Savory Chicken Salad Quick and Easy
A savory chicken salad is the only chicken salad my family will eat. No fruit, no nuts!
We are not fans of the typically sweet, fruity, nutty chicken salad. Nor do we like boiled eggs and sweet pickle relish in our chicken salad.
So I’ve always just made my own version. Which we think is the best chicken salad ever!
The crunch in our savory chicken salad comes from celery. If you’re not a celery fan, this chicken salad is not for you.
With that said, I am supremely confident if you give this easy chicken salad recipe a whirl, you won’t be disappointed. Man, it makes a great chicken salad sandwich!
How To Make Chicken Salad Video
How To Make A Savory Chicken Salad
Debone a whole cooked chicken. Store-bought rotisserie chicken is perfect for this chicken salad.
Or make this Slow Cooker Roasted Chicken. You can also poach or roast a couple of chicken breasts.
I despise shredding meat. The easiest way I’ve found to shred chicken is with an electric mixer.
In a large bowl, combine the chicken, celery, mayo, black pepper, salt, celery salt, dried dill, and dried parsley.
Cover and refrigerate at least one hour.
Serve on your favorite sandwich bread, crackers or just a bed of lettuce.
If you’re like us and prefer a less sweet chicken salad you are going to love this great recipe.
This makes a perfect chicken salad sandwich and is a great addition to all of your chicken salad recipes.
UPDATE: Several readers stated this is too salty.
I just made this with 1/2 teaspoon celery salt and 1/2 teaspoon of kosher salt. When I asked my husband what he thought he said: “It needs salt”.
So start with 1/2 the celery salt and kosher salt called for in the recipe and then adjust to your taste.
Also, this recipe uses kosher salt, not table salt. There is a difference. A teaspoon of flaky kosher salt delivers less salty flavor than a teaspoon of table salt, which is more compact.
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Savory Chicken Salad Recipe
Savory Chicken Salad Recipe
Ingredients
- 3 cups chicken, chopped or minced
- 3/4 cup celery, diced small
- 3/4 cup mayonnaise
- 1/2 teaspoon celery salt
- 1/2 teaspoon dried dill
- 1/2 teaspoon dried parsley optional
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon fresh ground pepper
Instructions
- In the bowl of a food processor add a mix of breast and thigh meat, pulse a few times until the meat is chopped fine.
- Measure 3 cups of chopped chicken into a large bowl. Add the finely chopped celery. If desired add 2 or 3 diced green onions.
- In a small bowl combine the mayonnaise, celery salt, dried dill, dried parsley, kosher salt, and pepper.
- Pour the dressing over the chicken and celery and stir to combine thoroughly.
- Cover and refrigerate for at least an hour.
Great chicken salad. Hubby isn’t a celery fan so I use some chopped water chestnuts instead. Dukes mayo for the win!
I love salty food and this was way too salty for me. I didn’t read the comments before making and made exactly like the recipe. I needed up adding peach preserve to it to help cut the salt. It will be good on crackers but still too salty for a sandwich.
Made this recipe last night and missed the comments about it being too salty. Followed the recipe for salt exactly and got rave reviews from my husband and guests! I did use a rotisserie chicken which wasn’t very seasoned and added a little extra mayo. Maybe that helped keep it from tasting too salty? Either way I will be making this version again!
This is so good! I’m not a big fan of the sweet/fruity chicken salads either. Was looking for something more savory and this seasoning combo was a winner! Hubs loved it too. Definitely going to have to make more chicken salad in the near future.
(re-posting because I accidentally left my original comment as a reply to another commenter. Hopefully the moderator can clean it up. Lols)
I just googled chicken salad! I have made many over the years, but decided to see what else might catch my taste buds. Well, yours did! It could not be much simpler and I had just poached two large chicken breast. ( do chickens now get breast augmentation?😊They are huge these days)
It is now sitting in my fridge and I told “ Alexa “ to remind me in one hour!
Note: I only cook with Kosher salt, but it now also comes in fine, like table salt and coarse which is what I have always used! It would make a big difference!
I love this recipe. I don’t use the kosher salt. I just use the celery salt. That is the only change I made based on reading some of the reviews. It was so good last week so I made it again for this week.
Which mayo do you use?
We are a Duke’s mayo kind of family 🙂