If you are looking for a simple, but very appetizing chicken salad recipe, this Jason’s Deli Chicken Salad is perfection. It’s made with chicken and mayo but adds a special ingredient to make it so unique. And it takes only 10 minutes to make.

Classic Chicken Salad

Do you like chicken salad, but think it can be complicated to make? A classic chicken salad recipe is usually made up of chicken, mayo, hard-boiled egg, celery, onion, pepper, pickles and a variety of mustards. But this can take too long to make on the fly. But this Jason’s Deli chicken salad has only 6 ingredients and takes only 10 minutes to make. And would you be surprised to know, the secret ingredient is crushed pineapple. It’s surprisingly amazing and slightly sweet. And the almonds give it the perfect crunch!

How to Make Jason’s Deli Chicken Salad

Would you be surprised to know, the secret ingredient in this recipe is crushed pineapple. It’s surprisingly amazing and slightly sweet. And the almonds give it the perfect crunch!

Here’s what you need:

Chicken Breast

Mayonnaise

Crushed Pineapple

Almonds Slivers

Salt & Pepper

After you shred the chicken, combine it with the mayonnaise, crushed pineapple, almond slivers and salt & pepper. Make sure it’s completely mixed together and refrigerate for an hour before serving.

Notes

If you do not want to drain your pineapple you don’t need to, but you will need to reduce the amount of mayonnaise by at least a tablespoon.

Store the chicken salad in the refrigerator in a sealed container. It will last for about 2-3 days.

If you are going to freeze the chicken salad, do not mix in the mayo until you are ready to eat.

Chicken salad can be served hot or cold. This recipe is cold but you can use warm chicken for the salad.

You can serve this chicken salad alone, with crackers, on a sandwich, or you could get fancy and stuff it inside of cream puff shells for a party.

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