Curried chicken salad in crisp wonton cups

An aromatic chicken salad that is studded with sweet grapes and crunchy almonds, has a huge wow factor but is surprisingly easy to make.

170 cal Serves 16
Prep time 0h 10m
Cook time 0h 35m
Total time 0h 45m
Curried chicken salad in wonton cups sitting on white plate with yellow flowers

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Step 1

    Preheat oven to 375 °F (190 °C). Coat two mini-muffin tins with cooking spray.
  2. Step 2

    Brush both sides of wonton wrappers with canola oil and place each wrapper in section of mini-muffin tin. Gently press each wrapper into tin and arrange so it forms cup shape. Wrappers will stick up out of cups. Bake until browned and crisp, 8 to10 minutes. Allow cups to cool, then remove from tins. Cups can be prepared up to two days ahead and stored at room temperature in airtight container.
  3. Step 3

    In medium saucepan, bring broth and water to boil. Add chicken to broth and simmer on low, covered, for 8 minutes. Turn heat off and let chicken stand in cooking liquid, covered, until cooked through, 10-15 minutes. Remove from broth and chill completely. Then cut into 1/4-inch (0.6-cm) dice.
  4. Step 4

    In dry skillet, toast almonds over medium-high heat, stirring frequently until golden and fragrant, 3-4 minutes. Set aside to cool.
  5. Step 5

    In medium bowl, whisk together yogurt, mayonnaise and curry powder until combined. Stir in chicken to coat. Add almonds, grapes and chopped cilantro and toss to combine. Chicken salad can be made up to one day ahead and stored in airtight container in refrigerator.
  6. Step 6

    Fill each cup with heaping tablespoon of chicken salad, then garnish each with whole cilantro leaf. Serve immediately after filling.

Tips

  • Alternatively, you can start with 1 1/2 cups (375 mL) diced, cooked chicken instead of the chicken breast, broth and water and omit step 3.

Nutritional information

Per serving (2 filled wonton cups)

Calories
170
Protein
16 g
Sodium
150 mg
Potassium
145 mg
Total fat
8 g
Saturated fat
1 g
Cholesterol
40 mg
Carbohydrates
10 g
Fibre
0 g
Sugars
0 g
Added sugars
0 g