Easy Summer Chicken Salad Recipe – Simple Idea for any Gathering

Chicken salad is the perfect dish for a party, a boat ride, a picnic or any summer outing. It’a simple classic recipe, but it doesn’t have to be boring. You can have it on a salad if you’re following a ketogenic diet or a paleo diet or make a delicious sandwich, crostini, you name it. There are a million and one ideas for using chicken salad as an entree, side dish or snack. This is my basic, delicious, chicken salad recipe, but feel free to spruce it up any way YOU like, with nuts, or grapes or cranberries, or whatever floats your boat.  Here’s hot to make it.  Ingredients below the video.  Enjoy!

Ingredients:

Makes approximately 6 servings
4 cups diced cooked chicken breast
2 stalks celery diced
1/2 of a small white onion, diced
2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh dill
2 tablespoons finely chopped cilantro
1-2 green onions, sliced thin
1 cup full fat mayonnaise
2 tablesopoons Apple Cider Vinegar
1/2 teaspoon of sugar (optional)
Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste

How to Make it:

Mix all the ingredients in a large bowl until well combined. Refrigerate for an hour or more and serve. For best results make a day before.

If you want to get creative you can add some of these other ingredients to this recipe like…
Sliced almonds
Dried cranberries
Green or red grapes cut in half
Chopped carrots
Chopped chives
Chopped green apple