Curried Chicken Salad Rolls
Poach a couple of breasts on Sunday and lunch is sorted till Wednesday.
Ingredients
- Chicken breast fillets500 g
- Bread rolls8 ea
- Greek yoghurt120 g
- Mayonnaise80 g
- Celery100 g
- Carrots100 g
- Lettuce100 g
- Curry powder4 g
Method
- Poach the chicken in barely simmering water for 12 minutes, then leave it in the water off the heat for 10 minutes.
- Lift out the chicken, cool it, and shred it with two forks.
- Toast the curry powder in a dry pan for 30 seconds to take the raw edge off it.
- Mix the yoghurt, mayonnaise and toasted curry powder and season well.
- Fold the chicken, finely diced celery and grated carrot through the dressing.
- Split the rolls, line them with lettuce, and pile the filling in.
Cooking for a different diet?
Swaps that keep this dish what it is. The prices on this page are for the recipe as written.
Pescatarian
Curried Tuna Salad Rolls
- 380 g Tinned tuna instead of Chicken breast fillets
No poaching: drain and flake the tuna and fold it through the dressing.
Vegetarian
Curried Chickpea Salad Rolls
- 440 g Tinned chickpeas instead of Chicken breast fillets
No poaching: drain the chickpeas, roughly crush half with a fork, and fold them through the dressing.
Vegan
Curried Chickpea Salad Rolls
- 440 g Tinned chickpeas instead of Chicken breast fillets
- 120 g Coconut yoghurt instead of Greek yoghurt
- 80 g Vegan mayonnaise instead of Mayonnaise
No poaching: drain the chickpeas, roughly crush half with a fork, and fold them through the dressing.
Dairy-free
- 120 g Coconut yoghurt instead of Greek yoghurt
Swaps are suggestions — check labels if you are cooking for an allergy.
What it costs, and where to buy it
Shops to compare
List price at each shop
Has every item
WoolworthsBest choiceno items missing · $14.11 of food
$27.51
49% spare
Colesno items missing · $21.54 of food · $7.43 more
$40.29
47% spare
Missing items
These totals leave part of the list out, so a lower one isn't a cheaper shop.
Aldi· $15.58 of food
$23.23
33% spare
No price at Aldi for:
- Curry powder
$3.53a serve
$3.53 a serve, cheapest at Woolworths
About $14.11 of ingredients used for 4 serves.
$23.96 across 3 shops · all 8 items priced · $1.93 more for bigger packs, 49% spare for later
WoolworthsBest choice$14.11
no items missing
you'll pay $27.51 · 49% of it spare
Coles$21.54
no items missing · $7.43 more
you'll pay $40.29 · 47% of it spare
Aldi$15.58
missing 1 item
you'll pay $23.23 · 33% of it spare
Buy at Aldi$9.96
Bread rolls
$0.97/100g
need 8 itemsBakers Life Mini Sesame Milk Rolls 9 Pack 360g$3.49closest match
Aldi$0.97/100g$3.49·Woolworths$0.45/ea$2.70·Coles$1.05/ea$4.20
Greek yoghurt
$0.99/100g
need 120 gLyttos Pot Set Greek Style Yogurt 170 g$1.69closest matchreal special
Aldi$0.99/100g$1.69·Coles$1.74/100g$2.95·Woolworths$1.59/100g$1.75
Mayonnaise
$0.59/100g
need 80 gColway Real Mayonnaise 455 g$2.69closest match
Aldi$0.59/100g$2.69·Coles$1.00/100g$2.50·Woolworths$0.84/100g$2.80
Carrots
$2.09/kg
need 100 gNo Brand Carrots 1 kg$2.09
Aldi$2.09/kg$2.09·Woolworths~$2.40/kg$0.36·Coles$2.60/kg$0.44
Buy at Coles$6.10
Celery
$13.33/kg
need 100 gColes Fresh Celery Sticks Prepacked 300 g$4.00closest match
Coles$13.33/kg$4.00·Aldi$13.30/kg$3.99·Woolworths$16.33/kg$4.90
Buy at Woolworths$7.90
Chicken breast fillets
$9.50/kg
need 500 g2 × Woolworths RSPCA Approved Chicken Breast Fillet 300 g$2.85closest matchreal special
Woolworths$9.50/kg$2.85·Aldi$13.98/kg$6.99·Coles$11.00/kg$15.40
Lettuce
$11.00/kg
need 100 gWoolworths Iceberg Shredded Lettuce Lettuce 200 g$2.20closest match
Woolworths$11.00/kg$2.20·Aldi$1.15/ea$2.29·Coles$30.00/kg$4.50