All Southerners should have a good chicken salad in their recipe box. After all, would any of us be married or have babies without it? It has always been a staple among my family and friends at any wedding or baby shower.
I have been making this chicken salad recipe for as long as I can remember. Occasionally, I will try something different, but this is always my favorite and the one I always return to.
I like to keep my chicken salad simple, and this is perfect, with only six ingredients. I don’t care for relish, onions, pecans, or grapes like so many chicken salads have.
My favorite way to cook tender chicken for chicken salad is in my crockpot. I cook my chicken in the crockpot at night while sleeping. Then, in the morning, I remove it to a plate to cool slightly before chopping or shredding.
This is a good base recipe, but if you like the extra fancy stuff, add your Ranch dressing mix, bacon, shredded cheese, grapes, crushed pineapple, apples, or nuts to make this suit your taste.
Perfect Chicken Salad
Ingredients
- 4 chicken breasts cooked and chopped or shredded
- 1 to 2 cups mayonnaise to taste
- 1/2 to 3/4 cup chopped celery
- 1 tablespoon yellow mustard
- 1/4 teaspoon poppy seeds
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- In a large bowl mix the chopped chicken, mayonnaise, celery, mustard, poppy seeds and salt.
- Serve right away or refrigerate.
Mmmmm….looks yummy!
Simple chicken salad is better, in my opinion!