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chicken salad recipe

The Best Chicken Salad Recipe

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Description

Our tarragon chicken salad recipe is easy to make and full of flavor! Made with chicken breast, tarragon, parsley, capers, celery and red onion, in a creamy mayo base. Serve it as a sandwich or over a bed of greens!


Ingredients

Units
  • 3 cups cooked chicken breast, chopped or shredded
  • 1 cup celery, chopped
  • 1/4 cup onion, finely chopped
  • 1/2 cup flat-leaf parsley, chopped
  • 2 tablespoons fresh tarragon leaves ( or try dill, basil or cilantro)
  • 1 tablespoon capers, more if you like!
  • 1/2 cup mayonnaise
  • 12 teaspoons dijon mustard
  • 1 teaspoon vinegar- red wine vinegar, apple cider vinegar, or rice wine vinegar
  • salt and pepper to taste

Serve over lightly dressed greens or make a sandwich with it. See variations above! 


Instructions

  1. Cut or shred chicken into bite-sized pieces and place in a medium bowl.
  2. Add the rest of the ingredients and mix, incorporating all.
  3. Add salt and pepper to taste.
  4. Serve over simply dressed greens, or as a sandwich on toasted bread with lettuce and micro greens

Notes

The chicken salad will keep up to 4 days in the fridge.

Please read through the variations in the post above! 

Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 1 cup
  • Calories: 359
  • Sugar: 1 g
  • Sodium: 550.8 mg
  • Fat: 24.2 g
  • Saturated Fat: 4.2 g
  • Carbohydrates: 2.7 g
  • Fiber: 0.8 g
  • Protein: 32.8 g
  • Cholesterol: 109 mg