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Some of the Ingredients for Chicken Salad
Chicken Salad Recipes
Chicken salad is often a great favorite with many of us. After making a whole chicken and eating it for a few days you will want to make something creative with the left over chicken. I decidedly did not want more of the same, so I thought a chicken salad sounded really good. This salad is now dubbed our favorite chicken salad.
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Ingredients for Chicken Salad Recipe
- 2 Cups Left Over Chicken
- 1 Cup Chopped celery
- 1 Cup Chopped red or yellow peppers
- One-half Cup Sesame seeds
- One-half Cup Chopped green onions
- One-half Cup Black or green olives
- One-quarter Cup Capers
- One-Quarter Cup Mayonnaise
- One-quarter cup Greek style yogurt
- Romaine Lettuce Two or three leaves
- Cucumber slices, (optional)
- One teaspoon Garlic powder
- One tablespoon Basil
- One tablespoon Oregano
- One Tablespoon Seasoned Salit
- Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Make the dressing for the chicken salad by combining the mayonnaise, yogurt and seasonings. Blend the ingredients together with a large spoon.
- Make sure all the veggies are chopped fine and mix gently with the chopped chicken.
- Pour the dressing over the chicken and gently blend together.
- Gently stir in sesame seeds, olives and capers.
- Add salt and pepper to taste.
My Favorite Chicken Salad
Serving Suggestions
Serve a scoop of chicken salad on two or three romaine lettuce leaves. Make sure to have some crunchy crackers or hot sourdough bread to go along with the salad.
Have Chicken Salad Today
Try these other chicken recipes
- Chicken Breast Stir Fry Recipe
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Make chicken curry with mushrooms. This is a quick, easy, healthy and delicious meal. - Easy Homemade Chicken Soup Recipe
Make this delicious easy homemade chicken soup for your entire family. Enjoy this one dish dinner and make some extra for another meal. - Chicken and Spinach Stir Fry Recipe
Chicken is so versatile with many options for cooking. Stir fry with assorted veggies is delicious, easy to make and healthful to eat.
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Thank you ImKarn23 .....I love anything crunchy...I also have certain foods that I must eat a certain way....I cook a lot so I am always trying new things. Thank you again dear friend.
i love chicken salad, turkey salad, etc, but i am sooo boring - i only like chicken - and mayo..(ok, salt and pepper too)
it makes me wince to bite into something crunchy in these 2 dishes for some odd reason...lol.
maybe just cause i'm odd?
cucumbers are awesome anywhere - including on the eyeballs!
loveya dear, sharing on!
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Thank you exotichippiequeen..It is goo.
Sounds really great! Will try it.!
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Cucumbers make it really tasty...Hope you try it. Thank you!!!
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thank you tulika4321 For stopping by and lovely comments.
I love chicken salad and this sounds great. Ive never put cucumbers in it. Ill have to try that. Great hub!
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Thanks for dropping by and all the votes...
Yum - chicken , health and taste. All the things I love! Voted UP!
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You can add as much as you want. It disappears pretty quickly though. Thanks for stopping by and nice comments.
Well, how interesting! There are a lot of things in this recipe I'd never thought of adding to chicken salad. Sesame seeds, olives, capers, and peppers, to name a few. I definitely need to be more experimental and take some hints from you.
On the other hand, a cup seems like a lot of dressing to me.....but everything can be adapted to suit individual taste.
Thanks for the recipe!
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Thanks for dropping by to sample my chicken salad. Thanks also for the very nice comments.
Hi Carol, this sounds like a great chicken salad! I've got to give this recipe a try. The mayo and yogurt blend is what caught my attention. I'm sure the sesame gives it a nice nutty flavor too. I don't know if the olives will make it to the recipe though. They are just too tempting, I might eat them first! Thanks for sharing.
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Thanks for stopping by and I am inspired to dig up some other chicken recipes. We love chicken as it is cheap, good and healthy.
Chicken is something we have often, and I'm always looking for new ways to use leftovers. This is something different and looks delicious! Will give it a try!
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Thanks for stopping by and checking out the chicken salad. Writing recipes is a hobby and I like doing them in between more serious subjects. Most of what I make...I make up.
