Loaded Chicken Salad: Four Ways

This Loaded Chicken Salad Four Ways makes for the perfect customizable lunch! Make a big batch at the beginning of the week and enjoy it all week long in sandwiches, as a back-to-school snack on celery sticks, in a lettuce wrap, or in a salad! Made in partnership with Nuts.com!

This Chicken Salad is filled with some of my favorite lunch flavors:

Perfectly seasoned baked (or boiled) chicken

Fresh chopped scallions

Crisp red grapes

Sweet royal raisins

Chopped walnuts, or nuts of choice

& crispy, smoky bacon

It seriously doesn’t get much better than that!

I am so excited to partner with my friends at Nuts.com to bring you today’s recipe. This chicken salad is packed with nuts of choice, and my favorite, royal raisins! I simply can’t get over how customizable and delicious this lunch recipe is.

Looking for a great back-to-school snack for when the kiddos get home? Serve this on celery sticks for a protein-packed snack.

If you are looking for a low-carb Whole30 compliant lunch option, make it a lettuce wrap!

Are you more of a salad person? Create a salad with this Chicken Salad by serving it over greens with your favorite salad fixings!

More of a sandwich person? Add this to your favorite bread with some extra add-ins such as tomatoes and avocado for an ultimate protein packed sandwich to keep you full and energized all day long!

Loaded Chicken Salad

Servings 4

Prep Time 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time 15 minutes minutes

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Ingredients

  

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• Chicken Salad:1 pound boneless skinless chicken breasts, cooked and diced
• 1/4 cup red grapes sliced
• 1/4 cup royal raisins roughly chopped
• 1/4 cup walnuts or another nut of choice
• 1/4 cup scallions thinly sliced
• 1/2 red onion diced
• 1/3 cup good quality mayonnaise
• 1 tablespoon dijon mustard more to taste
• 1/2 teaspoon sea salt more to taste
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper more to taste
• optional: 1/4 cup bacon roughly chopped
• Chicken Salad Celery Sticks:12 celery ribs cleaned and sliced in half or thirds depending on size
• Chicken Salad Sandwich :1 avocado sliced
• 1/2 red onion sliced
• 1 steak tomato sliced into thin slices
• lettuce
• Lettuce Wraps:1 head lettuce leaves removed
• 1 tomato sliced
• 1/2 red onion sliced
• 1 avocado sliced
• Chicken Salad Over Salad:lettuce roughly chopped
• 1 tomato
• 1/2 red onion sliced
• 1 avocado sliced
• celery sliced

Instructions

• 1. Place all of the chicken salad ingredients in a large mixing bowl.
• 2. Mix until well combined. Taste and adjust seasoning, mayonnaise, and dijon mustard as needed.
• 3. Serve as celery sticks, in a lettuce wrap, on top of a salad, or as a sandwich!

Notes

*Store in your refrigerator for 3-5 days!

*You can sub the mayo for 1/3 cup Greek yogurt if desired!

 

Nutrition

Calories: 581kcalCarbohydrates: 29.5gProtein: 39.5gFat: 37.2gSaturated Fat: 7.7gCholesterol: 105mgSodium: 611mgFiber: 11.9gSugar: 6.8g

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