grace grits and gardening

ramblings from an arkansas farm girl

  • Home
  • Biography
  • Media
  • Privacy Policy
  • My Thoughts on Publishing
  • SHOP!
  • Garden
  • Food
  • Crafts
  • Farm
  • Reading & Books
  • Sunday Letter

my most excellent CHICKEN SALAD recipe

May 11, 2016 By Talya Tate Boerner 8 Comments

chicken salad - my favorite version!

This is my favorite chicken salad recipe and the perfect way to use leftover chicken. Simple to make and super flavorful—what more do you need for an easy southern dish?

An old-fashioned recipe with updated taste.

One reason the flavor is so great is the chicken itself is delicious. Grilled chicken adds a smoky flavor to your dish. Whatever seasonings were used during the grilling process become part of this recipe. Even a quick rotisserie chicken from the deli will add lots of flavor to your chicken salad.

The other key to the flavor of this dish is DILL. If you aren’t growing dill in your garden, run out to your local nursery and get some today. Not only is it delicious and loaded with health benefits, but dill is a host plant for Black Swallowtail Butterflies. And that’s a good thing.

Dill in the garden

My recipe has two kinds of onion—green and purple—because you can’t have too much onion. Did you know purple onions (also called red onions) belong to the lily family? Look at that gorgeous color… Purple onions have health benefits, too.

purple onion - gorgeous and healthy!

Print
my most excellent Chicken Salad recipe

Yield: 4 servings

Ingredients

  • 1 cup chopped chicken breast (roasted, grilled, skin removed)
  • 3/4 cup green or purple seedless grapes (cut in half)
  • 1/4 cup green onions, chopped (whites and greens)
  • 1/4 cup purple onion, diced
  • 1 tablespoon almonds, pecans, or walnuts, chopped
  • 1 tablespoon fresh dill, chopped
  • 2 tablespoons real mayonnaise (Hellman's or Duke's, of course)
  • Freshly ground Black Pepper
  • Sea Salt
  • Sprinkle of Flax Seed

Instructions

  1. Mix first seven ingredients. Add salt and pepper to taste. Add a sprinkle of flax seed for extra fiber. Flax seed is a bonus health benefit that doesn't alter the taste or consistency, so why not? (Add to smoothies and salads, too.)
  2. Serve with a green salad, fruit, or inside a scooped out tomato. Or serve as a sandwich with your favorite bread.
3.1
https://gracegritsgarden.com/2016/05/chicken-salad.html

chicken salad ingredients

 

most excellent chicken salad

Grace Grits and Gardening
Farm. Food. Garden. Life.

[tweetthis]Chicken Salad: Old-fashioned recipe w/ updated flavor @TysonFoods #nationalherbweek[/tweetthis]

Musical Pairing:
Three Dog Night, An Old-Fashioned Love Song

Filed Under: Food & Recipes Tagged With: chicken recipes, easy recipes, favorite recipes, herbs, spring recipes

Wanna receive posts via email? Sign up here!

Comments

  1. Gary D. Henderson says

    May 11, 2016 at 9:40 am

    (Hellman’s or Duke’s, of course)

    Wait…there are other brands of Mayonnaise?

    😉

    Reply
  2. Lyn Fenwick says

    May 11, 2016 at 9:43 am

    Yummmm!

    Reply
  3. Barbara Tate says

    May 11, 2016 at 11:55 am

    That sounds delish. I need to try this.

    Reply
    • emoji hack for android says

      February 14, 2017 at 9:53 am

      , "Go ahead, sell all you want as crooked as you can get, we don't mind," I'd bet we would all be on board.They scare you one way or another, before or after. Having been in a similar situation with the ATF almost 3 decades ago, I really feel for the dealers & employees involved now.

      Reply
  4. Martha Orlando says

    May 11, 2016 at 5:39 pm

    Copied and saved your recipe, Talya. And I totally agree with you about the dill – adds such freshness and flavor!
    Blessings!

    Reply
  5. Martha McMillin says

    May 12, 2016 at 1:41 am

    Loved your article and the recipe!! I use to work for American Greetings as a part time Merchandiser in Jonesboro,Arkansas. Loved my job. I did it for 10 years!!

    Reply
  6. Dorothy Johnson says

    May 12, 2016 at 7:56 am

    Your recipe is much like my go-to one that I got from Southern Living a long time ago. The main difference is it calls for only one kind of onion and adds lemon juice to the chicken at the beginning of preparation. If the chicken isn’t grilled or a rotisserie, you need it for flavor. I love red/purple onion. Next time, I’m going to add green onions and dill to ours. Mine doesn’t call for dill.

    Reply
  7. Leonie says

    June 22, 2016 at 4:57 am

    Hi,

    This looks so delicious and quick and easy to do.
    This will for sure be my next lunch at work!

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *


Hi! I'm Talya Tate Boerner. Writer, Reader, Arkansas Master Naturalist / Master Gardener, Author of

THE ACCIDENTAL SALVATION OF GRACIE LEE (2016)

GENE, EVERYWHERE: a life-changing visit from my father-in-law (2020)

BERNICE RUNS AWAY (Now Available!)

Never miss a blog post! Subscribe via email:

Prior Posts

Tags

A to Z April Blog Challenge Autumn BAT Book Reviews childhood Christmas creative writing prompt Dallas Desserts Eureka Springs Fall Fayetteville Food Gracie Lee Halloween Hemingway-Pfeiffer home humor Johnson Family Keiser Lake Norfork Lucy and Annabelle Mississippi County Mississippi Delta moving Munger Place Nana nature Northeast Arkansas Northwest Arkansas Osceola poem Reading Schnauzer simple living simple things spring spring gardening Summer sunday letter Talya Tate Boerner novel The Accidental Salvation of Gracie Lee Thomas Tate Winter Wordless Wednesday

Books by Talya Boerner / Purchase in Grace Grits SHOP

Talya Tate Boerner books
Gene, Everywhere

Food. Farm. Garden. Life.

THANKS FOR READING!

All content and photos Copyright Grace, Grits and Gardening © 2023 · Web Hosting By StrataByte