Sonoma Chicken Salad
This easy recipe for Sonoma Chicken Salad is the best way to enjoy a cold and portable protein that is flavorful and healthy. It uses simple ingredients like mayo, chicken and grapes and is a perfect copycat recipe to the popular Whole Foods, Perkins or Costco chicken salad.
👩🏻🍳This recipe for chicken salad is featured in the Whole30 Friends & Family Cookbook.
I’m a huge fan of making cold chicken salads for meal prep like this Bacon Ranch Chicken Salad, BBQ Chicken Salad, Chicken Salad with Walnuts and Apples or Everything Bagel Chicken Salad!
There’s nothing like a portable, high protein meal you can add into wraps, on a sandwich, on salads, or use as a dip for crackers and veggies.
I first tried this salad when working at Whole Foods during my time living in Charleston SC. After we moved away, I decided to recreate this chicken salad at home using homemade mayo, shredded chicken, along with sweet grapes and crunchy pecans for a beautiful range of texture and flavor that I make again and again!
🥬Customize It
- Nuts: Instead of pecans, use slivered almonds, chopped walnuts, or toasted sunflower seeds for a nut-free version.
- Grapes: Use fresh blueberries, strawberries, or chopped green apples for a different type of fruity flavor.
- Premade chicken: Take a shortcut and use shredded rotisserie chicken from Costco so you don’t have to cook the chicken. Costco also sells cold chicken salad, but this is recipe is better!
- Lighter alternative: Instead of using mayonnaise, you can make it lighter and healthy using Greek yogurt or a mix of both. Keep in mind that this will change the taste and texture to slightly tart and thinner.
Sweet and Savory Sonoma Chicken Salad
Ingredients
- 4 cups Shredded Chicken cooked
- 1.5 cup Mayonnaise
- 3 stalks Celery small dice
- ¼ Red Onion small dice
- 1 cup Pecans chopped
- 2 cups Red Seedless Grapes halved
- 2 tbsp Fresh Parsley chopped
- 1 tbsp Celery Seed
- ½ tsp garlic powder
- salt/pepper to taste
Instructions
- Add all ingredients except grapes into a large bowl and stir until fully combined
- Toss in grapes
- Garnish with extra parsley
