Most of the time I make it with leftover fried chicken, or some fried chicken I find on sale at the grocery. You don’t have to go out of your way to fry chicken for this recipe. You need celery, you need red onion, and pickles, and good seasoning, And sometimes even fried chicken! Rant over. Heck naw! Chicken salad is an art, and when done right has layers of flavors and texture that makes southern bells ring and sweet tea pour. When you order a chicken salad and it’s just mayo and diced up chicken… maybe a piece of sad celery or two on white bread. You’ll never look at plain ole chicken salad again once you’ve had this fried chicken salad and all the flavor that it brings.įirst off, nothing upsets me more than what half of the plebs in the US consider chicken salad. The veggies should stay crisp for 5-7 days in the fridge.Nothing says southern eatin’ like fried chicken or chicken salad! This recipe combines these two southern staples into a flavor-packed sandwich with all the bells and whistles. Make ahead? Since chicken salad has a decently long shelf life you can make the chicken salad ahead of time and enjoy it throughout the week. Then when you are ready to make another batch of chicken salad, just let your chicken thaw and mix together the rest of the ingredients. Storing: You can store your chicken salad in the fridge in an airtight container for up to a week.įreezing: Chicken salad does not freeze well, but you can cook your chicken and then freeze the diced chicken for future usage. This chicken salad sandwich goes great with soups or salads! The texture will definitely change because it’s not as thick and “chunky” as traditional chicken breasts.Īlthough this recipe doesn’t use any seasonings or add-ins, you could try these to give some extra flavor:įor a little extra crunch or flavor, try adding any of these ingredients: Relish: Depending on what kind of flavor you want, I recommend either a dill relish or sweet pickle relish.Įggs: Here is our favorite instant pot hard boiled eggs recipe!Ĭhicken: If you don’t have chicken breasts to cook up you can shred a rotisserie chicken. Mayo: The Chick Fil A recipe didn’t specify a brand of mayo, so whatever you have on hand should work just fine! Regular mayo, avocado mayo, or even olive oil mayo are all great. You’ll be in chicken salad heaven.īread: I used wheatberry bread, just like the original Chick Fil A recipe, but you’re welcome to use any kind you like! You could even put this chicken salad inside croissants. While their chicken salad is pretty fine, it does have noticeable chunks of ingredients in it.ĪSSEMBLY: Toast some wheatberry bread (or some other kind of wheat bread), pile on the chicken salad and top with lettuce. TIPS: Just don’t get carried away when it comes to pulsing the mixture or you’ll end up with a really mushy consistency. Add the boiled eggs and pulse for about 10 more seconds. Cube two crispy chicken breasts, two grilled chicken breasts, toss in the chopped celery, mayo and relish and pulse for 5 seconds. Probably less than that, but it does take time to toast the bread and assemble the sandwich. There isn’t any added sugar, salt or pepper, just 5 ingredients: chicken, celery, mayo, relish and boiled eggs.įILLING: All you need is a food processor and 10 minutes. It’s simple, easy to make and tastes every bit like the real deal. No really, it comes directly from their website. You may have seen other copycat versions out there, but this one is it. But not to worry, because I’m sharing their not-so-secret recipe with you today! It comes straight from the source and it’s 100% spot-on. Please tell me I’m not the only one obsessed with Chick-fil-A’s chicken salad sandwich! Anyone? Anyone? This past summer I’ve been trying to find it here on the east coast and it’s been practically impossible… and then I discovered why. A simple, healthy lunch that can be made ahead of time for easy take and go noshing! Be sure to try these delish sandwich options as well: Deviled Egg Salad Sandwiches and Ham and Swiss Sliders. You NEED to try this copycat Chick-fil-A chicken salad sandwich at home! You only need 5 ingredients and a food processor.
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