Lunch

Chicken and Broccoli Pasta Salad with Lemon Yogurt Dressing

Name: Chicken and Broccoli Pasta Salad with Lemon Yogurt Dressing
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 1 serving
Ingredients: 160 g Chicken breast; 150 g Cooked pasta; 100 g Broccoli; 60 g Greek yogurt, 0% fat; 1 tsp (6 g) Dijon mustard; 5 g Olive oil; 1 tbsp Capers; Juice of half a lemon Lemon juice; A small bunch, snipped Chives

Griddled chicken and just-cooked broccoli with pasta in a yogurt, mustard and lemon dressing with capers and chives. 55 g of protein for 551 kcal.

Calories: 551kcal
Protein: 55g
Fat: 12g
Carbs: 54g

Per serving, makes 1. 20 minutes of work. Published 8 September 2026.

Allergens

Gluten
Milk
Mustard

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Ingredients

Chicken breast160 g
Weighed raw. The same piece weighed after cooking has lost water, so the protein per gram is higher and the total would come out about a quarter over.
Cooked pasta150 g
Cooked weight.
Broccoli100 g
Greek yogurt, 0% fat60 g
In place of mayonnaise. The same weight of mayonnaise would add about 380 kcal.
Dijon mustard1 tsp (6 g)
Olive oil5 g
Capers1 tbsp
Lemon juiceJuice of half a lemon
ChivesA small bunch, snipped

Method

Flatten the chicken to an even thickness, rub it with the oil and salt, and griddle it for five minutes a side until marked and no longer pink inside. Rest and slice.
Drop the broccoli florets into the pasta water for the last two minutes of cooking, drain both together and run them under the cold tap.
Stir the mustard, lemon, capers and chives into the yogurt with pepper.
Toss the pasta and broccoli through the dressing and lay the chicken over.

Worth knowing

Cooking the broccoli in the pasta pan is the shortcut, and two minutes is right. Any longer and it goes grey and soft in the fridge overnight.
One of the larger bowls in the set. The pasta is 150 g cooked, which is a modest portion; the chicken is where the size is, and it is 55 g of protein.

Other lunch recipes that share ingredients with this one, or every lunch between 450 and 600 calories a serving.

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Macros are calculated from the weights listed above using standard food composition values, and will shift with your own brands and measuring. Weigh what you can. This is a recipe, not dietary advice. The full health disclaimer is below.