Description
Keto Chicken Salad is an all-time favorite and a classic salad. For those hot days when you don’t want to turn on your oven, this low carb chicken salad recipe is going to be your go-to recipe. It’s quick and easy and most importantly it tastes amazing!
Ingredients
- 3 ½ pounds of chicken breast, diced
- ¾ cup celery, chopped
- ¾ cup red onion, chopped
- 2 tbsp dijon mustard
- ¾ cup mayo
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ tsp pepper
Instructions
- In a small bowl combine mayo, mustard, salt, pepper, red onion, and celery. Stir until well combined. Then place in the fridge until the chicken is ready.
- Place the chicken in a pot and fill with water, add a little bit of salt to the water. Turn the stove on medium-high heat and bring to boil. Let simmer for about 10-14 minutes. The chicken is cooked when it reaches 165 degrees internally.
- Drain the chicken in a colander and let cool. To make it easier to cut, place the chicken in the fridge after it has reached room temperature.
- After it has fully cooled off, dice the chicken and put it into a larger bowl.
- Now add the creamy mixture to the diced chicken and stir until well combined.
- Serve right away or put into the fridge to chill up and that will allow the flavors to be more pronounced.
Notes
0.9 NET CARBS PER SERVING
Chicken breast is a better option over dark meat chicken.
Make a creamy mixture of the spices, mayo, mustard, onions, and celery. Then pour over chicken. It is easier to get all the ingredients evenly mixed together this way.
Mayo can be replaced with mashed avocado, greek yogurt. If you aren’t on keto then you could use sour cream instead.
Additional add on options are nuts, hard-boiled eggs, fresh herbs, other spices, and fruits.
Chicken options are poached, oven-baked, pre-cooked rotisserie, or canned.
Poached chicken is the best in my opinion.
After the chicken has been cooked, let it cool down before you cut it. It makes it easier to cut and to handle.
I do not recommend freezing the chicken salad.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Salads
- Cuisine: American