Recipe: Yummy Simple Cranberry Chicken Salad

Simple Cranberry Chicken Salad. This simple and tasty Cranberry Chicken Salad is a great fridge staple for a quick, protein-filled snack or sandwich filling. It's also perfect for picnics and potlucks! This chicken salad with apples and cranberries would be yummy on whole wheat crackers or a toasted english muffin or stuffed into a pita too.

It's also a good excuse to swing by the bakery and pick up some artisan bread or rolls! This cranberry pecan chicken salad is perfect for fall and tastes great with leftover Thanksgiving turkey too! ? Literally the easiest lunch you can make! super good and easy for on the go lunches. You can cook Simple Cranberry Chicken Salad using 7 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Simple Cranberry Chicken Salad

1. 🢂 2 of small boneless skinless chicken breasts - fully cooked,chopped.
2. 🢂 2 of hardboiled eggs - chopped.
3. 🢂 1/2 of small onion - finely chopped.
4. 🢂 1/3 cup of dried cranberries.
5. 🢂 1/3 cup of mayonnaise.
6. 🢂 1 tbs of dijon mustard.
7. 🢂 to taste of salt and pepper.

What is your fav chicken salad recipe ? This cranberry chicken salad recipe is filled with sweet cranberries, crunchy celery and pine nuts. Serve cold as a sandwich or on apple slices or lettuce. To cook the chicken for cranberry chicken salad, I usually top the chicken breasts with olive oil and salt & pepper and cover the pan with foil.

step by step Simple Cranberry Chicken Salad

1. Place chicken, onion, cranberries, mayonnaise, and dijon in a medium bowl. Stir to combine until well blended. Taste. Add salt and pepper if desired..
2. Gently fold in chopped hard boiled eggs. Cover. Refrigerate at least one hour before serving. Enjoy!.
3. Note: I chopped my chicken down to a little bigger than 1/4 inch pieces, and my onion to about 1/8 inch pieces. Eggs were about the same size as the chicken..

A light chicken salad with the sweetness of dried cranberries and the crunch of pecans can be served as a sandwich filling or eaten as is. I LOVE dried cranberries so this chicken salad was right up my alley. I chopped up the chicken and opted to used celery in place of the green onions. A flavorful Vegan Chicken Salad with chickpeas, cranberries and walnuts tossed with a creamy vegan dressing is a quick + healthy wrap or sandwich filler! No wonder they are loved by so many.