Chicken or Turkey Salad

Submitted by keen5

"This is very good served over a bed of lettuce or as a sandwich. It's a good way to use up left over turkey at Thanksgiving. I am basing prep and cook time on using left over meat. Cook time is actually the chill time."

 

• Ready In: 2hrs 10mins
• Ingredients: 7
• Serves: 3-4

ingredients

• 2 cups cubed cooked chicken or 2 cups turkey
• 1⁄2 cup sliced celery
• 1⁄3 cup salad dressing or 1/3 cup mayonnaise
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 teaspoon poultry seasoning
• 1⁄8 teaspoon onion salt
• 1 dash pepper

directions

1. Combine chicken and celery in bowl.
2. Mix salad dressing (I used Miracle Whip), salt, poultry seasoning, onion salt and pepper.
3. Pour over chicken and celery; toss.
4. Cover; chill at least 2 hours.
5. For variation, fold in one of the following: 1 cup chilled fruit (mandarin orange segments, chopped apple, seedless green grapes or pineapple tidbits) or: 1/4 cup chopped sweet pickle or: 4 slices bacon, crsply fried and crumbled or: 1/3 cup chopped nuts.

Reviews

[Country Cook in Okl]

I make my turkey salad the same way, with the exception of never had added poultry seasoning, we like it!! I also add boiled eggs. Thanks for posting, it's a keeper.

 

[ransomedbyfire]

Huh. I don't know if my tastes are changing or if this recipe is just really good. I could've sworn I didn't like chicken salad sandwiches before I made this in May. Now, I actually find myself craving it from time to time. Thank you!

 

[Margie99]

I liked it but I had to add some more seasoning, I thought it was a bit bland. I added some dill, cayenne, garlic and used onion powder instead of onion salt.

 

[Debaylady]

Excellent salad...easy...quick to make! I added 1/4 c. dried chopped cranberries and subbed onion powder for the onion salt. This is a keeper for me! Thanks so much!

 

[KC_hockey_chick]

I've been looking for a good chicken salad recipe and this is it! I did change some of the ingredients, I used hickory smoked salt instead of salt, and just used onion powder instead of onion salt. It was terriffic! I will be making this many times!!!