Lets make the best chicken salad recipe with eggs youve ever had. This is a super simple and easy recipe made with shredded chicken, eggs, apples, and walnuts. Its one of my familys all time favorite meals!
Every week as I plan our menu, our favorite chicken egg salad usually always makes the cut. Its one of our favorite meals, and I love that we can make it with whatever type of chicken we have on hand, whether its fresh, canned, or rotisserie chicken.
While we love making Asian chicken salad for appetizers, weve pretty much stuck with this easy open-faced chicken salad sandwich for weeknight dinners.
Chopped hard-boiled egg: Another secret of southern cooks is adding chopped hard-boiled eggs to chicken salad, which add a wonderful richness and creaminess. Chopped red onion and celery: Finely chopped onions and celery add a delicious crunch to chicken salad.
Alternative Chicken Salad Ingredients and Variations
Weve tweaked this recipe over the years. Sometimes we add things, other times we dont. Here are a few options for you to think about when mixing up the ingredients…
- Mince up dill pickles or sweet pickles to add into the ingredients. We love adding in dill pickle. I imagine bread and butter pickles or sweet relish would taste really good too.
- Swap out the green onions for red onion; it gives a spicy kick to this southern chicken salad.
- Instead of mayo, you can use Miracle Whip or plain Greek yogurt.
- Instead of regular mustard, using Dijon mustard or stone ground mustard.
- In place of walnuts, you can use pecans or almonds.
- Add chopped up grapes for a yummy chicken salad with grapes.
However you choose to make this chicken egg salad recipe, its sure to be a hit with your family. We usually have zero leftovers with this quick and easy meal.
Ingredients and Substitutions Notes:
Youll need just a few simple ingredients to make egg chicken salad.
- Cooked Chicken – You can cook fresh chicken, or you can make this chicken salad recipe using canned chicken or store bought rotisserie chicken from the grocery store. Weve made this a canned chicken salad recipe many nights when we just didnt remember to get chicken out of the freezer. Leftover chicken also works well.
- Hardboiled eggs – Probably the easiest way to boil your eggs is to put them in a saucepan and cover them with water; bring the pan to a boil over medium to high heat on your stove, and once its reached a full rolling boil, set a timer and continue to boil for 6 to 8 minutes. Another way you can boil eggs is with an electric egg cooker; this is quite the handy tool for making easy hard-boiled eggs, and I love that it also poaches eggs. Finally, you can also boil eggs in the Instant Pot, which is super easy and simple to do, as well.
- Celery – I prefer to finely mince this up really well and make it smaller. It adds a lot of crunch to chicken salad.
- Apple – My grandma used to make her chicken salad with apples and pickles, and it was always so delicious.
- Green onions – Again, its all about flavor. All of these ingredients really meld together to create an amazing flavor to the salad.
- Mayo and Mustard – If you dont have mayonnaise, you can use Miracle Whip; but we much prefer the flavor that real mayonnaise gives to chicken salad. Mustard just gives a little extra kick.
- Chopped Walnuts – These are totally optional, and a lot of times, well substitute chopped pecans instead.
- Bread – Again, this is optional. The best bread for chicken salad, though, is definitely sourdough. Toasted sourdough makes a delicious chicken salad sandwich.
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FAQ
Does chicken salad contain eggs?
How long does chicken salad with eggs last in the fridge?
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Food
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Type
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Refrigerator [40°F (4°C) or below]
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Salad
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Egg, chicken, ham, tuna, and macaroni salads
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3 to 4 days
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Hot dogs
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Opened package
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1 week
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Unopened package
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2 weeks
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Luncheon meat
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Opened package or deli sliced
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3 to 5 days
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Is chicken salad good for breakfast?