Recipe: Perfect Chicken Salad

Chicken Salad. Use Our Step-By-Step Guide To Cook Simple and Delectable Meal Plans. I think this one is just a little special. It's sweet and juicy from the apples and grapes, a little savory from the tarragon, crunchy from the pecans and celery, and lightened up a bit with some yogurt.

With chicken salad, the simplest recipes are the best. Don't use FF mayo, use light if you absolutely must. Hellman's or Duke's mayo yields the best results. You can cook Chicken Salad using 12 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Chicken Salad

1. It's 4 of skinless chicken breast.
2. It's 1 tbsp of salt.
3. It's 1 tbsp of peper.
4. You need 1 tbsp of celery salt.
5. It's 4 stalks of celery.
6. You need 1 of granny smith apple.
7. Prepare 1 can of crushed pineapple.
8. Prepare 1-1 of -1/2 cup of purple seedless grapes sliced.
9. You need of mayo or miracle whip (to taste).
10. You need of greek plain yogurt (to taste).
11. It's 1/2 cup of shredded almonds.
12. You need of smoked paprika.

I love Miracle Whip but not in chicken salad. Chicken salad can definitely fit into your healthy-eating plan—with a few tasty tweaks. Use lean, white breast meat to start. To cut back on the fat and calories from mayonnaise, incorporate mashed avocado, plain Greek yogurt or vegan mayonnaise (we love this brand on Amazon.) Chicken salad is a quick and nutritious meal.

Chicken Salad instructions

1. Boil chicken in 4 cups of water and add seasons. Bring to boil, then cook 20 to 25 minutes medium heat. Take out of pot, let cool, then dice or shred in big bowl..
2. Dice apple, grapes, celery and add to cooled off chicken. Add pineapple, almonds and mix altogether. Add mayo or miracle whip and yogurt to taste. Sprinkle salt, pepper and smoked paprika on top when completed..
3. Add to Bread, Hawaiian Sweet Roll or croissant with a tomato. Enjoy!.

A fantastic choice for lunch or dinner, you can serve it as a sandwich, wrap, or pita filling, or on top of crispy lettuce. Since the creamy salad is also an excellent use for leftover and rotisserie chicken, it's also perfect for those times when you want to keep cooking to a minimum. How much chicken do I need for chicken salad? It gives the chicken salad the perfect combination of chicken and mayo and other ingredients. The chicken salad is the perfect consistency.