I Just Made the Best Blue Cheese Chicken Salad of My Life
We're celebrating all things French and blue cheese this week at StyleBlueprint. We've dubbed it 'StyleBleuprint Week' (get it … bleu?!).
With that lens, I made a blue cheese chicken salad and was shocked at just how good this was. I declared on my Instagram story that I had just created the best chicken salad of my life.
My life.
I still stand by this.
I used to own a lunch cafe, and I have to tell you, my basil chicken salad, which I served there for years, is delicious and was our most popular menu item. So, this is quite a statement.
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This new blue cheese chicken salad is based on a Waldorf salad, combined with a classic chicken-mayonnaise salad. It contains grapes, apples, pecans, blue cheese, celery, and onion. I ate it (not kidding) for dinner, then the next day for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and lunch the day after. My husband finished off the rest for dinner. It was gone in 48 hours.
Like any chicken salad, you can put it on a salad, make a sandwich, or place a scoop in a bowl!
Why is it so good? Well, the recipe is good, but the ingredients are stellar. So, if you want this exact same deliciousness, I'm suggesting particular brands for some of the ingredients.
Here are the basic ingredients:
– Rotisserie chicken
– Celery
– Granny Smith apples
– Green onions
– Italian parsley
– Chopped pecans
– Lemon juice
– Hellmann's Olive Oil mayonnaise (I know, Duke's fans. I'm sorry. I'm convinced Hellmann's is better for this recipe. And, as a bonus, the olive oil mayo has less fat and calories.)
– Master's Touch Organics red grapes. These grapes are a little smaller, and they are so sweet and delicious.
– Asher Blue Raw Cow's Milk Cheese (by Sweet Grass Dairy). It's a mild blue cheese and oh-so-good.
– Salt & pepper
For the Sweet Grass Dairy, this is the second of their cheeses that I've had, and they are exceptional. I'm going to start working my way through all of their options, as I could not be more impressed with this dairy-based in Thomasville, GA. If you can't find any locally, you can order online here.
For Nashville readers, you can find all this cheese and the Master's Touch Organic grapes at Turnip Truck, with four locations in East, Midtown, on Charlotte, and in the Gulch. All ingredients, except the mayo, were purchased from Turnip Truck for this recipe.
This recipe makes six cups, which is nine 3/4 cup servings. Enjoy!
Pin Waldorf Chicken Salad
Everything you love about a classic Waldorf salad made into a traditional mayo-based chicken salad. It's delicious! That said, splurge on your blue cheese for this one. You want a mild cheese that you would eat on its own. Don't buy your blue cheese in the same spot that you buy mozzarella cheese sticks.
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Servings
9
Calories
361
kcal Ingredients
1x 2x 3x 2 1/2 cups rotisserie chicken
3/4 cup diced celery
3/4 cup diced apple
3/4 cup red seedless grapes, cut in half If you can find Master's Touch Organics red grapes, they really are better!
1/4 cup diced green onion
1/4 cup diced Italian parsley
1 cup chopped pecans
1 cup Hellmann's Olive Oil mayonnaise
2 Tbs lemon juice
3/4 tsp salt
3/4 tsp black pepper
2.5
oz
crumbled blue cheese
I highly recommend Sweet Grass Dairy's Asher Blue for this. It comes in a block, so just chop it up. 2.5 ounces will yield about one cup when chopped up. Instructions
Chop your rotisserie chicken into small pieces.
Dice up all vegetables, herbs, and fruit
Add everything to a large bowl and mix
Keep for up to 4 days - enjoy!
Nutrition
Calories:
361
kcal
Carbohydrates:
7
g
Protein:
22
g
Fat:
29
g
Saturated Fat:
5
g
Polyunsaturated Fat:
6
g
Monounsaturated Fat:
12
g
Cholesterol:
81
mg
Sodium:
640
mg
Potassium:
140
mg
Fiber:
2
g
Sugar:
4
g
Vitamin A:
323
IU
Vitamin C:
5
mg
Calcium:
77
mg
Iron:
1
mg
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About the Author Liza Graves
As CEO of StyleBlueprint, Liza also regularly writes for SB. Most of her writing is now found in the recipe archives as cooking is her stress relief!
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