Use this Southern Style Chicken Salad recipe to make a healthy chicken salad with hard boiled eggs, pickles, onions and celery!
Classic Chicken Salad with Grapes is filled with tender chicken, hard-boiled eggs, red grapes, sweet relish, crunchy celery and onion. You’ll love this salad!
Can you substitute Greek yogurt for mayonnaise?
Yes! If you don’t like mayo in your chicken salad you can use Greek yogurt in this southern style chicken salad. Just sub in the exact same amount of Greek yogurt in place of the mayonnaise and follow the recipe as listed!
What is southern chicken salad?
Southern style chicken salad is usually made with eggs, relish, red onion, celery, mustard, mayo and spices. Different people use slightly different ingredient in their southern chicken salad.
I wanted to make a keto chicken salad so I opted to use chopped dill pickles instead of sweet relish and yellow mustard instead of honey mustard. Using these ingredients the carb count in this chicken salad is relatively low.
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FAQ
What does a chicken salad contain?
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Is chicken salad healthy to eat?
Can chicken eat hard-boiled egg?
Do boiled eggs make a good chicken salad?
For this homestyle southern chicken salad, chopped hard boiled eggs are an essential ingredient. The creamy yolks add extra creamy texture to this keto chicken salad. If you are curious about how long to boil your eggs, check out this post on how to make boiled eggs.
Is chicken salad healthy?
Chicken salad is certainly considered to be healthy and a nutritious choice. The type of chicken, the ingredients added to the salad also impacts nutrition. Choosing a lean portion(such as chicken breast) has less of cholesterol and saturated fats. Chicken is a good source of protein. It thus promotes healthier bones, aids weight loss and is heart friendly. Adding of toppings such as mayonnaise, olive oils can add on to the calories making it not so healthy. Incorporating vegetables helps improve the palatability and increase the vitamin and the mineral and the fiber content making it more delicious and wholesome.
Can you put eggs in a chicken salad?
If you’re making a Waldorf chicken salad or some other classic chicken salad, you may not want to put eggs in it. For this homestyle southern chicken salad, chopped hard boiled eggs are an essential ingredient. The creamy yolks add extra creamy texture to this keto chicken salad.
How do you make a good egg salad?
Hard-boiled eggs, chopped – This ingredient really adds a lot to the salad. Egg salad is one of my favorites also, so together, it is wonderful. Celery, finely chopped – Celery adds the needed texture to the salad. Green onions, sliced – Two kinds of onions are used to give the extra crunch and flavor.