Chicken salad is a favorite with me so you've hit the spot with this recipe. I like your added ingredients that I've never thought to add like olives and bell peppers. The capers would really set it off. Thanks for these fresh ideas to perk up my chicken salad.
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Thanks for dropping by for chicken salad and also for sharing.Always a pleasure to have a visit from you.
This was so creative. Love celery and love salads. Your recipe is needed in these hard times! Sharing!
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Thank you so much for lovely comments. I hope you love it..Thanks also for stopping by for a visit.
You make a killer chicken salad! I can't wait to try this recipe! Voted up and awesome. I also make the dressing separately and taste it before adding it to the most expensive ingredient!
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Capers are a vegetable of sorts. They are tiny little buds and very definite taste. Go to the grocery store and ask a clerk where they are..very often with gourmet condiments. I love them..but it is a personal taste. Jamie..thanks for coming by and commenting.. You know how much I appreciate..
Carol, this chicken salad sounds delicious! I love that it has olives in it, it sounds great. Thank you for sharing it! My mouth is watering just thinking about it.. Another reason I like it it is because it's healthy, or can be with substitutions. I have a question though, what exactly is capers? Is that the same as green onions or no?
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I am honored. Thanks for stopping by and lovely comments.
Another great recipe for me to share into my well filled recope book.
Thanks for sharing.
Eddy.
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Thanks for stopping by...And it does seem likeI always have some left over chicken. This would also work for tuna I guess.
Chicken salad is one of my favorite salads. I will have to try your recipe!
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thanks for stopping by and great c omments...enjoy the olives.
This sounds really good. I love the addition of the olives since I think olives should be in almost everything! Great for lunch. Thanks.
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Thanls so much for complements. And as always thanks for dropping in.
i love chicken salads Carol.. i give this 5 stars.
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mahtter99: thank you--for stopping by.
Thank you for sharing your recipe.
wow, i really like chicken! thanks for the share
Aha! Greek yogurt. What a fabulous healthy idea. I'll have to try it in my tuna salad. Thanks so much!
I would not have thought to add sesame seeds to this dish. I bet the sweetness adds a pop to the salad! Thanks Carol, a vote up and share too.
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thanks for a good chuckle..And dropping by and voting up..can't ask for more. Many thanks.
Carol...I do like chicken salad and this one sounds yummy. I like that it has all those veggies in it............btw.......bill's comment......Shhhhhh! keep this to yourself, but if you dare read his hub on bachelor recipes.......you will understand that it's BEST you do not know what the "something else" is that he puts in the chicken salad, in place of veggies......No.....trust me...you don't want to know!! LOL
Great recipe!! Up++
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Thanks for your complements...I got you hungry..I did my job. thanks for the vote UP.
Looks verrrry good carol7777 ... what a nice summer recipe!!!
Am hungry now! Voted up
Laurinzo
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It doesn't really need the cucumbers as it is very good. I love finding creative ways to handle leftovers.
Hi Carol,
Thank you for sharing this recipe. I would leave out the cucumbers because they don't agree with me.
Voted up and awesome
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Thanks for dropping in. Turkey sandwich sounds pretty good to me. Enjoy.
Carol, this looked so good I had to go make myself a turkey sandwich (cuz I didn't have the stuff to make this!). Great recipe!
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You can use low fat mayo or low fat sourcream. Both work just as well. It is the spicy additions that make it good. Thanks for coming by.
I like the addition of all the vegetables and often have leftover chicken so great idea. Mine is usually bland because I don't add all these spices.I might try it with a little less mayo to reduce calories. Voted up.
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billybuc: I know you love chicken and are not in love with veggies. However, they are good for you..I think you know that already. Thanks for stopping by though..You know I am a health nut.
Jools99: thanks for stopping by and nice comments. This is a good salad and like food that is good and still healthy.
I like the sound of this Carol because I do like a bit of crunch to my salad and the celery and spring onions would be perfect. I also really love the flavour of sesame seeds on pretty much anything so this looks like a winner. Voted up etc.
LOL....seems like there are a lot of vegetables in this chicken salad. :)
I actually eat a variation of this and pretend the veggies are something else. Good job on the recipe.
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