Chicken salad recipe with a secret ingredient!

This chicken salad recipe is savory and crunchy in a creamy sauce! It also is the most versatile recipe. This chicken salad can be served hot or cold, in a wrap, on greens or on bread. Any way you serve it up it is great! You will love it! If you need a new sandwich recipe try these delicious creations.  I have a great list there. While love love love this chicken salad sandwich recipe my all time favorite sandwich is the Caprese Sandwich.

Chicken Salad Recipe

This recipe is from my friend Di. She is a fabulous cook! How can you ever forget her amazing Monster Cookie Dough Dip! That is one the of all time favorite recipes here at Skip to my Lou.  Each year a group of us gather together to make sack lunches for our children’s teachers during teacher appreciation week.  Di always makes her Chicken Salad Sandwiches and is always asked for the recipe!

This chicken salad recipe has a secret ingredient… one I typically never cook with. In fact, I go to great lengths to not use this ingredient in my recipes, note my chicken and rice casserole and creamy chicken enchiladas.  While I was going to figure out a way to make a substitution, I realized it just works and this isn’t something we eat all the time! So the can of soup stays! Yes,  this yummy chicken salad has a whole can of cream of mushroom soup. You too will have to give it a try!

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Chicken Salad Recipe

Serve this delicious chicken salad recipe hot or cold! It makes a great casserole or sandwich.

Course Main Course

Cuisine American

Keyword chicken, salad, sandwich

Prep Time 20 minutes

Servings 16

Calories 228 kcal

Author Cindy Hopper

Ingredients

• 4-5 cups cooked chicken chopped
• 1 cup mayonnaise
• 1 can cream of mushroom soup
• 1-2 cups celery chopped
• 1 medium onion finely chopped
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 small cans sliced water chestnuts drained and chopped
• 1 cup sliced almonds
• 2 Tablespoons pimento chopped (optional)
• potato chips for casserole topping

Instructions

1. Mix all ingredients together. Season with salt and pepper. Chill. Serve on bread, a bed of lettuce, half a cantaloupe or in a wrap. Delish!

   For casserole. place chicken salad in oven safe dish. Top with crushed potato chips and bake at 250 degrees for 30-45 minutes.

Nutrition Facts

Chicken Salad Recipe

Amount Per Serving

Calories 228 Calories from Fat 171

% Daily Value*

Fat 19g29%

Saturated Fat 3g19%

Cholesterol 33mg11%

Sodium 379mg16%

Potassium 174mg5%

Carbohydrates 3g1%

Fiber 1g4%

Protein 10g20%

Vitamin A 70IU1%

Vitamin C 0.7mg1%

Calcium 28mg3%

Iron 0.9mg5%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

I am sure this chicken salad could be made with rotisserie chicken to speed up the prep time.   I speed it up with my Instant Pot.  Place four good sized chicken breast in the instant pot, along with 1/2 cup water, 2 carrots, 2 stalks of celery, half an onion, salt, and pepper. Cook at high pressure for 12 mins. Use natural release for 5 or 10 minutes for extra tender chicken.  No worries if you don’t have celery, onions , nd carrots it will cook just fine with salt and pepper. While the chicken is cooking I prepare the rest of the chicken salad ingredients.

If you like your chicken salad savory and sweet slice a couple cups of grapes in half and toss them in. Makes for a great chicken salad with grapes. Yum!

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