Chicken Salad Sandwiches Recipe (2024)

FAQs

What are the ingredients for chicken salad? ›

Chicken

Chicken salad / Main ingredient

Use. Parchment paper checks all the boxes: It's slightly porous and absorbs some moisture that other materials don't. Be sure to employ the double-wrap technique: Wrap your sandwich in one layer, cut the sandwich in half through the parchment paper, and then wrap it again for extra security.

You would typically need around 2 to 2.5 pounds of chicken salad per person, so for 100 people, you'd need approximately 200 to 250 pounds of chicken salad, depending on portion sizes and other dishes you're serving.

Classic Chicken Salad Ingredients

Mayonnaise: I use light mayo to reduce the calories, but feel free to use your favorite mayo. Celery: Chop celery for some crunch and veggies. Red Onion: Swap red onion for scallions or chives. Chicken Broth: If the chicken salad is a little dry, stir in two tablespoons of broth.

To prevent your homemade chicken salad from becoming watery, ensure the chicken is fully cooled and consider roasting or grilling instead of boiling to reduce moisture content. Lightly salt watery vegetables like cucumbers and let them sit before adding to the salad to draw out excess water.

Mayo and mustard are the standards, but there are many other options to try like barbecue sauce, buffalo chicken sauce, pesto, horseradish cream, garlic sauce or even a homemade salsa.

The short answer is to store chicken salad in a sealed container in the fridge or cooler for no more than four days.

Pile it on toasted bread or croissants with lettuce and tomato for a sandwich, eat it with crackers of your choice, or serve a scoop on lettuce leaves with assorted fruit and fancy crackers for a pretty presentation if you're feeding guests. Or eat it straight out of the bowl with a spoon. That works, too.

If you are feeding children, allow about 1 ounce of cooked poultry for children ages 1 to 6, and about 2 to 3 ounces for children ages 7 to 10. For an average family of four, plan on about 1 pound of chicken or turkey (without bone or skin).

How many pounds of chicken do I need for 20 people? ›

Catering rules state that you should plan on 1/2 a pound of meat per person. This allows for light eaters like kids and women, and for extra for the hefty men who might eat more. So you would need 50 pounds of chicken, if chicken is the only meat you are serving.

Nutrients like protein and essential vitamins and minerals like iron, zinc, choline, and vitamin B12 are found in many different cuts of chicken.

The top three ingredients in most Nature's Best bagged chicken feeds are corn, soybean meal, and wheat or wheat middlings. When you look at the ingredients list of many types of chicken feed, you may also find: Cereals and cereal byproducts: Cereals in feed may include wheat, corn, sorghum, barley or rye.

Classic Carol

All white meat, shredded chicken, finely minced celery, mayonnaise, & our secret seasoning.