The Chicken Salad Recipe I ate every day for two summers

You will absolutely love this chicken salad recipe that is loaded up with celery, grapes, and almonds that comes together in no time.
Chicken salad is a bound salad consisting of cooked chicken, mayonnaise, vegetables, and herbs. It is said to be created by a meat market in the mid 19th century in Rhode Island and immediately became a hit.
There are many variations for making chicken salad and one of the best things about it, is that it can be customized to your liking. Please use my recipe as a guide and swap out or add to any ingredients you’d like.
Ingredients for this recipe:
• 2 pounds cooked and cooled chicken, medium diced
• 1 peeled and small diced red onion
• 1 finely minced garlic clove
• 4 small diced celery stalks
• ½ cup sliced almonds
• 1 ½ cup red grapes, sliced in half
• 2 tablespoons finely minced fresh dill
• 3/4 cup mayonnaise
• 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
• salt and pepper to taste
Serves 8
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 0
Procedures:
1. Prepare the chicken in your desired way. See notes on options.
2. Next, add all of the ingredients to a large bowl.
3. Using a spatula, or clean hands, mix together everything until it is completely combined.
4. Serve or cover and store in the refrigerator until ready to use.
Chef Notes:
Make-Ahead: You can make this up to 1 day ahead of time.
How to Store: Cover and store in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.
If you do not want to grill the chicken as I did in this recipe, please feel free to use chilled roast chicken, pan-seared chicken breasts, or one of those rotisserie chickens from your favorite grocery store.
It is best to add grapes into the recipe when you are ready to serve it. Keep them aside if you plan to store the chicken salad for longer than 1 day.
In addition to salt and pepper, chicken salad is good when seasoned with Lawry’s or Old Bay seasoning.
Feel free to substitute the fresh dill for fresh tarragon or use both.

[@dignit1620]

Croissant makes al the difference to a chicken salad. I’m going to try this recipe, looks so good!

[@reneemoreno8030]

I made a rendition of this salad over 40 years ago. Grapes, celery, red onion mayo and cream cheese. Dill and chopped cashews. Use whatever nut you like. Served on a croisant. Luncheon for a group of nuns they loved it.

[@Rose80388]

Was it called Waldorf? Lol!

[@annettefournier9655]

I love red grapes in my chicken salad. I use a sprinkle of curry when I only make it for myself. With the dill it's delicious.

[@debradavies7608]

I’ve been putting grapes in my chicken salad for years now. The combo is FANTASTIC!

[@dianelombard899]

I’m going to use this recipe, it looks delish! Here’s a tip: don’t cut you bread in half, cut it just enough to open it like a pocket and stuff the bun! It’s easier to eat it!😚

[@buddys_dad]

I have been making chicken salad with grapes for years as well. Works well with curried chicken salad too.

[@slapstickdome9797]

Arby’s chicken salad sandwich, do not know if they still sell it, but was so good and they had grapes in it. Never had it before then. It was perfection!!!

[@sandisan4799]

@@dianelombard899 good advice...Ty

[@Livetoeat171]

This is my go to salad but I also add diced apple. It goes so well with the grapes and it gives it moisture. Also, instead of almonds, they seem to be too hard for me to chew so I opted for walnuts and it's a perfect crunch without being too hard.

[@autumnfeldpausch5539]

Exactly how I make it. 👍

[@mjrussell414]

Good ideas. I wouldn’t like grapes in my chicken salad and almonds go soggy. I will use your suggestions this week.

[@cherbeatTX59]

I adore cranberries in mine!!

[@kimshone2626]

And that tastes So good on a fresh sourdough roll 😋

[@hollyyotiwahhe9888]

that's pretty much a Waldorf salad

[@user-mb4im9cr6v]

I love mine with apples and grapes plus pecans love it

[@mjk3935]

My mom always adds grapes as well! The fresh dill is a new addition, though - thanks for the great tips!

[@impunitythebagpuss]

Old Bay for sure! Love grapes in chicken salad...green grapes in tuna salad is yummy too!

[@courtneyroeckel3111]

I've made a similar one for years after having it at a gathering. It's phenomenal on a Hawaiian roll!

[@marybennett5564]

This chicken salad looks so darn DELICIOUS!!!! I'm definitely making it soon....

[@tawneyb.5789]

THANK YOU SO MUCH…… I’ve always loved this sandwich but never really stopped to find out how to make it for myself , and here it was for me today! Making this tonight and I know everyone will love it. Kids can take to school and I can take to work …… gonna make a BUNCH thx again.

[@blanca5040]

Thank you so much for sharing this yummy and easy recipe!! I had been looking for easy, yummy, and good-for-you chicken salad ideas!

[@annieoleson7912]

Simply AWESOME Chicken Salad Recipe! Thank you Billy!❤️ 😎

[@Red-ng6jd]

Thanks Chef! I've learned a lot from you in your videos! This is definitely dinner tomorrow!

