Chicken Salad with Grapes and Toasted Pecans

You know a recipe is really good when everyone goes back for seconds and thirds. Shredding the chicken is what differentiates this recipe from other chicken salads. In each bite there’s a nutty crunch from the toasted pecans combined with the sweet juiciness from grapes. And the little bit of garlic powder goes a long way to give the chicken salad that extra umph! Warning…this chicken salad is addictive.

Toast the pecan pieces.
Clean and cut grapes.
Shred chicken.

Toast the pecans pieces for 3-4 minutes at 350 degrees, until fragrant. While the pecans are toasting wash, dry and halve the grapes. Then pull the chicken meat off the carcass and shred the chicken with your fingers into a large bowl. Take your time as you are shredding. My amazing helpers are my twin nieces Lexi and Sammy.

Add the grapes and pecans to the chicken bowl.

Mix the grapes, pecans, chicken, mayonnaise and seasoning ingredients together and adjust as necessary. Serve and enjoy!

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Chicken Salad with Grapes and Toasted Pecans

Prep Time20

Total Time20

Course: dinner, lunch, Salad

Cuisine: American

Keyword: chicken, grapes, mayonnaise, nuts, pecans

Servings: 8 servings

Author: GFchow @ gfchow.com

Ingredients

Leftover Chicken (approximately 2 breasts were shredded for this recipe)
1/2 cup pecan pieces toasted 3-4 minutes at 350 degrees, until fragrant
1 cup firm seedless grapes (any color), halved
3/4 cup mayonnaise
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt adjust to taste
1/4 teaspoon pepper adjust to taste
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder adjust to taste

Instructions

Shred leftover chicken with your hands, instead of cutting the chicken into cubes. Shredding the chicken is what differentiates this recipe from other chicken salads. Put shredded chicken in a large bowl so you can easily mix all of the ingredients together without making a mess.
Add the grapes, toasted pecans and remaining ingredients into the bowl and mix together thoroughly. Taste and adjust seasoning as necessary. Serve over lettuce, with gf crackers or gf bread.

Notes

For this recipe, I omitted the dark meat but I usually use both white and dark meat. In my opinion dark meat is always more flavorful than white.

If you are watching your calories, lowfat mayo can be substituted.

Use regular bread and/or crackers, if you don’t follow a gluten free diet.

Feel free to add, delete or modify the nuts, fruit and spices/herbs in your chicken salad.

Recipe by me.

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