Southern Style Chicken Salad

Use this Southern Style Chicken Salad recipe to make a healthy chicken salad with hard boiled eggs, pickles, onions and celery!

What is southern chicken salad?

Southern style chicken salad is usually made with eggs, relish, red onion, celery, mustard, mayo and spices. Different people use slightly different ingredient in their southern chicken salad.

I wanted to make a keto chicken salad so I opted to use chopped dill pickles instead of sweet relish and yellow mustard instead of honey mustard. Using these ingredients the carb count in this chicken salad is relatively low.

Do you put eggs in chicken salad?

If you’re making a Waldorf chicken salad or some other classic chicken salad, you may not want to put eggs in it. For this homestyle southern chicken salad, chopped hard boiled eggs are an essential ingredient.

The creamy yolks add extra creamy texture to this keto chicken salad. If you are curious about how long to boil your eggs, check out this post on how to make boiled eggs.

What kitchen tools will I need to make this southern chicken salad recipe?

• Sauce pan for poaching the chicken breasts and hard boiling eggs
• Sharp knife and cutting board for chopping ingredients
• Mixing bowl and spatula for mixing ingredients

What ingredients will I need to make this chicken salad recipe with eggs?

• Boneless skinless chicken breast
• Eggs for hard boiled eggs
• Mayonnaise
• Yellow mustard
• Red onion
• Celery
• Dill pickles
• Black pepper and garlic powder

Can you substitute Greek yogurt for mayonnaise?

Yes! If you don’t like mayo in your chicken salad you can use Greek yogurt in this southern style chicken salad. Just sub in the exact same amount of Greek yogurt in place of the mayonnaise and follow the recipe as listed!

How do you make Southern Style Chicken Salad?

Step 1: Poach chicken breast and hard boil eggs

To begin, add chicken breasts to a sauce pan with cold water. Place the pan on the stove and bring water to a boil. Cover pot and reduce to a simmer.

Then, simmer for 14 minutes and then remove the chicken from water. Hard boil the eggs by adding cold water to a sauce pan and bringing the water to a boil.

Next, addd the eggs to the pan with the boiling water and boil the eggs for 10 minutes. Remove the eggs from the pot after 10 minutes and immediately transfer to an ice bath.

Step 2: Prep other chicken salad ingredients

Then, dice the red onion and celery and chop dill pickles into a fine dice. Mix together the mayo, mustard, pepper, and garlic powder.

Step 3: Mix it all together

Next, chop the hard boiled eggs and cube the chicken breast. Add the chicken and eggs to a large mixing bowl with the red onion, celery, dill pickles, and mayo mixture.

Finally, mix all of the ingredients together until fully combined. Serve chilled on lettuce or bread.

Step 4: Enjoy!

How should I store this southern chicken salad?

Once prepared, store this southern style chicken salad in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 4 days.

Check out these other healthy chicken salad recipes!

• Bacon Broccoli and Ranch Chicken Salad – Mayo free
• BLT Chicken Salad Whole30
• Curry Chicken Salad
• Poppy Seed Chicken Salad – Mayo Free
• Whole30 Waldorf Chicken Salad

You can find the full recipe below. If you make this recipe, please rate and review it in the comments, or share it with me on Instagram!

Recipe

Southern Style Chicken Salad

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Southern chicken salad made with hard boiled eggs, dill pickles, red onion and celery.

Recipe By: Madeline

Prep: 10 minutesCook: 20 minutesTotal: 30 minutes

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Ingredients

• 1.5lb boneless skinless chicken breasts
• 2 eggs
• 2/3 cup mayonnaise 
• 2 tsp yellow mustard
• 1/4 cup diced red onion
• 1/2 cup diced celery
• 2 tbsp diced dill pickles
• 1/4 tsp black pepper
• 1/2 tsp garlic powder

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Instructions

1. Add chicken breasts to a sauce pan with cold water. Place pan on the stove and bring water to a boil. Cover pot and reduce to a simmer. Simmer for 14 minutes and then remove the chicken from water.
2. Hard boil the eggs by adding cold water to a sauce pan and bringing the water to a boil. Add the eggs to the pan with the boiling water and boil the eggs for 10 minutes. Remove the eggs from the pot after 10 minutes and immediately transfer to an ice bath.
3. Dice the red onion and celery and chop dill pickles into a fine dice. Mix together the mayo, mustard, pepper, and garlic powder.
4. Chop the hard boiled eggs and cube the chicken breast. Add the chicken and eggs to a large mixing bowl with the red onion, celery, dill pickles, and mayo mixture.
5. Mix all of the ingredients together until fully combined. Serve chilled on lettuce or bread.

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