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A sweet and savory Paleo chicken salad recipe made with boneless chicken, grapes, celery, toasted pecans, Paleo mayonnaise, and fresh tarragon.
This Paleo-friendly chicken salad is simple and delicious. This is one of my go-to Paleo lunch recipes. There are so many flavors and textures in this Paleo Chicken Salad that make it over-the-top delicious, especially the fresh tarragon. Even if you’re not a strict Paleo eater (I’m definitely not), you can make this recipe with regular or olive oil blend mayonnaise. Wrap it up in lettuce and enjoy.
How To Make Paleo Chicken Salad
- Cooked and Shredded boneless chicken breast
- Seedless grapes
- Raw pecans or raw slivered almonds
- Celery
- Sweet Onion
- Homemade or store-bought Paleo mayonnaise
- salt
- pepper
- celery seed
- cayenne pepper
- fresh tarragon
What To Serve With Chicken Salad
My favorite things to serve with chicken salad are:
- Romaine lettuce leaves for making wraps
- Mixed leafy greens (to serve as a salad)
- Whole-grain bread
- Whole-grain crackers (you can easily find Paleo-friendly crackers made with almond flour)
- Sliced cucumbers (top each slice with a spoonful of chicken salad)
- Tomatoes (core a fresh tomato and stuff with chicken salad)
- Fresh fruit
Time-Saver Tip
Use a store-bought rotisserie chicken to save prep time!
If you love chicken salad, check out more of my favorite chicken salad recipes!
Blueberry Almond Chicken Salad
Chicken Salad with Lemon and Sage
Mediterranean Chicken Spinach Quinoa Salad
Paleo Chicken Salad
Ingredients
- 2½ cups cooked chicken breast shredded (leftover rotisserie chicken works great & saves time)
- 1 cup seedless grapes sliced in half
- ½ cup raw pecans toasted and chopped (can also use raw almonds)
- ½ cup celery finely sliced
- 2 tbsp sweet onion very finely diced
- ½ cup Vegan/Paleo-friendly mayo I've got a recipe for that. 😉 more or less to your taste, I use just enough to wet my chicken salad without everything swimming in mayo
- ½ tsp sea salt
- ¼ tsp fresh ground pepper
- ½ tsp celery seed
- *optional:
- 2 tbsp fresh tarragon finely chopped
- dash cayenne pepper
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients in a large bowl and mix well
- Serve over fresh greens or wrap in lettuce
Nutrition
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Super!!! I love the touch of tarragon honestly!
Melissa Sulista
This looks so delicious!!!
Amee Livingston
Thank you Minnie, I love tarragon! 🙂
Amee Livingston
Thank you Melissa! Let me know if you try the recipe and how you like it. 🙂
Bree {Skinny Mommy}
I love chicken salad with fruit and nuts–yum!
Amy
This looks so yummy and similiar to a chicken salad I make with unsweetened dried cranberries and granny smith apples. I wonder if instead of the grapes, I could sub with peaches…. 🙂
Amee Livingston
Yum, Amy, that sounds great too!!
Anonymous
Looks yummy. Want to make it for a baby shower. How many does your recipe serve?
Amee Livingston
This recipe only serves 4-6 people (for regular lunch size portions), so double/triple if needed. 🙂
fittingbackin
LOVED – we didn’t toast the almonds, use celery seed or use tarragon but it was still EXCELLENT. I used your Paleo Mayo recipe and mixed it up. We divided it into 4 servings and had it for lunches wrapped in lettuce leaves. AMAZING.
Anonymous
i don’t get it. were chickens domesticated back then?
Barbara Monroe
Has anyone tried to subsititute Greek Yogurt for the Mayo?
Amee Livingston
Barbara, the yogurt would be good, it would just be a little more tangy.