Copycat of Arby's Chicken Salad Sandwich

Submitted by SassiFras

"This is the actual Arby's Chicken Salad Sandwich recipe from the restaurant. This is a scaled down version, so I'm guessing on serving sizes. You may need to have more bread and lettuce on hand."

 

• Ready In: 10mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Serves: 2-4

ingredients

• 8 ounces chicken breasts, cooked, cubed
• 8 ounces mayonnaise
• 2 ounces celery, finely chopped
• 2 ounces pecans, chopped
• 4 ounces apples, chopped (they use red delicious I believe)
• 4 ounces red seedless grapes, chopped
• 4 -8 slices honey-wheat bread, thick
• 2 -4 lettuce leaves

directions

1. 1. Combine the first six ingredients and mix well.
2. 2. Use two pieces of bread and one lettuce leaf for each sandwich.
3. 3. Slide lettuce leaf on to one piece of bread.
4. 4. Put two large scoops of chicken salad mixture on lettuce leaf; top with other piece of bread.
5. ENJOY!

Reviews

[Anonymous]

I was a manager of Arby's and I have made tons of this! I would like to confirm a few things. The chicken we would use was grilled chicken. It came to us precooked, diced & frozen. We would just thaw it out in the cooler, open the bag, weigh it and mix it all together. The grapes were red seedless. We would cut them in half by hand. The celery would come in stalks. We would rinse then chop by hand. The apples were presliced in packets. Like the ones you get in the Arby's kids meal. Basic red apples that we would dice by hand. The pecans are the same you would buy at the store in packages. As for the mayo, it's the same mayo they would put on their sandwiches. The lettuce is just your basic green leaf lettuce that we would rinse and chop the ends every morning. Every morning we had to dice everything by hand and make fresh batches. I find they use too much mayo. It is NOT healthy like most people think. It is NOT reduced fat or fat free mayo. We did NOT put salt, pepper, lemon juice or ANY sort of seasoning. Just those basic ingredients

 

[Amanda S.]

You should actually use 1 lb of chicken not 8 oz. And it should yield 6 sandwiches at 6 oz. They dont use a particular apple just what the distributor gives or what they can get at the store in a pinch. They do (like the commercial says) slice all by hand.

 

[Scotland]

Thank you for posting this! I love this, it's so refreshing. I added a dash of onion powder, dash of lemon pepper and a splash of Worcestershire sauce (I know, sounds nasty, but balances the sweet grapes & apple. I saw this in another recipe).

 

[Matty M.]

Why would you say you believe Arby's used red delicious apples when in your description you SAY this is the ACTUAL Arby's recipe? Wouldn't you KNOW what kind if this was the REAL company recipe?