This Chicken Salad recipe is loaded with pecans and grapes then tossed in a creamy dressing. With just a handful of ingredients and a few minutes work you’ll have a great cold salad perfect for lunch or a light dinner!
How to make Chicken Salad:
Ingredients:
- Chicken
- Celery
- Red grapes
- Pecans
- Red Onion
- Mayonnaise
- Dijon Mustard
- Sour Cream
- Salt and Pepper
- Parsley (optional)
Instructions:
- Prepare the chicken and shred or chop into bite size pieces, set it aside.
- In a large mixing bowl combine the mayonnaise, dijon mustard, sour cream, salt and pepper.
- Add the remaining ingredient until everything is coated.
- Cover bowl with a lid or plastic wrap and place in the refrigerator to chill for 30 minutes.
Substitutions and Variations:
- Save time by using a rotisserie chicken. You will need around 3 1/2 cups of chicken.
- You can leave out the celery if you prefer. We like the addition of celery for the texture and flavor but it is not 100% necessary for this recipe.
- Swap the red grapes for green grapes or use a combination if you want.
- Swap the pecans for walnuts, almonds and cashews.
- Swap the sour cream for greek yogurt for a lighter, healthier version.
- Leave out the two tablespoons sour cream and use one cup of mayo instead.
Serving Suggestions:
There are so many way to serve this delicious Chicken Salad. The most common way of course in on bread. Other ideas are:
- on Croissants
- on Buns
- wrapped in a flour tortilla
- on Dinner Rolls (great for a party)
- in a lettuce wrap
- or with crackers
How to store Chicken Salad:
Refrigerator: Keep the salad refrigerated at all times in a bowl with tight fighting lid or a bowl covered tightly in plastic wrap.
Freezer: I do not recommend freezing this recipe. The freezing and thawing process will break down the ingredients in the salad changing the flavor and the texture.
I hope you and your family will love this recipe as much as we do! If you do try this recipe please come back and leave a comment letting me know how much you liked it!
Happy Cooking Y’all!
Susanne
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Chicken Salad
Ingredients
Salad
- 2 large chicken breast cooked shredded
- 1-2 stalks celery sliced
- ⅔ cup red grapes sliced in half
- ½ cup pecans chopped
- ½ cup red onion finely diced
- 2 tablespoons parsley finely chopped (optional)
Dressing
- ⅔ cup mayonnaise
- 2 tablespoons sour cream
- 1 teaspoon dijon mustard
- Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
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Prepare the chicken and shred or chop into bite size pieces, set it aside.
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In a large mixing bowl combine the mayonnaise, dijon mustard, sour cream, salt and pepper.
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Add the remaining ingredients toss together until everything is coated in the dressing.
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Cover bowl with a lid or plastic wrap and place in the refrigerator to chill for 30 minutes.
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Nutritional information is estimated. Amounts will vary based on ingredient choices and serving sizes
What great timing on your part! Only managed part of my 1/2 chicken at Valentines dinner yesterday, so I turned that into this. Nice, slightly different taste. I did toast the pecans.