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The Best Cold Chicken Salad Recipe

Brown bowl full of cooked diced chicken, diced celery and pickles, diced red onions stirred with white mayonnaise and garnished with parsley. Wood spoon in it.
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This simple cold chicken salad recipe includes crunchy celery, tangy pickles, diced red onions, mayonnaise, mustard, and parsley or dill.

Ingredients

  • 2 lb boneless skinless chicken breast
  • 1/2 cup red onion, diced
  • 4 celery stalks, diced
  • 5 medium pickles, diced
  • 2/3 cup mayonnaise
  • 2 tsp dijon mustard
  • 3-4 Tbsp fresh parsley or dill, chopped
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/4 tsp black pepper

Instructions

  • Bring a large pot of water to a boil and add a little salt.  Add chicken to boiling water for ~ 5-8 minutes (depending on thickness) or until juices run clear.
  • Remove from heat, drain, and allow to cool.  Basically, you need to cool these guys down before making the salad.  
  • Dice or pull apart the chicken breast and place in a large bowl.
  • Add remaining ingredients to bowl and stir.
  • Add more mayonnaise, salt and black pepper to taste.
  • Serve with crackers, on sandwiches, or over crispy romaine lettuce.  Be happy.  Beckie

Notes

TIP: Making rice later? Save the water you boiled the chicken in and use that as a weak broth to flavor other things.

Find it online: https://eatsimplefood.com/chicken-salad/