As we gear up to face our brutal summer season, we set out to make Yummefy’s tried-and-tested signature Chicken Salad in the kitchen to beat the heat. Summer calls for easy-to-cook and light-on-the-palate recipes, and our chicken salad recipe, which is served chilled, fits the description. This quick chicken salad is also a breeze for those who have been compelled to step into the kitchen due to the current lockdown.
Our chicken salad recipe is similar to other traditional chicken salad recipes but is definitely a step up in overall taste and texture. It is immensely enjoyable and bursting with sweet and tangy flavours. This recipe has pickled gherkins (salty with a hint of sourness), along with sweet and sour dried cranberries, and added acidity from lime juice to lift all the flavours. Red grapes, apples, onions, and celery provide freshness and a mélange of textures, almonds pack in the crunch and healthy fats, dill gives an herby touch, a touch of garlic comes from the addition of garlic powder while mustard packs in a pungent kick. All these flavours are brought together and mellowed by the addition of creamy homemade mayonnaise and seasoning to the chicken salad dressing.
Now if you are wondering ‘is chicken salad good for you?’, this low carb, low sodium, and high protein chicken salad is a great gluten-free option and it is not very high on calories if you limit your portion size per serving.
Chicken salad is believed to be of American origin. The first recorded version of a chicken salad was served in Rhode Island by Town Meats in the 1800s. This version had leftover chicken mixed with the herb tarragon, grapes, and mayonnaise. It became an instant hit. Nowadays, chicken and mayonnaise are constants while making a chicken salad, though other ingredients vary largely, and the recipe itself has evolved.
If you’re wondering how you make chicken salad from scratch, tune in to our easy instructional video as we handhold you through the simple process.
It is almost impossible to go wrong with our easy chicken salad recipe. All you need to do is to have your ingredients prepared and ready in the right quantities to get you going. The best bit about making this quick chicken salad recipe is that even if you change up the quantities a bit and substitute some of the ingredients as per availability, you will still have on your plate a super-tasty chicken salad at the end of your efforts.
This chicken salad recipe is quite forgiving. As mentioned above, if you don’t have two or three ingredients mentioned in the recipe, you could either skip them or substitute them with other ingredients of your choice. Imagination is creativity. Let it go wild with innovative chicken salad recipe ideas!
You can eat this salad for breakfast, brunch, lunch, or dinner, on its own or with a combination of your choice. If you want to add more fibre and freshness, you could put it on a bed of lettuce and tomatoes, or even both. You could even stuff this salad between two slices of sandwich bread or in a lightly toasted pita pocket to make a more filling meal.
This chicken salad doesn’t require any condiments, but if stuffing it into a sandwich you can serve a good mustard sauce or the Asian hot sauce, Sriracha on the side. To serve it as a salad you could garnish it with a coin sized blob of Sriracha and fresh mint of coriander leaves atop the Sriracha for a pleasing presentation.
If you have some excellent chicken salad recipe ideas of your own that you would like to share with Yummefy, we’d love to hear from you in the comments below.
If you liked our chicken salad recipe, you may also want to try our:
Healthy Apple Cauliflower and Peanut Salad
Easy Potato Salad
Indian Egg Salad
Thai Green Papaya Salad
Spicy Konkani Carrot Salad
Tiranga Paneer Salad
Kachumber Salad
Or see all our Chicken Recipes right here!