Chicken Salad Recipes

Chicken Salad Recipes:

Chicken Pasta Salad
Accidental Grilled Chicken Salad
Tarragon Chicken Salad
Barbeque Chicken Pasta Salad
Poppy Seed Chicken Pasta Salad
Chicken Salad with Apples, Grapes, and Walnuts
Grilled Chicken Taco Salad
Sesame Chicken Pasta Salad
Chipotle Chicken Salad
Carole's Sesame Chicken Salad
Deb's Cranchick Salad
Julie's Chicken Salad
Spring Strawberry Salad with Chicken
Greek Chicken Salad
Chicken Berry Salad
Southwestern Caesar Salad
Chicken Salad with Couscous
Chicken Pasta Salad with Cashews and Dried Cranberries
Chicken Curry Salad
Spicy Rice Noodle Salad
Etc

Chicken salad is any salad with chicken as a main ingredient. Other common ingredients may include mayonnaise, hard-boiled egg, celery, onion, pepper, pickles (or pickle relish) and a variety of mustards.

In the United States, "chicken salad" refers to either any salad with chicken, or a specific mixed salad consisting primarily of chopped chicken meat and a binder, such as mayonnaise or salad dressing. Like tuna salad and egg salad, it may be served on top of lettuce, tomato, avocado, or some combination of these. It may also be used for sandwiches. Typically it is made with leftover or canned chicken. It may also refer to a garden salad with fried, grilled, or roasted chicken (usually cut up or diced) on top.

In Europe and Asia the salad may be complemented by any number of dressings, or no dressing at all, and the salad constituents can vary from traditional leaves and vegetables, to pastas, couscous, noodles or rice.

The American form of chicken salad was first served by Town Meats in Wakefield, Rhode Island, in 1863. The original owner, Liam Gray, mixed his leftover chicken with mayonnaise, tarragon, and grapes. This became such a popular item that the meat market was converted to a delicatessen.