Tara's Sweet and Chunky Chicken Salad

Tara's Sweet and Chunky Chicken Salad

76 Reviews
  • Prep: 15 min
  • Ready In: 15 min

“A sweet, but healthy chicken salad. The sweet secret is dried cranberries. Awesome on homemade bread or on crackers. I spread cream cheese on the bread or crackers, and top with chicken salad.” - by ABBIE 'N LILLI'S MOM

Ingredients

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Original recipe yields 4 servings

Directions

  1. Without breaking up large chicken pieces, empty canned chicken into medium bowl. Stir in mayonnaise, pickle, onion, sunflower seeds, and cranberries; mix until well blended and very large chicken chunks are broken up.

Nutrition

Amount Per Serving (4 total)

  • Calories
  • 171 cal
  • 9%
  • Fat
  • 11.1 g
  • 17%
  • Carbs
  • 1.7 g
  • < 1%
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Based on a 2,000 calorie diet

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FRANNYFARKLE
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FRANNYFARKLE

"My mouth watered when I read the recipe but I didn't quite have the right ingredients on hand. So, I used a fresh cooked chicken breast [I buy bone-in breasts on sale; cook them up; remove the skin a..." See morend debone them; freeze them in separate sandwich bags and put into one big freezer bag]; Miracle Whip Light, dill pickle relish [easier than cutting up pickles anyway!]and the onion. I didn't have sunflower seeds, but did have a trail mix called "Cranberries and More" that I use for a salad topping. I just chopped it up a little finer. It was WONDERFUL! The second time I added celery and a hard boiled egg and red seedless grapes cut in half. The third time I added chopped red onion too. I CRAVE this salad! It is truly the best chicken salad I've ever eaten! Thanks TARA!"

mezo
29

mezo

"This is very yummy, though I used halved red grapes instead of the cranberries as it was what I had on hand & diced chicken pieces in place of the canned because I don't like canned meat. I also added..." See more chopped celery for extra crunch and a light sprinkle of garlic powder. The filling was delicious stuffed in a pita."

az_starshine
28

az_starshine

"Holy moly, this was great! I didn't have sunflower seeds so used slivered almonds, and I was out of onion. The dried cranberries ARE the secret ingredient...and this is absolutely heavenly on oatnut b..." See moreread with a couple slices of Swiss cheese. I'm glad I have some more...it's tomorrow's lunch! :)"

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