Fancy Chicken Salad

This Fancy Chicken Salad is extra special with a touch of crunch from pecans, sweet pickles and celery and a hint of sweetness from canned cherries. The ingredients are surprising, and the flavor is delicious.

Prep Time20

Cook Time0

Total Time20

Course: Entree, Main Course, Salad

Cuisine: American

Keyword: 3-ingredient chicken salad, chicken salad with pecans and cherries, crunchy chicken salad, fancy chicken salad, old fashioned chicken salad, pecan cherry chicken salad

Servings: people

Calories: 200kcal

Author: Barbara

Ingredients

3 cups diced cooked chicken Use 2.5 to 3 cups
4 hard boiled eggs, diced
4 sweet pickles, chopped
3 celery ribs, small diced
4 ounces canned baby peas (LeSueur brand)
8 ounces canned cherries, drained
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1/2 cup chopped pecans
juice of 1/2 a lemon
salt and pepper, to taste

Instructions

Gently mix chicken, hard-boiled eggs, pickles, celery, peas, cherries and mayonnaise.
Right before serving, stir in chopped pecans, lemon juice, and salt and pepper (to taste).
Serve on a sandwich, on a bed of lettuce or with crackers.

Notes

I used a rotisserie chicken for this chicken salad with cherries and pecan recipe. You could also use a few cans of canned chicken, or poach your own chicken.
This recipe easily doubles to serve a crowd. This also allows you to use the entire cans of cherries and peas.
Substitute dried cherries for canned, if desired.
This pecan cherry chicken salad calls for Royal Ann Canned cherries, but the regular canned cherries are perfectly delicious too.
I prefer LeSeuer very small peas for this recipe. They are dainty and cute---very fancy.
Use frozen peas for canned, or omit if peas aren't your thing.
For an extra fancy meal, serve on a croissant bun or mini Hawaiian bun.
Looking for a quick and easy chicken salad? Try our 3-Ingredient Version.

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