🥗 No Cook Mason Jar Chicken Taco Salad Recipe

mason jar taco salad with more jars and lunchbag in background

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🥗 No Cook Mason Jar Chicken Taco Salad Recipe

This healthy and easy NO COOK Chicken Taco salad in a jar is quick to put together and uses canned chicken breast so it requires no cooking. It's Weight Watchers friendly and the perfect, on-the-go ready to eat lunchbox meal for adults and kids!

Course dinner, lunch

Cuisine American, Canadian, Mexican

Keyword chicken, mason jar, salad, taco salad

Special Diet Weight Watchres

Prep Time 10

Total Time 10

Servings servings

Calories 167kcal

Author Terri Gilson

Equipment

8 oz mason jars

Ingredients

3 cups romaine lettuce, head lettuce or leaf lettuce chopped
3 whole tomatoes
1 ½ tablespoon taco seasoning I use low sodium
6 teaspoon -of hot water
3- 142 g - cans of chicken breast, drained
8 tablespoon sour cream
8 tablespoon salsa
⅓ cup green onion, chopped
½ cup shredded low-fat cheddar cheese

Garnish

1 large taco shell or tortilla chips
cilantro (optional, if you like and have on hand)
lime (optional, if you like and have on hand)

US Customary - Metric

Instructions

In a small bowl, mix hot water and taco seasoning together to form a paste.
Mix paste with drained chicken breast, stirring it and breaking mixture up with a fork until well incorporated (will look similar to pulled chicken)
In 4 -8 oz mason jars, add lettuce to the bottom of the jar, dividing evenly between all 4 jars, then add tomatoes.
Next add taco flavored chicken breast mixture, dividing evenly by all 4 jars.
Then add 2 tablespoon of sour cream to each jar, followed by 2 tablespoon of salsa.
Divide green onions by all 4 jars and add on top of salsa.
Sprinkle cheese to the top of the salad jar (dividing evenly by 4 jars)

Garnish

Garnish with ¼ of a large taco shell or a couple tortilla chips. If packing for lunch, pack the taco shell/tortilla chips separately. Garnish with lime and/or cilantro and/or a little sour cream if you like it and have it on hand)

Notes

Nutrition Facts

🥗 No Cook Mason Jar Chicken Taco Salad Recipe

Amount Per Serving (1 jar)

Calories 167 Calories from Fat 27

% Daily Value*

Fat 3g5%

Saturated Fat 1g6%

Cholesterol 54mg18%

Sodium 871mg38%

Potassium 566mg16%

Carbohydrates 14g5%

Fiber 3g13%

Sugar 7g8%

Protein 22g44%

Vitamin A 1842IU37%

Vitamin C 23mg28%

Calcium 129mg13%

Iron 1mg6%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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