
Fruity Chicken Salad
Tired of the same old lunch? Try this Chicken Salad with Grapes recipe jazzed up with dried cherries, grapes, and pecans. It’s absolutely irresistible!
If you haven’t tried a Fruity Chicken Salad, you’ll love the pop of sweetness, plus crunch from the nuts and tart chewiness from the cherries!
Fruity Chicken Salad
I hate to brag, but this is one fabulous chicken salad recipe. There’s nothing complicated about it. The prep entails a bit of chopping and stirring, but it’s the proportions that are key.
I always prefer a smidgen of sour cream to cut the mayo in these sorts of salads. And a little acidity from the lemon juice helps balance the flavors. The add-ins are up to you. Leave out the nuts if that’s not your thing. I’d have to remove the pecans and cherries if serving this to my family, but this batch of chicken salad with grapes was for me!
The Best Chicken Salad!
If you’re low-carbing it, this can be eaten as a salad over lettuce. Or, if you’re like me, pile the chicken salad between two slices of whole wheat bread or on a roll or croissant. As a hearty lunch or light dinner, this chicken salad with grapes is a delightful option to meat and potatoes. I hope you enjoy! It’s truly the best chicken salad.
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Fruity Chicken Salad
A classic chicken salad jazzed up with dried cherries, grapes and pecans
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise (I use Hellmann's)
- 1/4 cup sour cream
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
- Freshly ground black pepper (1/8-1/4 teaspoon)
- 1 pound cooked chicken breast, chopped
- 1/4 cup diced celery
- 1/4 cup chopped pecans
- 1/2 cup halved grapes (red or green seedless)
- 1/3 cup dried cherries
Instructions
- In a medium bowl, whisk together mayonnaise, sour cream, salt and lemon juice. Add pepper to taste.
- Stir in chicken, celery, pecans and dried cherries.
- Serve over lettuce or on a bun or croissant.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
4Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 510Total Fat: 32gSaturated Fat: 6gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 24gCholesterol: 116mgSodium: 803mgCarbohydrates: 17gFiber: 1gSugar: 13gProtein: 37g
This sounds delicious.
I am very certain I would love this beautiful fruity chicken salad. It is lovely!
This looks and sounds really good, a lot like my recipe, although I have used various fruits, cherries have not been one of them, so I will do that next time. Matt is a huge fan of chicken salad so I make it often for him and it goes nicely in a lettuce wrap! 🙂 Yours looks wonderful.
There’s nothing better than chicken salad on a croissant. Love your addition of grapes and my favorite dried cherries!
This chicken salad looks yummy. I have had chicken salad with fruit in before and love the sweet taste of the fruit with taste of the chicken.
I know lots of people don’t enjoy fruit with meat but I’m not in that group. I make a similar salad and there’s never any left. Now I’ll try yours!
I do enjoy my fruits in chicken and pork so this salad is calling my name, particularly the dried cherries. Awesome recipe Liz.
wow that sandwich looks too good to be true, Liz.
Sounds good! And I just happened to throw an extra chicken breast on the grill yesterday:@)
Greetings from Prague! Apologies that I haven’t been stopping by, Liz, we’ve been on the most fabulous adventures… love the sound of this salad… could do with a bite of it right now XX Happy cooking.