Whole Foods' Tarragon Chicken Salad

Submitted by Roosie

"The Whole Foods here makes this *wonderful* chicken salad- but for $8/lb!!! This tastes about exactly the same for far less money."

 

• Ready In: 50mins
• Ingredients: 7
• Serves: 5

ingredients

• 4 chicken breasts
• 1⁄2 cup sour cream
• 1⁄2 cup mayonnaise
• 2 celery ribs
• 1⁄4 cup walnuts
• 1 tablespoon dried tarragon
• salt and pepper

directions

1. Bake (~25min) or boil chicken breasts (~45min) until tender and cooked through.
2. Cut breasts into bite-sized pieces.
3. Discard skin and bones if you did not use boneless, skinless breasts.
4. Whisk sour cream and mayonnaise together and pour over chicken.
5. Add celery, walnuts, tarragon, salt and pepper to taste and toss well.
6. Refrigerate and enjoy!

Reviews

[YungB]

The tarragon is a bit overpowering. I would recommend reducing it to 1 teaspoon then add more if desire.

 

[JMigs0]

Yummy! I think it's very close to the Whole Food's version. I used what I had on hand so I used our left-over rotisserie chicken meat, and I used chopped fresh tarragon, subbed toasted pecans for walnuts. One thing I added was the halved grapes and it really made this recipe go from good to great (I thought the Whole Foods version also had grapes?). I think the sweetness of the grapes really goes great with the flavor of the rotissierie chicken (it's already seasoned).

 

[mommymakeit4u]

We really enjoyed this as a change from the usual chicken salad. I added a bit of red onion also, and used pecans.

 

[WhoKnew]

Very tasty--subbed rosemary for the tarragon (someone used the last of it & didn't replace!). Loved that you don't get that 'mayo-y' flavor from this chicken salad. Used a few cloves of minced garlic, fresh-ground multi-colored pepper & sea salt to add a different flavor dimension.

 

[Vino p.o. prn]

Very good and a nice change from the everyday tunafish or chicken salad sandwich. I have made using either chicken or canned tunafish and it came out well both times. I left out the walnuts from the tunafish version. Will use again!