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This great chicken salad sandwich recipe is flavorful, since it is loaded with onions and celery. Some people prefer grapes and walnuts in the salad, but we like to make it simple without those.
This is a great chicken salad sandwich; it is loaded with white meat chicken. Most chicken salad uses white meat chicken, we do too. The chicken can be homemade or you can grab a rotisserie chicken at the store for this sandwich.
We like to keep our chicken salad simple with our ingredients, but enough to add a lot of flavor. We use celery and onions and, basically, that is all you need. There are those who prefer adding grapes and walnuts to their chicken salad, and there is nothing wrong with this. By all means, make this your salad and enjoy!
This sandwich can be made with any kind of bread that you like. You can fill some white bread or dark bread with this filling. Maybe you would like a croissant filled with the mixture for a special brunch, or just a scoop-out tomato with some chicken salad.
Ingredients:
- Chicken- We use white meat. We baked the chicken breasts in the oven with some salt and pepper. You can also use a rotisserie chicken or grill your chicken; just make sure they are not dry.
- Red Onion- finely chopped red onion, because it gives the salad more color and a pungent flavor.
- Celery- Chopped celery gives some crunch to the salad.
- Lemon Juice- It adds a little tang to the salad, plus, it thins out the mayonnaise a little for easier mixing.
- Salt- To bring out the flavor of the ingredients.
- Black Pepper- Also for added seasoning to the salad
- Mayonnaise- A great way to make the chicken and vegetables come together.
- Bread- We used the cheesecake factory brown bread because it tastes good. You can use croissants, white bread, or bagels; they are all good.
Making this great chicken salad recipe:
Get all of your ingredients together to make this great chicken salad sandwich recipe come together fast. You can use chicken that you have cooked yourself or, use the chicken breast from a rotisserie chicken.

Add all of the filling ingredients together, except the mayonnaise, and mix together.

Add the mayonnaise to get the chicken to hold together and also for great flavor. You can add as much or as little mayonnaise as you like. It is your salad and you know what your family likes.

Now, just take the chicken salad and scoop it onto your bread.

Things that you can add to the chicken salad mixture:
- Red grapes
- Walnuts
- Tarragon
- Hard-boiled eggs
- Yellow mustard
Things that taste good with chicken salad sandwich:
- Four-bean salad
- Potato salad
- Macaroni salad
- French fries
- Scooped out tomato

Great chicken salad sandwich
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Total Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Sandwiches
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
- 3 ½ cups chopped cooked chicken breasts
- ½ cup chopped red onion
- ⅓ cup chopped celery
- 2 Tablespoons lemon juice
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
- ¼- ⅓ cup mayonnaise
Instructions
- In a large bowl, add the chicken, red onion, celery, lemon juice, salt, and pepper and mix.
- Now, add the mayonnaise and mix until the mayo is all combined. If the mixture is too dry for you, just add some extra mayonnaise to your liking.
- Chill the chicken salad for a few hours.
- Put some of the chicken salad onto your favorite bread and enjoy!







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