Copycat Chick-Fil-A Chicken Salad
User Reviews
5
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Prep Time
10 mins
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Total Time
10 mins
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Servings
4 servings
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Calories
392 kcal
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Course
Main Course
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Cuisine
American
Copycat Chick-Fil-A Chicken Salad
Description
The preparation starts by combining cooled, cooked chicken with chopped celery and sweet pickle relish in a food processor. Mayonnaise and hard boiled eggs are added next, along with salt, pepper, and optional garlic powder, and the mixture is pulsed to reach the desired chunkiness. Careful pulsing prevents the salad from becoming too mushy.
The finished chicken salad is creamy with a balance of savory, tangy, and aromatic flavors. Serving it on toasted whole wheat bread with leafy green lettuce adds texture and freshness, making it a hearty sandwich filling.
This recipe mirrors the original Chick-Fil-A chicken salad closely while allowing for personal variations such as adding red onion slices. It’s ideal for homemade sandwiches or as a salad topping.
Ingredients
- 2 cups chicken cooled, cooked, chopped
- 1/3 cup celery chopped
- 1/4 - 1/3 cup pickle relish sweet
- 2/3 cup mayonnaise
- 1 - 2 hard boiled egg chopped
- 1/2 tsp kosher salt
- 1/4 tsp black pepper
- pinch garlic powder (optional)
- whole wheat bread
- green leaf lettuce
Instructions
- In a food processor, add chicken, celery, relish, mayo, eggs, salt and pepper. Lightly pulse a several times, until mixture reaches desired consistency.
- If you want to make sure you don't end up with overly mushy chicken salad, you may want to add celery first, then pulse a few times to finely chop. Then add chicken and pulse a few times. Then add relish, mayo, eggs and seasonings and pulse until combined.
- Toast bread slices. Serve chicken salad on toasted bread, topped with lettuce, then the other bread slice. Repeat with remaining bread slices, lettuce and chicken salad.
Notes
- Pulse celery separately to finely chop before adding other ingredients for better texture control.
- Adding hard boiled eggs gradually prevents over-processing the salad.
- Red onion slices can be added to sandwiches for an extra layer of flavor if desired.
Nutrition Information
Show DetailsNutrition Facts
Serving: 4servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 392 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 392kcal | 20% |
| Carbohydrates | 6g | 2% |
| Protein | 22g | 44% |
| Fat | 31g | 48% |
| Saturated Fat | 5g | 25% |
| Cholesterol | 78mg | 26% |
| Sodium | 712mg | 30% |
| Potassium | 201mg | 4% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 5g | 10% |
| Vitamin A | 263IU | 5% |
| Vitamin C | 1mg | 1% |
| Calcium | 17mg | 2% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
User Reviews
Overall Rating
5
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