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Classic Chicken Salad Recipe

CLASSIC CHICKEN SALAD RECIPE

This is the same classic chicken salad recipe that you remember from when you were a kid. Learn how to make it just like grandma did.

Course lunch
Cuisine American
Keyword classic chicken salad recipe
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings 8

Ingredients

  • Burrito-size flour tortillas or large leaf lettuce
  • 6 cups cooked chicken breast, coarsely chopped Can also use canned chicken.
  • 1/4 cup Granny Smith apple coarsely chopped
  • 1/4 cup pecans, coarsely chopped
  • 1 stalk celery, chopped
  • 1 cup sugar-free mayonnaise
  • 1/2 cup sweet relish
  • 1/4 tsp celery salt
  • 1/4 tsp  onion powder

Optional

  • Chopped romaine lettuce, if desired For tortilla wraps
  • 1 thinly sliced tomato

Instructions

  1. Mix the chicken, apple, pecans, celery, relish, mayonnaise, celery salt, and onion powder together until thoroughly mixed. Add additional mayonnaise if desired.


  2. To make a wrap, place chicken salad in the middle of a large tortilla. Top with chopped romaine and sliced tomato if desired. 


  3. Place on lettuce wraps and serve!

Recipe Notes

For a keto-friendly version of this chicken salad make the following modifications.

  • Omit the apples – apples are naturally high in sugars and carbs
  • Wrap the salad in leaf lettuce instead of tortillas