Chicken Salad Recipes

"Chicken salad recipes can be eaten as side dishes or full meals. They can also be used in sandwiches."

Here are a couple of basic recipes to get you started.

You can add other ingredients if you like-any fruits, vegetables, nuts etc. can make each salad a unique eating experience.

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1-Creamy:

This version is similar to making a chicken salad sandwich filling. Instead of putting it between 2 slices of bread you are putting it in a bed of bite-sized salad greens, of which you can use any type(lettuce, spinach, argula etc). A bag of pre-washed mixed greens is a great option as well.

Ingredients:

1 cup cooked chicken meat(1 medium chicken breast)
1 celery stalk-sliced and chopped
1 Carrot-grated
1/2 cup red onion-chopped
1/2 Bell pepper
Salad greens

Dressing:

2 tbsp. Mayonnaise
1 tbsp. Vinegar
1 tsp.Mustard
1 tsp.Celery seed
1/2 tsp. Salt
1/2 tsp. Pepper

Chop cooked chicken into 1/2 inch pieces and set aside.

Mix the dressing ingredients in a small bowl until smooth and creamy.

In a large bowl mix the chopped vegetables, chicken and dressing together and refrigerate for about 1 hour.

Just before serving, wash & dry salad greens, break it up into bite size pieces and lay in the bottom of a small salad bowl.

Stir the chicken salad mix again and scoop into the lettuce lined bowl. Serve immediately.

Makes 2 side servings or 1 meal serving. Just double up the ingredients for each 1 or 2 servings you need to make.

2-Oil & Vinegar:

If you're looking for an easy chicken salad recipe this one is a basic green & vegetable salad with chicken added. You can make the dressing recipe below or use your favorite bottled variety(it can be a creamy or oil/vinegar type).

Ingredients:

1-Chicken Breast
1-Celery stick
3-Green Onions
1/2 bell pepper
6-8 Cherry or grape tomatoes
Salad Greens

Dressing:

2 tbsp. Salad oil
1 tbsp. Vinegar
1/2 tsp. oregano
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. pepper

Cut tomatoes in half and squeeze out the seeds. If they are the larger grape type cut them into quarters. For the smaller cherry tomatoes just leave them cut in half.

Chop remaining vegetables and add them to a salad bowl with the tomatoes.

Cut the cooked chicken into bite-sized pieces and add to salad. Cover and refrigerate if not serving right away.

Add the salad greens and dressing when serving.

More Chicken Salad Recipes

Oriental Chicken Salad

Chinese Chicken Salad

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