could I make this more like a classic chicken salad?
Try out this recipe – all the classic ingredients and flavors!