🥗 The Best Chicken Salad
✨ Why It’s the Best:
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Tender shredded chicken
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Creamy dressing with tang and zip
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Crunch from celery and nuts
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Touch of sweetness from grapes or apples
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Customizable, meal-prep friendly, and addictively good.
🧾 Ingredients:
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3 cups cooked chicken (shredded or chopped) – rotisserie works great
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½ cup mayo (or half mayo, half Greek yogurt for a lighter version)
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1 tsp Dijon mustard
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1 tsp lemon juice or apple cider vinegar
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½ tsp garlic powder
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Salt & pepper to taste
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2 celery stalks, finely chopped
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¼ cup red onion or green onion, finely chopped
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½ cup red grapes (halved) or 1 small apple (diced)
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¼ cup chopped pecans or almonds (optional)
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1 tbsp chopped fresh dill or parsley (optional)
👩🍳 Instructions:
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In a large bowl, mix mayo, mustard, lemon juice, garlic powder, salt, and pepper.
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Add the chicken, celery, onion, grapes/apples, and nuts.
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Toss everything gently until evenly coated.
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Taste and adjust seasoning.
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Chill for 30 minutes (optional but recommended).
🥪 Serve It:
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On toasted sourdough or croissants
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In lettuce wraps for a low-carb option
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With crackers, pita chips, or cucumber slices
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Over a bed of mixed greens for a hearty salad
🔁 Variations:
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Add chopped hard-boiled eggs for a Southern twist
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Use curry powder + golden raisins for a curried version
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Sub in rotisserie turkey or canned chicken if needed
Would you like a no-mayo version, a spicy buffalo-style, or a Mediterranean twist?