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    Home » Salads

    Grape and chicken salad

    Posted: Dec 12, 2019 · Updated: Feb 12, 2021 by Tonje

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    This grape and chicken salad incorporates grapes, chicken, walnuts and celery in a creamy yogurt sauce. It's a light and delicious side salad, perfect for a potluck or BBQ party.

    Grape and chicken salad in a white bowl on a marble table. Forks places on a white napkin on the side.

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    • Chicken grape and walnut salad ingredients
    • How to make chicken grape salad
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    Chicken grape and walnut salad ingredients

    Chicken: Cooked, shredded chicken or two chicken breast fillets.

    Grapes: Seedless, red grapes are perfect in this recipe.

    Celery sticks: For delicious crunch.

    Walnuts: For texture and taste. You can substitute for pecans if you prefer.

    Greek yogurt: Typically this salad is made with mayonnaise, but we use Greek yogurt. It's just as tasty, just as creamy, but way healthier.

    Lemon juice: A tiny bit goes a long way. This brings a lot of flavour to the grape and chicken salad.

    How to make chicken grape salad

    This salad is incredibly easy to make, and easier yet if you have cooked chicken at hand. I love using leftover shredded chicken, roast or rotisserie chicken, or even turkey leftovers for this dish. And if you don't have cooked chicken at hand, all you have to do is cook two chicken fillets in the oven before shredding it ready to add to the salad.

    The great thing with any salad is that it's super easy to customise to your preferences. Omit any ingredients you don't like, or add any ingredients you think would be good. I think adding pineapple, apples, shredded carrots, red cabbage, black olives or pears would be super tasty - let me know how it turns out if you try it!

    For the recipe, simply combine shredded chicken, diced vegetables and the remaining ingredients in a bowl.

    Serving suggestions

    This is a meat heavy side dish, and it can be quite filling. I love to serve this salad as a part of a larger buffet or potluck table; with some bread, meat dishes, salads and vegetable casseroles. If you want to serve this salad as a main course, you can serve it with a light vegetable dish like roasted green beans. Grape and chicken salad is also great as a sandwich filler.

    Storing leftovers

    Store leftover grape and chicken salad in an airtight container for up to 3 days. 

    The dish is not suitable for freezing.

    More tasty salad recipes:

    • Halloumi and butternut squash salad
    • Orzo salad with spinach, feta and lemon
    • Shrimp and avocado salad
    • Broccoli salad with raisins and bacon

    Recipe

    Grape and chicken salad in a white bowl on a marble table. Forks places on a white napkin on the side.

    Grape and chicken salad

    This grape and chicken salad incorporates grapes, chicken, walnuts and celery in a creamy yogurt sauce. It’s a light and delicious side salad, perfect for a potluck or BBQ party.
    5 from 5 votes
    Created by: Tonje
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    Prep Time 5 minutes mins
    Cook Time 15 minutes mins
    Course Salad
    Cuisine International
    Servings 4
    Calories 179 kcal
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    Ingredients
      

    • 200 g red grapes, halved
    • 2 celery sticks, finely diced
    • 100 g Greek yogurt
    • 2 chicken breasts*
    • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
    • 50 g walnuts, roughly chopped

    Instructions
     

    • Cook the chicken breast fillets using your preferred method. You can pan fry them on medium heat, roast them in the oven or slow cook the chicken until it's cooked through. To cook them in the oven, preheat your oven to 210°C / 200°C fan oven / 410°F. Bake the chicken fillets until the meat is white throughout, about 10-15 minutes. Then, use two forks to shred the meat, and leave it to cool down. Alternatively, use leftover shredded chicken or rotisserie chicken.
    • Combine halved grapes, finely diced celery, roughly chopped walnuts, shredded chicken, Greek yogurt and lemon juice in a salad bowl. Stir to combine the ingredients thoroughly.
    • Serve the salad immediately, or store it in the fridge until it's ready to serve.

    Notes

    *The chicken breasts can be substituted with 250-300 g shredded chicken. This recipe is great for using leftover roast chicken, store bought rotisserie chicken, or you can even use leftover turkey.

    Leftovers

    Store leftover grape and chicken salad in an airtight container for up to 3 days. I don’t recommend freezing this dish, as the yogurt can separate and become watery after thawing the salad.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 179kcalCarbohydrates: 10gProtein: 27gFat: 3gSaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 74mgSodium: 143mgPotassium: 549mgFiber: 1gSugar: 9gVitamin A: 67IUVitamin C: 4mgCalcium: 38mgIron: 1mg
    Keyword celery, chicken, grapes, walnuts, yogurt
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    Comments

    1. Andrea Metlika

      December 13, 2019 at 9:16 pm

      5 stars
      I really like fruit in my chicken salad and this one looks fantastic. Can't wait to taste it.

      Reply
      • Tonje

        December 13, 2019 at 9:23 pm

        I hope you'll like it!

        Reply
    2. Irina

      December 13, 2019 at 9:40 pm

      5 stars
      You are genius creating this salad where chicken is combined with the sweet note of grapes. Walnuts add some texture and nutty flavor. I think I will make it for Christmas. Thanks for sharing.

      Reply
      • Tonje

        December 13, 2019 at 9:43 pm

        That is so kind of you! I hope you'll like it 🙂

        Reply
    3. Kellie Anderson

      December 13, 2019 at 9:48 pm

      5 stars
      What a delicious and healthy way to use a rotisserie chicken. The grapes and walnuts add such great texture 🙂

      Reply
      • Tonje

        December 13, 2019 at 9:54 pm

        I'm glad you like it, Kellie!

        Reply
    4. Kelly Anthony

      December 13, 2019 at 10:14 pm

      5 stars
      I really like how you used greek yogurt instead of mayonnaise in this grape and chicken salad. This will make a great lunch to eat on all week!

      Reply
      • Tonje

        December 13, 2019 at 10:17 pm

        Greek yogurt is a great sub for mayo in almost every salad recipe if you want to cut down on the calories. Hope you like it!

        Reply
    5. Toni

      December 13, 2019 at 10:56 pm

      5 stars
      I really loved it! Packed full of flavors!

      Reply
      • Tonje

        December 14, 2019 at 8:07 am

        I'm so glad! 🙂

        Reply

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