Name: Celebration Chicken Salad
Ingredients: 4 cups poached chicken; 1 cup mayonnaise; 1 small onion, diced; 1 cup celery, diced; 2 cups red seedless grapes, sliced; ½ teaspoon cinnamon; Salt and pepper, to taste

Featured in our Spring 2025 Food + Entertaining article, Connections, this celebration chicken salad is a great dish year-round and works especially well for wedding and baby showers. There is something innately lady-like about chicken salad. Spoon it into sliced croissants, serve it wrapped in large tortillas or lavash, or on a simple bed of lettuce. Any way you choose, it’s delightful.

Celebration Chicken Salad

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Course: Salads, Main

Servings

servings

Ingredients

4 cups poached chicken
1 cup mayonnaise
1 small onion, diced
1 cup celery, diced
2 cups red seedless grapes, sliced
½ teaspoon cinnamon
Salt and pepper, to taste

Directions

Shred the chicken (or for a smoother texture, use a food processor).
Mix remaining ingredients together. Add salt and pepper to taste.
Combine with the chicken until evenly mixed.

Notes

Recipe from Ruth McKeaney’s book, Hungry for Home: A Year Together at Hillside Farm
Ruth’s Pro Tip: This recipe can be altered slightly to make a yummy curried chicken salad. Simply subtract the onion, celery and cinnamon and add one healthy tablespoon of curry powder (or more to taste). Finish with a few tablespoons of sliced, toasted almonds.