Chicken salad recipe with a secret ingredient!

This chicken salad recipe is savory and crunchy in a creamy sauce! It also is the most versatile recipe. This chicken salad can be served hot or cold, in a wrap, on greens or on bread. Any way you serve it up it is great! You will love it! If you need a new sandwich recipe try these delicious creations.  I have a great list there. While love love love this chicken salad sandwich recipe my all time favorite sandwich is the Caprese Sandwich.

Chicken Salad Recipe

This recipe is from my friend Di. She is a fabulous cook! How can you ever forget her amazing Monster Cookie Dough Dip! That is one the of all time favorite recipes here at Skip to my Lou.  Each year a group of us gather together to make sack lunches for our children’s teachers during teacher appreciation week.  Di always makes her Chicken Salad Sandwiches and is always asked for the recipe!

This chicken salad recipe has a secret ingredient… one I typically never cook with. In fact, I go to great lengths to not use this ingredient in my recipes, note my chicken and rice casserole and creamy chicken enchiladas.  While I was going to figure out a way to make a substitution, I realized it just works and this isn’t something we eat all the time! So the can of soup stays! Yes,  this yummy chicken salad has a whole can of cream of mushroom soup. You too will have to give it a try!

I am sure this chicken salad could be made with rotisserie chicken to speed up the prep time.   I speed it up with my Instant Pot.  Place four good sized chicken breast in the instant pot, along with 1/2 cup water, 2 carrots, 2 stalks of celery, half an onion, salt, and pepper. Cook at high pressure for 12 mins. Use natural release for 5 or 10 minutes for extra tender chicken.  No worries if you don’t have celery, onions , nd carrots it will cook just fine with salt and pepper. While the chicken is cooking I prepare the rest of the chicken salad ingredients.

If you like your chicken salad savory and sweet slice a couple cups of grapes in half and toss them in. Makes for a great chicken salad with grapes. Yum!

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