Grammy's Kitchen · Chicken Salad · Traditional Chicken Salad
One of 109 chicken salad recipes we measured
45 cooks on thestayathomechef.com rate it 5.0★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 109.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| fat | 29% | 6% |
| acid | 1% | 1% |
| salt | 0% | 0% |
| aromatics | 6% | 4% |
Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, gluten-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 340 g | 12 ounces shredded cooked chicken (roughly chopped) |
| 40 g | 1 celery rib (minced) |
| 20 g | 2 tablespoons minced red onion (or sweet) |
| 23 g | 1/4 cup red grapes (halved) |
| 30 g | 1/4 cup slivered almonds |
| 110 g | 1/2 cup mayonnaise |
| 5 g | 1 teaspoon lemon juice |
| 9 g | 2 teaspoons whole grain mustard (or dijon) |
| 2 g | 1/4 teaspoon salt |
| 1 g | 1/4 teaspoon black pepper |
| 3 g | 1 pinch garlic powder |
| 4 croissants (optional) |
Method: 4 steps, published by thestayathomechef.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
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“This was the most tasty chicken salad I’ve had in YEARS. For those who are gluten free/celiac (as my husband is), I recommend stuffing it in a baked yellow potato. It’s super tasty. Also, don’t be afraid of the grapes in the chicken salad. I left them out i” — a cook, 5.0★