These are low sodium chicken and turkey recipes that our family has tried and enjoyed. Click each link for the full recipe as well as details about the amount of sodium per serving.
Make Your Own Chicken or Turkey Sausage: No Salt Sausage Recipes:
No-Salt “Mexican” Chorizo Sausage
Three breakfast sausage recipes, all very good but with slightly different flavors. Because we like all three recipes, we’re including all of them here. The recipes are listed here in order of the number of ingredients in the recipe:
No-Salt Italian Sausage (includes directions for both Sweet Italian Sausage and Hot Italian Sausage)
Low Sodium Chicken Recipe – Clay Pot:
Low Sodium, very tender oven-roasted Turkey Recipe:
Low Sodium, very tender pan-fried chicken Recipe:
Low Sodium Chicken and Turkey Recipes – Slow Cooker:
Slow Cooker Barbecue Pulled Chicken
Slow Cooker Chicken Cacciatore
Slow Cooker Chicken, Sweet Potato, and Mushroom Stew
Slow Cooker Fajita Salsa Chicken
Slow Cooker Honey Mustard Chicken
Slow Cooker Honey Garlic Chicken with Vegetables
Slow-Cooker Lemon Garlic Chicken
Low Sodium Chicken and Turkey Recipes – Meatballs (use ground chicken or turkey)
Meatballs with Ketchup Barbecue sauce
Party Meatballs (uses low sodium pre-cooked meatballs)
Rosemary Meatballs with Mushroom Sauce
Savory Meatballs with Sweet Green Chili Sauce
Low Sodium Chicken and Turkey Recipes – Skillet and Casserole Dishes:
5-Spice Chicken Tenders with Barbecue Sauce
Balsamic Chicken with Mushrooms
Easy Roasted BBQ Chicken Thighs
Baked Lemon Chicken Smothered with no-salt Savory Mushroom Gravy
Braised Chicken Thighs with Sweet Potatoes
Chicken and Stuffing Casserole (uses leftover chicken or turkey)
Chicken and Mushroom Quesadillas (uses leftover chicken or turkey)
Chicken and Vegetable Casserole
Chicken Corn Salsa (uses leftover chicken or turkey OR ground chicken or turkey) — serve over field greens as a southwestern salad, or as a topping for a tostada, or as a filling for a taco or burrito, or with chips for nachos.
Chicken Enchiladas (Uses either low sodium red enchilada sauce or low sodium white Mexican-style enchilada sauce – see recipe
Chicken, Green Beans, Mushrooms, and Wild Rice Casserole (uses leftover chicken or turkey)
Chicken with Mushroom Wine Sauce
Chicken or Turkey Tetrazzini (uses leftover chicken or turkey)
Chicken Thighs with Mustard Orange Sauce
Cook’s Choice Casserole (uses leftover chicken or turkey)
Creamed Chicken or Turkey (uses leftover chicken or turkey)
Creamy Chicken Pasta with Collard Greens (uses leftover chicken or turkey)
Extremely Easy Chicken or Turkey with Mushrooms (uses leftover chicken or turkey)
Fried Rice (use leftover rice, vegetables and chicken or turkey)
Ground Chicken (or turkey) and Mushroom Skillet
Jerk Chicken (medium-hot)
Lasagna (use ground chicken or turkey instead of ground beef)
Italian Braised Chicken Tenders
Italian Chicken and Chickpeas (directions are provided for using either fresh chicken or turkey, or pre-cooked)
Marinated Chicken (Note: This is not a low sodium recipe, but it is lower sodium than most marinated chicken. It is suitable for a low-sodium diet if you pair it with a no-sodium or a low-sodium side dish.)
Mexican (or Italian) Chicken with Mushrooms (fast and easy)
Pineapple Teriyaki Grilled Chicken
Quesadilla Casserole with Shredded Chicken (uses leftover chicken or turkey)
No-Crust Spinach Chicken Quiche (uses leftover chicken or turkey)
Roast Chicken with Orange Juice
Sweet and Spicy Stir Fry with Vegetables and Chicken
White Chicken Chili (uses leftover chicken or turkey)
Low Sodium Chicken Recipes – Salads:
Chicken Salad with Pecans and Fruit (uses leftover chicken or turkey)
Curried Chicken Salad with Apple and Raisins (uses leftover chicken or turkey)
Mandarin Chicken Salad (uses leftover chicken or turkey)
Orzo Chicken (or Turkey) Salad (uses left-over chicken or turkey)
Southwest Chicken Salad (mixed field greens topped with chicken corn salsa — uses left-over chicken or turkey)
Low Sodium Chicken and Turkey Recipes – Soups:
Chicken Gumbo Soup (uses left-over chicken or turkey)
Chicken, Wild Rice, and Mushroom Soup
Chicken, Mushroom, and Rice Soup
Chicken Noodle Soup (or Turkey Noodle Soup) (uses left-over chicken or turkey)
Chicken, Spinach, and Mushroom Soup (uses left-over chicken or turkey)
Chicken, Zucchini, and Tomato Soup