[@southsidecarly7427]

Looks so yummy 🥰I’m definitely going to be trying this out! Thanks for the video

[@yaninahahn7148]

With pecans instead of almond taste even better! I had a sandwich with a salad very similar @ Mimi's Cafe.

[@LadyBetsU]

This is not a new recipe and the grapes and nuts are no secret. I’m 74 years old and my mother and grandmother made this. It is yummy!!

[@TerriblePerfection]

I don't think he claims that it's new.

[@gardenjoy5223]

@@TerriblePerfection He sort of did pretend that the grapes were a special trick. An OLD trick, that is.

[@katfinamore3205]

Here’s what I do, swap out the red onion with green scallions or if your red onion is a little too strong, soak the slices in a bowl of water for a little bit. I add either red wine vinaigrette or white balsamic glaze to the Mayo with salt and pepper. Then I definitely add the almonds or some sort of nut for that crunch. You can also add dried cranberries. Love chicken salad!

[@AkSonya1010]

Funny this has been one of my favorites for years but I forgot all about it, thank you for reminding me.

[@ladiuneeq9789]

Deliciousness! I used to eat it this way and also on a toasted everything bagel. It's one of the best sandwiches I ever had. 😋

[@robininva]

Looks quite delicious. Love grapes in my chicken salad, too. I love dill as the herb. Guess who is going to make this now. Right! ME!

[@ddunsson2]

My friends ! It looks so delicious. Your cooking skills are amazing. Thank you for the good food. ❤️❤️😍

[@cocosmom0817]

I just made it, and homemade mayo and BAM-A-LICIOUS!!! thank you Chef!!!

[@felicecaccamo68]

That's nice chicken salad! Thanks for the recipe chef!

[@erminiagomez2531]

Thank you so much for this. I went to Costco to buy but they didn’t have any. I will give this a try. It’s one of my favorite sandwiches

[@julieklie2344]

Arbys chix salad sandwich is the best I’ve ever had…EVER!!

[@memsat-wm2jw]

yes,this recipe ROCKS!!! LOVE IT! TY!

[@pauladempsey6806]

Adding the grapes ahead of time somehow messes chicken salad up and so I LOVE your suggestion to add the grapes at the last minute. Also, I like curry in it.

[@darasoapery]

Delicious 😋 love grapes in my chicken salad! Great sandwich there buddy.. totally trying that!

[@paprika1951]

Oooooo! Chicken Veronique! Or very close to it - love those flavors and textures. Well done Sir!

[@patriciaelms5340]

I often add chopped dill pickle - love the extra crunch!!

[@adamw1817]

Thank You so much for this awesome recipe. Simply You always make the best recipes.

[@moogie1954]

I add sunflower seeds and/or pumpkin seeds to mine... I love the extra crunch!

[@joeyfitzpatrick6325]

This is pretty much the same recipe I use and it is delicious! Now I’m only feeling some chicken salad 😝

[@southsidediggers6905]

Ya gotta toast those almonds!! Everything else is spot!!

[@sandiland0000]

Nice! I like celery seed in mine with a splash of Italian dressing with that Mayo. 😋 love love chicken salad

[@johnutah293]

I love your channel! I'm always learning something.

[@ocelotcat]

Try doing this with a wee bit of curry in the salad......it's really delicious. Great recipe here, thank you.

[@nikapak9747]

Sounds great!! Use curry powder?

[@lindahandley5267]

I absolutely love curry in it...like you said, just a wee bit, but it just goes with chicken. So delicious!

[@christinalw19]

I add curry, 1 tsp, and 1 Tbsp soy sauce to the mayonnaise/sour cream dressing. 😉👍🏼 Sometimes pineapple , too!

[@Jan-qq9xc]

Looks fantastic and has everything you would ever want in a chicken salad! lol. I’m going to try it SOON!

[@getit9066]

I had the best chicken salad of my life in Key West and the recipe was almost identical to this; they added one really cool ingredient: toasted pine nuts. So good I still remember it years later. Thanks for the Lawrey’s idea!

[@annkelley6813]

Fantastic recipe, can’t wait to try it!

[@micheledietrick265]

My mom started adding grapes and it’s delicious. She was Italian and tried different things. I started putting graphing tuna salad too.

[@lindahandley5267]

The red grapes make all of the difference with that touch of sweet. Newk's makes a salad almost like this one. I think it's very healthy too.

[@ssoozee]

I appreciate you so much. Your approach to cooking and secret techniques are invaluable to me. My best friend and I share a love of chicken salad (tasty chicken salad, that is!), and I’m going to surprise her with this delicious salad and beautiful presentation. Thank you again for all you do!

[@catdi5714]

Spanish olives go great with chicken salad. Lay them on top of the chicken in the sandwich.

