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5 Ingredient Chicken Salad

A really good chicken salad recipe that only requires 5 ingredients; cooked chicken, celery, onion, mayo and Dijon. Makes great meal prep, a delicious lunch or light dinner.
Course Dinner
Cuisine American
Keyword 5 ingredient chicken salad
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 0 minutes
Servings 4 servings
Calories 317kcal
Author Susie Weinrich

Ingredients

  • 2 cups cooked chicken diced or shredded
  • ½ cup celery diced
  • ⅓ cup onion diced, green onion, red onion or white onion
  • ½ cup mayonnaise
  • 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard

Instructions

  • In a bowl whisk together the mayo and Dijon. Add in ½ teaspoon kosher salt and ¼ teaspoon black pepper.
    ½ cup mayonnaise, 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
    mayo and Dijon whisked together
  • Measure in the chicken, onion, and celery. Stir it all together so the mayo mixture coats everything.
    2 cups cooked chicken, ½ cup celery, ⅓ cup onion
    chicken, celery, onion and dressing in a bowl
  • Taste for seasoning and add more kosher salt and black pepper as desired.
    chicken salad in a bowl

Serving

  • Serve on croissants with fresh tomato and lettuce.
    Also great over a bed of lettuce lightly dressed with vinaigrette.
    Our favorite is to spoon it straight into your mouth with Ritz crackers.

Side Dishes

  • Raw veggies and dip
    Kettle chips
    Soup- perfect with potato soup!
    Fresh fruit

Storing

  • Chicken salad actually gets better after 24 hours in the fridge, but is great right after it is made too.
  • Store in the fridge in an air tight container for up to 4 days.

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Nutrition

Serving: 1serving | Calories: 317kcal | Carbohydrates: 2g | Protein: 18g | Fat: 26g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 14g | Monounsaturated Fat: 7g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 64mg | Sodium: 282mg | Potassium: 224mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 107IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 21mg | Iron: 1mg