Chicken Salad

5 from 60 votes

This Chicken Salad is an easy recipe that comes together to make an amazing chicken salad sandwich. Make it to bring to a picnic or just have it for an easy weeknight meal.

Prep Time10

Total Time10

Servings: servings

Calories: 114kcal

Author: Lisa Longley

Ingredients

3 cups cooked chicken chopped (see notes in the post for how to cook shredded chicken)
1 cup red grapes cut in half
1/2 small red onion diced small
2 stalks celery diced
1/2 cup mayonnaise (I used light)
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon onion powder
1/4 teaspoon black pepper

Instructions

In a large bowl combine the cooked chicken, red grapes, red onion, and celery.
3 cups cooked chicken, 1 cup red grapes, 1/2 small red onion, 2 stalks celery
In a small bowl whisk together the mayonnaise, lemon juice, salt, garlic powder, onion powder, and black pepper. Taste and add more salt and pepper to taste being careful to start out with just a little.
1/2 cup mayonnaise, 1 tablespoon lemon juice, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder, 1/2 teaspoon onion powder, 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
Stir the dressing into the main ingredients.
Serve right away or store in an airtight container for 3 to 5 days. Please note that if this salad sits out for more than 2 hours, the leftovers should be thrown away.

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Notes

Cooked Chicken Three Ways

Stovetop: Place it in a sauce pan with enough wanter to cover it. Bring the water to a boil and cook for 7 to 10 minutes or until the chicken registers 165 degrees with an instant read thermometer.
Instant Pot Chicken: Add 1 cup of water to the bottom of an Instant Pot. Add wire rack and place chicken on top. Set Instant Pot to manual, high pressure, 8 minutes. At the end of the cook time, vent to release the steam.
Rotisserie Chicken: Buying a rotisserie chicken is a great quick way to make this recipe. I like to buy several at Costco, shred and freeze them. You can see my instructions here: How to Freeze Chicken.

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