[@toniajackson102]

YUM! Cannot wait to make it -thanks so much.

[@debbieriddle9429]

I have been making chicken salad like this for years...so good. I have found that this is Amazing with Smoked Chicken. The Best I've had yet.

[@dianeroberts3161]

I can’t wait to try this!

[@meghoughton562]

Are you kidding?!? The garlic press is the *BEST* uni-tasker ever made!

[@Judy-uc9nc]

This looks soooo delicious!

[@julietteyork3721]

Lawry’s is the go-to seasoning that can’t be beat. It’s so darned good.

[@afiam8510]

It looks yummy! Thanks for sharing.

[@hasmeenc.4739]

Dry tarragon, cranberries and green apples with a few nuts(walnuts) is what I always use, well with all the other common ingredients.

[@vegasjill21]

Hasmeen C Oooh, that sounds delish!! Just the way I LIKE IT!! 😁

[@lisaglynn3121]

Now I want Chicken Salad! Looks so Good!

[@pennyleslie4274]

Looks absolutely amazing TFS

[@PrincessMindorena]

Love this novel recipe! Thanks!

[@AttommicDog]

The balance of sweet and savory with this type of chicken salad is without a doubt the best. Try it with cran-raisins chef. Bet the wife will approve.

[@joanwalford1959]

As an afterthought I added the dijon mustard and noticed that you did too. I added dried cranberries, half greek yogurt and half mayo. I then added the old bay seasoning and it tasted great. Will let it sit in the fridge for a couple of hours for the flavours to blend together. Will see what it tastes like.

[@judychandler8485]

I make mine with these same ingredients, but add some diced apple as well ..It's soooo good !

[@margaretspielman5347]

Thank you! Looks amazing😋

[@jacruick]

YUMMMMM ! Can’t wait to make this !

[@karenwedemire6093]

Looks really good I'm going to have to try it.

[@donnataylor980]

I love this recipe and I love Lowery's and obey seasoning in mine. and your right, it's perfect on a croissant! Thanks for the recipe

[@Cathiekjol]

I love this recipe with Michigan dried cherries 🍒 😋

[@mercylim4166]

Thank you your generosity for sharing your receipes ! Philippines

[@light-yi2me]

Looks delicious!

[@GreenScape2879]

Reduce 200 ml of chicken stock and add the (glace de volaille) to chicken salad. As well as 1 tsp of apple cider vinegar and that chicken salad recipe is now complete. Don't forget to peel your celery as well

[@emanonfox1709]

I do something similar because I always use chicken breasts on the bone and roast them for chicken salad. I save all the roasted bones and scraps for stock, and I use some of the glace in my dressing for the salad.

[@raveneskridge3143]

this recipe looks so good! i never thought to add slivered almonds but i guess we both know what's going on next week's lunch menus~

[@renel7303]

He used sliced. Huge textural difference between the two. I add the dry toasted sliced almonds from Trader Joe's to a lot of dishes.

[@ks7343]

Nice adaptation of the classic Silver Palette recipe! I love this with swapping cooking sherry for dijon, pecans, lots of fresh ground pepper.

[@ladydi4runner]

Sweet. Went right to page 148. Long time FAV, no doubt. 😁👍 Sooo, as I’m chowing down on it, had everything BUT the slivered almonds! Chopped walnuts work, trust me! 😁Gotta run, for Seconds! 🤣🤣 Superb salad! TY.

[@shirleyfrederickson2280]

Love it! Thank you!

[@gabrielle916]

Dang that looks delicious and easy!

[@verypinteresting9577]

I’ve made a very similar chicken salad sandwich, but I put in cranberries and walnuts, very good! Definitely give it a try

[@suziew5447]

Just found you tonight because of this video. I can’t sleep watching all your videos. I have my weeks meals planned for this week. Thanks so much...🙂 and I have the same garlic press... it’s the best. I will never chop garlic again either.

[@repunzalrepunzal6063]

Delicious!!! Sometimes I use pecans and add apple too. Great recipe!

[@KBTCaseyFlynn]

I’m a curry fan in my chicken salad. Yeah Coronation Chicken Salad.

[@lidiaflores6071]

Muy bien 😃la receta 😋😋😋 Yummy muchas gracias 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻se ve bien wow😲!!!! Riquísimo 👏👏👏

[@Truthhurts808]

Fantastic! I am making this first thing tomorrow! 👍

[@idowanna837]

Craisins or dried cranberries work real well also, and I'll usually put them in some mayonnaise to kinda rehydrate them a couple hours before I make my chicken salad. But I do love grapes in my chicken salad, green or red, don't matter long as they're good grapes

[@patlegg3803]

I add walnuts, too they stay firm also. I'm with you about the grapes 🍇 Recently you need to take out mortgage to buy pecans... I also use canned white breast chicken so I don't get any gristle, etc. Easier also.

