Serve this fruity, nutty chicken salad with assorted crackers and grapes for a filling lunch or a delicious brunch. The recipe was inspired by a favorite dish served at the former Sweetbriar restaurant in Gadsden, Alabama.
I love chicken salad, and this recipe is my personal favorite. Crunchy pecans, sweet grapes, and a light dressing. It's just perfect IMO.
I added celery and cut the amount of grapes in half, but the base was light and delicious. A great dinner for a hot summer night when you don't want to cook!
This recipe is AMAZING. It's super easy and better than any restaurant version I've had.
This is the best and easiest chicken salad I have ever made. I made if for the first time this week and we like it so well that I made a second time today. My husband loved it, but I wasn't sure since it had grapes and pecans! Its not the usual way I make chicken salad, but will definitely be my choice from now on...I plan on making it for my daughter's wedding reception to serve on crossiants. I chopped my chicken and pecans in my food processor which made the preparation very easy and quick!
I make this frequently and it is a favorite among my friends! I do the chicken a little differently, I bake chicken breasts in a pyrex pan and season with a little olive oil and Tony C's cajun seasoning and bake it for 40 minutes at 350, then cube it. The spiced chicken along with the sweetness of the grapes is divine! I think toasting the pecans makes all the difference!
I added sweet chopped apples and glazed pecans and it gave it a great sweet flavor.
this was delicious! I added more sour cream and less mayo to save on calories. I also added fresh parsley and omitted the lemon juice. My family loved it!
Ridiculously simple but full of taste. Hardest part is poaching and shredding the chicken. Absolutely love it and everyone complemented it at the party. It was fine by itself or on a croissant.
Outstanding!!!! This is a favorite with my family.
This is the recipe that I use a lot, but I also add fresh rosemary and just a little squeeze of lemon juice, which makes it delicious. What I find that works great is to mix the mayonnaise, sour cream and rosemary together and refrigerate it overnight. I do prefer to use 1 part mayonnaise to 1/2 part sour cream. Taste to test amount of rosemary you prefer also. Once the taste is to your liking, add to other ingredients. Wonderful chicken salad and everyone seems to love it when I make it.
What is going on with this system? It showed corn bread choices & brought up the same chicken choices that have been there for days!! The only way I have to complain is with this nonsense. Is anyone awake there?
the best Chicken Salad. I used shredded chicken instead of Cut up breast and it made it better. Wonderful! My favorite. It makes a great sandwich or dinner salad, with a nice ham.
This recipe is best when made with full fat mayo. I have made it many many times and it gets rave reviews, but I only use real Hellmans. I recently made it for a group of 15 ladies at a Scrapbook function and had to make more. I think I made 10 lbs of chicken salad that was totally consumed over a 4 day weekend. It is wonderful on crackers but our favorite is a croissant, without a doubt.
Good, tasty salad. Perfect for a ladies luncheon, not for sandwiches. I reduced the amount of grapes to 2 cups (cut first then measured) which was more than enough. Great way to use left-over chicken from last nights dinner.
It was a complete success! Everybody loved it!!
