This chickens salad recipe makes a delicious, quick meal. Made with chicken, grapes, and roasted nuts, it is always a favorite!
My husband loves chicken salad. I mean looooovvveeeessss chicken salad. From the poppy seed chicken salad that makes a regular appearance to a grilled chicken salad, he loves it all. And since I llllooooovvvveeee him, I make it for him as much as possible.
But one of his favorite versions involves fruit and tons of chicken. I’m always playing around with different versions of a chicken salad with fruit for him and realized that you might like this recipe, too.
Full of tender chicken, fresh sliced red grapes, celery, roasted pecans, and dried cherries, I’m not sure what wouldn’t be right with this chicken salad recipe.
If the fact that there was none left over was any indication, my sweet husband didn’t think there was anything wrong with it either.
This makes a great salad for lunch, a light supper, and takes hardly any time to mix all together.
And while Bart prefers his chicken salad made with mayonnaise, I love to lighten it with Greek yogurt as well. That option is completely up to you!
Here’s my recipe for Chicken Salad with Grapes that I think you’ll love.
- 1 pound boiled chicken, cut into ½-inch cubes
- 1 cup chopped celery
- 1 cup red grapes, halved
- ½ cup dried cherries
- ½ cup roasted pecans, chopped
- 1 cup mayonnaise
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
- celery leaves, chopped (optional)
- Add chopped chicken to a large bowl along with celery, grapes, dried cherries, chopped pecans, mayonnaise, salt and pepper. If using chopped celery leaves, add these as well. Stir together until just combined.
Robyn xo
From the Add a Pinch recipe archives. Originally published 2013.
Well of course I made this after tasting it at the girls weekend!! LOVE LOVE LOVE!! AND I got Dukes mayonnaise 🙃 .. which made me smile also! BEST
CHICKEN salad ever!!
I’m so glad to see you made it Cindy! Glad you found that mayo!!! 😉 Happy you enjoyed it! Love hearing from you – hope all is great with you!!! xo
Wonderful.
Thanks Ruby!
When we do our chicken salad, we use half mayonnaise and half sour cream. The sour cream cuts the mayonnaise and is delicious.
Love your cookbook!
Looks delish!
I would have to leave out the celery because I dislike it intensely. Perhaps some finely chopped jicama would do the trick – it would add crunch without the celery flavor. Apart from the celery, this does sound very good, and I like the idea of mixing the mayo with Greek yogurt.
Hi Susan,
You can certainly leave out the celery if you wish…it’s delicious and I hope you enjoy it! Thanks!
I have made this salad for years but use cut up apples instead of the cherries, but that sounds like a great addition, and I use much less mayonnaise. I serve it on romaine lettuce along with sliced cucumbers, sliced tomatoes, sliced cheddar cheese and crescent rolls.
Hi Karen,
Thanks so much for sharing this! It is delicious with apples – I make it that way sometimes as well. Some people enjoy more or less mayo, and it is delicious made to either particular taste.
Thank you!
Hi Robyn,
I love all that you do and look forward to your posts always. My only problem is I dislike mayo. What can I substitute for mayo and most likeoy other recipes. Thank you.
Joanne
Hi Joanne,
Thank you – I’m so glad you enjoy the recipes! You can use Greek yogurt to replace the mayo in this recipe. I make this Chicken Salad often (it’s one of my husband’s very favorites) – I hope you enjoy it as much as we do!
Thanks so much, Joanne! xo
Absolutely the BEST!!!
I love grapes in my chicken salad! This looks delicious.
This is a wonderful basic chicken salad recipe. I add a tsp. curry, 1 Tbs. soy sauce to the mayo.
I also substitute macadamia nuts or slivered almonds for additional crunch. I also substitute apples
For the cherries . Served on a butter lettuce leaf or half a papaya it is fabulous.
A really great chicken salad that I will be using all summer! I followed the recipe except that I sheet pan roasted the chicken breast with some pork and poultry seasoning we get up in Michigan. The resulting salad was delicious but I then added a hefty squeeze of fresh lemon juice which took it over the top in my book! I imagine it would be slightly similar to using the Greek yogurt….a bit more tang for all the mayo. Thanks! A great recipe!
I’m so glad you enjoyed it, Carol! xo
I made this with leftover rotisserie chicken. Instead of grapes, I had fresh cherries to use up, so I seeded and halved them. Also added the kernels from one ear of fresh summer corn!
Sounds delicious! It’s great with rotisserie chicken – and with cherries. I love the idea of the fresh corn…sounds tasty! Thanks so much, Becky! Glad you enjoy the chicken salad! xo
My chicken salad recipe calls for green grapes, and their sweet-tartness really wake up the chicken! Add lots of chopped celery (1/4″ bits) and slivered almonds, and you have a meal fit for a queen. (The king wants steak!)
With red grapes, I would give this recipe 4 stars, but with a change to green grapes, PERFECTION!
Hi –
Chicken salad is such a favorite dish – yours sounds delicious as well!
We all definitely have our favorites and varying tastes, don’t we?! I’m sure green grapes are very tasty as well! We like red grapes in this particular chicken salad recipe, but you can definitely use either one you prefer!
Thanks so much!
I used can chicken mmmm
The recipe AS IS sounds scrumptious, don’t know why people don’t try it the way you offered it without tweaking it! Try it first, then tweak it if you want to, but leave your original recipe alone.
I’m so happy you enjoy this, Lorrie! Thanks so much! xo
OMG!! I have made your recipe at least 40 times. The toasted nuts add a wonderful texture and flavor. I use Costco’s rotisserie chicken (breast meat) and replaced the dried cherries with craisons. The grapes and dried fruit along with the celery makes for a pretty presentation. Make it for parties, lady’s lunches and of course for my family. Thanks!
I’m so thrilled that you enjoy it so much, Marilee! Thanks for sharing your thoughts with me! xo