Ultimate Homemade Chicken Salad

You’ll get rave reviews every time you serve this incredibly flavorful ultimate homemade chicken salad!

We start this dish by roasting seasoned chicken breasts which helps to take this salad over the top in flavor! We then add celery, onion, and an awesome creamy dressing. This chicken salad is perfect to serve for lunch, brunch, or dinner and is comfort food at its finest.

Let’s talk about our chicken!

I’ll oftentimes boil a whole chicken and make chicken salad using half white meat and half dark meat from the boiled chicken. Another of my favorite options is to use a rotisserie chicken. But for this chicken salad, I roast chicken breasts, which results in an amazingly delicious salad. I also love the texture of the chicken. Roasting this chicken couldn’t be much easier. I cut my chicken breasts in half horizontally, then place the chicken into a large mixing bowl and toss it in some olive oil. To season our chicken, we combine garlic and onion powder, salt, pepper, and smoked paprika. This is one of my favorite seasoning mixes, and I like to use it on chicken often. You’ll want to roast your chicken until it reaches at least 165 degrees, then let it cool on a plate before dicing it into bite sized pieces.

What other ingredients go into this ultimate homemade chicken salad?

We add just a few simple but delicious ingredients to our chicken to create the perfect balance of crunchy and creamy elements. We start by adding diced celery and diced onions. You can chop your celery and onions into small pieces or can roughly chop them into larger pieces if you’d prefer. To make our creamy dressing, we combine keto mayonnaise, sour cream, fresh chopped parsley, keto brown sugar, Dijon mustard, and lemon juice. For mayonnaise, you’ll want to make sure it doesn’t contain any added sugar or oils you don’t want. You can also easily make homemade keto mayonnaise which is one of my favorite condiments! I like to use fresh lemon juice, but you can use bottled as well. Keto brown sugar is the secret ingredient in this chicken salad, and it takes this salad over the top in flavor by adding a delightful touch of sweetness!

What are some ways I can serve this ultimate homemade chicken salad?

You have some great low carb options for serving this dish. I can attest to the fact it’s delicious served just as it is! For a pretty presentation, you can serve it atop some lettuce or spinach. You can also add it to a bowl of lettuce or spinach to make a delicious green salad. You can then add other salad ingredients such as diced tomatoes or fresh grated cheese if you’d like. This chicken salad also makes a delicious filling for a lettuce wrap and again, you can add some tomatoes or cheese to your lettuce wrap. If you’d like a more traditional chicken salad sandwich, you can use your favorite keto bread, keto biscuits, chaffles, or English muffins. This chicken salad also pairs nicely with a keto soup for a fun soup and salad meal!

Here are some keto soups that would pair nicely with this dish!

Creamy Keto Cauliflower and Smoked Gouda Soup

Easy Keto Tomato Soup

Keto French Onion Soup

Keto Zuppa Toscana Soup

Helpful Hints:

*You can serve this salad immediately, but I think the flavor improves if you make it a day or so ahead of time and refrigerate until ready to serve.

*I recommend giving your chicken salad a try and adding more salt, pepper, or keto brown sugar to taste.

Main Kitchen Equipment and Utensils:

• 13×9 inch baking dish
• Mixing bowls
• Measuring spoons
• Measuring cups

Splash of Encouragement:

***Salt is good, but if the salt loses its flavor, how will you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace with one another. Mark 9:50***