Chicken Salad Recipe

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This chicken salad is the BEST thing ever for a warm day when you want a delicious meal without turning that oven on. Grapes add just the right amount of sweetness while toasted almonds, celery and even a bit of green onion add crunch. A drizzle of aged balsamic vinegar and a splash of lemon juice bring a wonderful depth or flavor and tang to round out this chicken salad.

Steps to Make this Chicken Salad Recipe

How do you make chicken salad with grapes?

1. Place almond slivers on a baking sheet and bake at 350F (177) for about 10 minutes. Mix on sheet at 5 minute mark for an even toasting.
2. Wash and chop celery. Transfer to a large bowl.
3. Wash and halve grapes, peel and chop apple. Transfer to the same bowl.
4. Separate tarragon and thyme leaves from stems then chop and add to bowl with grapes and celery.
5. Remove meat from rotisserie chicken, chop onto 1 inch pieces and transfer to a separate large bowl.
6. Add lemon juice, pepper, and salt to your bowl
7. Peel, and dice apple then add to bowl.toss and set aside.
8. Halve and chop green onion and add to bowl.
9. Add mayo to chicken and mix to cover.
10. Add balsamic vinegar to chicken and mix.
11. Add apple mixture to chicken.
12. Fold together and garnish with tarragon leaves and grape halves if desired.

How to serve this Chicken Salad

This salad is WONDERFUL on it’s own as a main course but you can serve it on top of some mixed greens, use it to make sandwiches, or as a side dish. You can even mix in some pasta for extra carbs!

I garnished my salad with some fresh tarragon leaves, toasted almond slivers, and halved grapes. Any ingredient not covered in mayo will add som visual appeal to the salad and let people know what’s inside right away.

HOW LONG DOES CHICKEN SALAD LAST?

This salad will last 3 days if properly refrigerated. You’ll want to give it a toss before serving as the grapes might loose some of their liquid and pool on the bottom. Don’t leave this out at room temp for more than a couple hours.

Pro Tips for the BEST Rotisserie Chicken Salad Recipe

• This salad can be made a day ahead and served chilled.
• The recipe calls for muscat grapes but red grapes work well too.
• Adding balsamic vinegar will create a darker color than you might expect from a classic chicken salad but the depth of flavor is amazing!
• If you prefer white meat only sub the rotisserie chicken for four bone in skin on chicken breasts. Salt and pepper them an bake at 375F for about 40 minutes or until the internal temp is 165F.

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Chicken Salad Recipe

This amazing chicken salad has the perfect balance of savory and sweet thanks to grapes, apple, green onion, crunchy celery and toasted almonds.

Course Brunch, dinner, lunch, Main Course, Side Dish

Cuisine American

Prep Time 20 minutes

Total Time 10 minutes

Servings 8 people

Calories 460 kcal

Author John Kanell

Ingredients

• 1 cup celery chopped
• 1 cup muscat grapes halved
• 1/2 cup slivered almonds toasted
• 1 tbsp fresh thyme
• 2 tbsp fresh tarragon
• 2 tbsp lemon juice
• 2 green onions halved and chopped
• 1 cup mayo
• 1/2 cup apple peeled and diced
• 1 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp pepper
• 1 rotisserie chicken

Instructions

1. Place almond slivers on a baking sheet and bake at 350F (177) for about 10 minutes. Mix on sheet at 5 minute mark for an even toasting.
2. Chop celery, halve grapes, halve and chop green onion, peel and chop apple. Transfer to a large bowl.
3. Separate tarragon and thyme leaves from stems then chop and add to bowl with grapes and celery.
4. Add lemon juice, pepper, and salt to your bowl toss and set aside.
5. Remove meat from rotisserie chicken, chop onto 1 inch pieces and transfer to a large bowl. Add mayo to chicken and mix to cover.
6. Add balsamic vinegar to chicken and mix.
7. Add apple mixture to chicken and fold together.
8. Garnish with tarragon leaves and grape halves if desired.

Recipe Notes

• This salad can be made a day ahead and served chilled.
• The recipe calls for muscat grapes but red grapes work well too.
• Adding balsamic vinegar will create a darker color than you might expect from a classic chicken salad but the depth of flavor is amazing!

Nutrition Facts

Chicken Salad Recipe

Amount Per Serving (1 portion)

Calories 460 Calories from Fat 306

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 34g 52%

Saturated Fat 6g 30%

Cholesterol 127mg 42%

Sodium 896mg 37%

Potassium 468mg 13%

Total Carbohydrates 4g 1%

Dietary Fiber 1g 4%

Sugars 2g

Protein 35g 70%

Vitamin A 4.3%

Vitamin C 5.3%

Calcium 5.4%

Iron 7.4%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.