This Classic Chicken Salad recipe is the perfect go-to chicken salad to eat with a buttery croissant or between two slices of your favorite sandwich bread. The crunch from the celery, crisp apples, pecans, and red grapes are the perfect flavor combination to pair with the creamy homemade dressing. It’s the perfect salad recipe for a chicken Salad Sandwich or a wrap.
Classic chicken Salad Recipe
I love a good Summer salad recipe to take to a BBQ or potluck, but I also love to make them and have some easy go to lunches throughout the Summer. A couple of my favorite and easy salad recipes are our Broccoli Salad Recipe and our Egg Salad.
Chicken Salad Ingredients
- Grilled chicken: Grilled chicken or rotisserie chicken shredded are both great options. You can use canned chicken if your in a pinch, but of course fresh is better.
- Grapes: You could use red or green seedless grapes.
- Apples: Use any variety of apples that you prefer, and chop into bite size pieces.
- Celery: Adding celery adds a nice crunch to the recipe.
- Pecans: Pecans, sliced almonds, or walnuts are all great options.
- Mayonnaise: I prefer lite mayonnaise to cut back on the fat and calories in the salad.
- Greek Yogurt: I also like to use non-fat plain Greek yogurt.
- Dijon Mustard: Dijon or yellow mustard are both great options.
- Salt and pepper: Add more or less to taste.
- Onion Powder: Adds a just the right flavor to the homemade dressing.
- Croissants or Sandwich Bread: Croissants or sandwich bread both work well to serve as a sandwich.
How to make Chicken Salad
- Combine cooked shredded chicken, celery, pecans, apples, and grapes into a medium size mixing bowl and toss ingredients to combine.
- In a small mixing bowl whisk together mayonnaise, Greek yogurt, Dijon mustard onion powder, salt and pepper.
- Add the mayonnaise dressing to your chicken salad ingredients and toss to combine.
- Serve as a side salad or on a croissant, between two slices of bread, or in a wrap. Enjoy!
How to serve Chicken Salad
Chicken Salad can be served on a buttery croissant roll, between two slices of your favorite bread, on top of a bed of green lettuce, or eaten by the spoonful’s.
Chicken Salad Variations
- Vary the nuts: Swap out the pecans for sliced almonds or walnuts.
- Mix up the fruit: Swap out the grapes and apples for dried cranberries and cherries.
- Add onions: Add sliced green onions or chopped yellow onions.
Tips for making Chicken Salad
- Can I make Chicken Salad ahead of time? Yes, you can prepare chicken salad ahead of time and let it sit in the refridgerator for a few hours.
- What other ingredients can I use? You can add dried cranberries, sliced almonds, granny smith apples for a little more tart flavor, and even pineapple chunks. Chicken Salad is a recipe you can experiment with and it always tastes great.
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Classic Chicken Salad
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups grilled chicken, shredded
- 2 cups red grapes, cut in half
- 1 1/2 cups celery, chopped
- 2 gala apples, chopped
- 1 cup pecans, chopped
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- 1/2 cup greek yogurt, plain
- 2 Tbsp. Dijon mustard
- 1/4 tsp onion powder
- 1/8 tsp. salt
- 1/8 tsp. pepper
Instructions
- Combine cooked shredded chicken, celery, pecans, apples, and grapes into a medium size mixing bowl and toss ingredients to combine.
- In a small mixing bowl whisk together mayonnaise, Greek yogurt, Dijon mustard onion powder, salt and pepper.
- Add the mayonnaise dressing to your chicken salad ingredients and toss to combine.
- Serve as a side salad or on a croissant, between two slices of bread, or in a wrap. Enjoy!
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