[@idowanna837]

@@patlegg3803 I'm not big on nuts. I usually get a rotisserie chicken (or roast one myself) and that'll give me 2 or 3 meals from that, AND SOUP! if I boil the carcass!!

[@georginatalamo2451]

I do too, boil the remaining skin and bones and bits. Incredibly flavorful broth results.

[@dalemills7926]

Love this and yours is amazing..I put CRAISINS in mine when I do not have grapes..lol its yummy too..

[@xicanavida1559]

Yummy I use what I have like grapes or apples,berries it’s love it

[@sandraelliott6982]

sounds so good!!!!

[@johnwood551]

The BEST I ever had was at Fearrington Village outside of Chapel Hill North Carolina. I wish I was back on the East Coast just so I could at least visit there occasionally

[@williambienz8238]

Very happy I made this.

[@bonniegkirk]

This seems a lot like chicken salad that I used to order when I lived in Atlanta - from an ice cream shop, of all places. My favorite was what they called an Almond Chicken Salad Melt. Yes, on a croissant. Cheese was probably havarti. When I attempt to copy I lightly toast the sliced or slivered almonds and add them when I assemble the sandwich before grilling it.

[@MsBebegurl0212]

That looked amazing..must try .please try mine... Chilled, cooked pasta shells (small), cubed cooked chicken, cubed tomatoes and cucumbers. Salt, pepper, Hellman's mayo, and grated parmesan added to your taste. Lovely fresh summer salad. Easy and addicting!

[@danielmargolis3210]

I love nice neat prep.

[@ur22much2]

You do both the chicken and celery perfect, apple maybe grapes?, everything else like mama made.

[@maxmcnamara8382]

I served this at a tea party I had for my daughter's birthday. Let me tell you, this sandwich is so filling they couldn't even eat the other tea sandwiches. And it was so delicious, especially since I ended up smoking the chicken because we were already doing another recipe on the grill. We smoked it with apple wood. My friend also had me toast the almond chips before adding it to the salad 😋

[@evangeline3152]

I make mine just like this but I haven’t tried the dill. I just use the tarragon. In the winter I change it from grapes and almonds to apples and pecans. That’s great too.

[@raymondschneider5217]

Chef, just found your recipe and fell in love. Have copied to MS Word and can't wait to try; sounds soooo delicious. Like the idea of putting it in a bed of lettuce or in the crossant sandwich! Neat tip to only add the grapes to the chick you're planning on eating at the time. New sub!!! Y'all Be Safe!

[@leahanderson30]

For years my mom has put diced celery diced red apples and red grapes and diced red onion in her chicken salad full of flavors extremely delicious and fresh

[@Dotalina33]

Great recipe. I can’t always get grapes so I use raisins instead. Oh also I add curry. So yummy. Thanks!

[@mamabear3428]

Not a big fan of celery but def put grapes in mine when I make it. I prefer to use sunflower seed or pine nuts. Looks delicious 😋

[@l.lockleer8836]

Your salad looks amazing! I like toasted chopped pecans, and dill pickle cubes. I have a small frozen chicken that I'll throw out and roast!

[@anniefannycharles9951]

The Dill pickle cubes would change this recipe flavor completely.

[@jayfromtexas6718]

Just now got through making this..... 2-smoked quarters (leftover), onion, celery, fresh dill, capers and a little dill pickle. 3 big table spoons Dukes mayo, 2 small table spoon Miracle Whip and a table spoon of Dijon mustard. Chihuahua wood smoked salt, black pepper and some Cajun seasoning and a little poultry seasoning. The capers are a game changer! Will have it for lunch tomorrow. Have a big ripe garden tomatoe, romaine lettuce. Will snag the crescent rolls and be ready to eat. Hopefully the "next day's" going to make it better or have I shot myself in the foot??? Great video my friend!

[@Isaiah--vj2xu]

Made this today... Inlove. Thanks.

[@DeeDeeDIY]

Yep! I almost always add red grapes but sometimes I add pineapple tidbits. Try ranch dressing too.

[@ishouldbesleeping1354]

Grapes are my FAV, but occasionally dried sweetened Cranberries and/or tiny chopped apples are yummy too…😋

[@sweetmery1988]

“I’m over chopped garlic in this life.” 🤣🤣😂

[@raymondschneider5217]

Ah, heck, Meryam, use a microplane and you'll NEVER chop garlic again!! Y'all Be Safe!

[@barbarat5729]

I'm over boneless skinless bland gross chicken breast.

[@annagitana1]

Luckily, Barbara, he doesn’t make bland chicken salad. He uses a garlic press instead of a knife.

[@sweetmery1988]

You guys crack me up 🤣🤣 Sending you love and positive vibes from Morocco 🤍

[@CallMeVie]

Great Waldorf salad variation! Vie 💚