This is the BEST chicken salad recipe EVER! There is no way to describe how good this chicken salad is – you will have to make it and see. Believe me when I say this chicken salad is simply delicious.
Chicken Salad Recipe
This is probably the best dish Hubby has ever made, and that is really saying something! My husband is an excellent cook with some really creative ideas! If you would like to receive the Ann’s Entitled Life’s free newsletter, click here!
Hubby has made this recipe hundreds of times. I list the weight for this one as he finds it easier to do the dressing for this chicken salad recipe by weight on a kitchen scale. Because people had asked, he converted to the traditional cup measurement for me.
Hubby recently bought a sous vide cooker (because we needed another kitchen gadget in our house *insert eye roll*) and made the chicken for this recipe with the sous vide cooker instead of making poached chicken.
The chicken turned out very soft, very tender, and the chicken salad was still excellent. I prefer the poached chicken but if you have a sous vide cooker and make your cooked chicken that way, it works too!
We have used plain sunflower seeds and honey sunflower seeds in this recipe many times. The honey flavored gives a touch more “sweet”, both are excellent choices.
Chicken Salad Recipe Dressing Ingredients:
1 cup (6oz by scale weight) Mayonnaise
1/2 cup (4oz by scale weight) Sour Cream
2 TBSP (1oz by scale weight) Dijon Mustard
1 TBSP Dill Weed
2 tsp Sugar
1/2 tsp White Pepper
5 tsp Lemon Juice
Salad Ingredients:
3 cups chopped Poached Chicken
1 cup finely chopped Celery
4 TBSP finely chopped Green Onions
1/2 cup shelled Sunflower Seeds
Chicken Salad Mise en Place:
● Two Bowls (one small, one large)
● Cutting Board
● Knife
● Measuring Cup
● Measuring Spoons
● Spatula or Spoon
Chicken Salad Recipe Salad Directions:
● Combine mayonnaise, sour cream, Dijon mustard, dill weed, sugar, white pepper, and lemon juice in a bowl. Mix all dressing ingredients together.
● Cut your cool, poached chicken into bite size pieces.
● Add all salad ingredients (poached chicken, celery, green onions, and sunflower seeds) to the mixed dressing.
● Mix together well.
● Chill for at least two hours before serving.
Chicken Salad Recipe
By Ann
This is the BEST chicken salad recipe EVER! There is no way to describe how good this chicken salad is – you will have to make it and see. Believe me when I say this chicken salad is simply delicious.
Prep Time: 15 Minutes
Cook Time: 0 Minutes
Total Time: 2 Hours 15 Minutes
Ingredients:
Dressing:
● 1 cup Mayonnaise (6oz by scale weight)
● ½ cup Sour Cream (4oz by scale weight)
● 2 TBSP Dijon Mustard (1oz by scale weight)
● 1 TBSP Dill Weed
● 2 tsp Sugar
● ½ tsp White Pepper
● 5 tsp Lemon Juice
Salad:
● 3 cups chopped Poached Chicken
● 1 cup finely chopped Celery
● 4 TBSP finely chopped Green Onions
● ½2 cup shelled Sunflower Seeds
Directions:
● Combine mayonnaise, sour cream, Dijon mustard, dill weed, sugar, white pepper, and lemon juice in a bowl. Mix all dressing ingredients together.
● Cut your cool, poached chicken into bite size pieces.
● Add all salad ingredients (poached chicken, celery, green onions, and sunflower seeds) to the mixed dressing.
● Mix together well.
● Chill for at least two hours before serving.
Makes 6 servings Chicken Salad
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McKenzie says
mmmmm I love chicken salad and this one looks delicious! Im gonna have to try it 🙂
FABBY says
Wow! This sounds fabulous! Thanks for the recipe. Have a good week.
FABBY
andi winslow says
Looks so good, I have printed the recipe and hopefully will be making this soon…………….Thank you andi
A Lived in Home says
This looks so yummy! I’m a total sucker for a good chicken salad. I would love for you to come link up to my party and follow along! alivedinhome.blogspot.com
andi winslow says
Hi Ann Just stopping in to let you know that I have made and posted on my blog thewednesdaybaker.blogspot.com We both enjoyed this as a lunch………….and thank you for a wonderful recipe. Have a great long weekend Andi
Colleen says
How many servings was this?
