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Chicken Salad with Grapes and Toasted Pecans

Prep Time20 minutes
Total Time20 minutes
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.