Ann says
Hmmm that is a good question, Colleen. We make this all the time and for two people we probably eat 10-12 servings. BUT, we are adults.
Ann
Janien says
Made this today & I love it! Made exactly as written except I did use less dill & it’s still great!
Ann says
I am glad you enjoyed it, @Janien. We love it so much, Hubby makes it at least once per month!
Ann
Melvina says
May I ask how many carbs are in this? I’m on a low carb diet, and am looking for a good chicken salad recipe that I can eat with the family. Thank you.
Ann says
I have no idea, Melvina. If you have access to a carb convertor, plug in the ingredients and see what it says.
Ann
Millie says
Go to livestron.;com ; they have a tool for putting in recipes and getting the nutritional infor including carbs and calories. Actually about the only carbs in this are in the mayo and a few in the sour cream so not much
Pam @ The Birch Cottage says
I’ve never made chicken salad with dill weed or sunflower seeds. I could just imagine the flavor the dill weed adds and the nice subtle crunch from the sunflower seeds! Thanks for sharing on The Living with Style Linky Party!
Laurie says
Ann, I can’t wait to try your recipe! Pinning! Thank you for sharing with us at Brag About It!
~Laurie
celeste wood says
okay, I just made this recipe, I even poached the chicken according to the recipe and I must tell you without a doubt this is a fantastic Chicken Salad! It now sits in the fridge waiting for the 2 hours to blend all those flavors together but I cheated! I already tasted it and it is marvelous! in 2 hours my taste buds will be even happier! lol, thanks so much for sharing this recipe, I will continue to make my chicken salad this way from now on!
Ann says
Celeste I am so glad you liked it! I think the poached chicken is the key, although the dill weed is the “secret” ingredient.
Ann
celeste wood says
this really is the best chicken salad ever! My 19 year old son ate almost every bit of it! His Twin was able to make a sandwich and I sampled it with some crackers, this is so delicious I am in the process of making it again!Thanks so much for such a fabulous recipe!
Ann says
I am so glad you all enjoyed it, Celeste!
Ann
Phil says
I made this once already and I loved the flavor. I wasn’t sure if you used fresh or dried dill, so I did cut back on that since I used dried. Just curious which you normally use?
Ann says
Hi Phil,
We use dried normally. It is a lot of dill, but (IMO) that is what really makes this chicken salad so good – well that and the poached chicken.
Ann
Karen says
I made as directed, without a doubt, absolutely outstanding. In the future, I will try various substitutes/alterations for the mayo & sour cream (because I wanted to devour all of it with less calories). Hubby said “this is by far the best you’ve ever made (he lives to eat and I eat to live :o))LOL
Ann says
I am so glad you and your Hubby liked it, Karen.
To me, this is the best dish my husband has ever made – and that is really saying something (my husband is an excellent cook).
Ann
Patty says
Made this today. Did Not use the dill, we are not fans of dill, or the sunflower seeds, I didn’t have any. It was still great! I love the dressing. i used only about half of the dressing . I will use the other half with some tuna. I think it will taste amazing. Thank you for this !
Nancy says
Could you revert the chicken back to pound/ounces? I’m not good at determining how many breasts to use for 3 cups and it obviously depends on the size of the breasts.
Kathy says
I made this as recipe instructs. Loved it. Amazing flavor. Thanks for sharing
Mashelle says
This was awesomely awesome…. I was alittle scared with sour cream…..but Omgoodness!!!!!! My favorite!
Ann says
I am so glad you enjoyed it!
Ann
Susan says
I make this at least once a month!! Awesome recipe!!
Laurie says
I’ve made it several times and it is absolutely delish. I am on a low carb diet and replace the sugar with Erythritol (per taste) and it is so good I crave it!
Erma Beckford says
I made this for diner tonight. I didn’t have any grapes, so I cut up an apple and it was still good. My husband said that it would be good with some walnuts too.
Brenda Wheeley says
I recently made this to serve on cocktail croissants at a baby shower. It was delicious and I will definitely make it a permanent recipe in my collection. I did commit the sunflower seeds since I did not know if some of the shower guests might have nut allergies. When I make this for my familyI will definitely include them. As another person mentioned in their comment, I did not use all the dressing.