This is a fantastic way to utilize up grilled chicken breasts from the previous night’s dinner. On wheat, I enjoy it. On sourdough, my husband enjoys it.
| Prep Time: | 15 mins |
| Total Time: | 15 mins |
| Servings: | 4 |
| Yield: | 4 sandwiches |
Ingredients
- 1 cup mayonnaise
- ⅛ teaspoon ground black pepper
- ⅛ teaspoon garlic powder
- ⅛ teaspoon celery salt
- 4 cups chopped leftover grilled chicken
- 2 celery stalks, sliced
- ½ cup sweetened dried cranberries
- ⅔ cup salted cashews
- 8 slices bread, toasted
- 4 tablespoons mayonnaise
- 4 large red leaf lettuce leaves
- 1 ripe tomato, sliced
Instructions
- Whisk together 1 cup of mayonnaise, pepper, garlic powder, and celery salt until combined. Combine the chicken, celery, cranberries, and cashews in a large bowl. Pour the mayonnaise mixture over the chicken mixture and stir until evenly combined.
- Spread 1/2 tablespoon of mayonnaise on each slice of toasted bread. Divide the chicken salad between four of the slices of toast; top each with a lettuce leaf and a slice of tomato. Complete each sandwich with the remaining toast slices.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 1078 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 50 g |
| Cholesterol | 131 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 4 g |
| Protein | 47 g |
| Saturated Fat | 14 g |
| Sodium | 1048 mg |
| Sugars | 17 g |
| Fat | 77 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
The smoky flavor of the grilled chicken in this makes this recipe over the top delicious!!
Delicious. I added more celery for crunch, and used avocado mayonnaise, because that was what I had on hand. I served it to guests on croissants, and everyone loved it. I will make it often when I have leftover rotisserie chicken.
I made this with leftover rotisserie chicken. It came out wonderful! I don’t think I will use the tomato next time so the cranberry taste is more a highlight.
Made this grilled chicken salad 25+ times. I smoke chicken breast just to make this salad. The smoked chicken adds a great taste to the salad. Thanks Erin!
This was really good! I used grilled chicken breasts. Only thing modified was , I had unsalted cashews.. Very nice balance of flavors. Next time, I make this, which I will; I am going to use croissants:-))
Very nice sandwich. I used green grapes instead.
I’m single guy so I make the entire recipe and eat two sandwiches a day. Love it that much.
So delicious!! I was never a huge fan of grapes in chicken salads but the dried cranberries are perfect. I followed the recipe almost exactly except instead of grilled chicken I used canned chicken and romaine lettuce. Best thing I’ve eaten in a while. Thanks!
Whole family loved it, even the picky eaters. No one wanted it as a sandwich. We ate it straight off the plate. Only change I would make is cutting back on the 1C mayo a hair. Makes it a touch soupy.
We love it. I make my husband lunch everyday and surprised him with this one. I used Costco chopped chicken. So I had to half the recipe. He loved it and so did I, I am not a fan of canned chicken and it was really good. I used chopped almonds because that is what I had on hand.
Loved this recipe, as others commented I also used leftover roasted chicken in one batch and two weeks later I used leftover baked teriyaki chicken the only departures from Erin’s recipe.
Easy to make and delicious!
My husband had smoked chicken breast leftover so this looked the the recipe to try! We used the salad in wraps with cheddar cheese slices. Turned out great!!!
So gooood! Lots of compliments. I left out the cashews, it might’ve been good but I just didn’t want to try it
I made this right after I read it ( I used pecans) and it is great! Thank you for making it easy to get to these wonderful recipes also.
Delicious! The salted cashews and toasted bread add to the layers of flavor . Shall definitely make over and over.
The cranberries were a different touch but if I make this again I’ll sub for canned sliced or omit the cranberries period. Also used regular iceberg lettuce shredded and added to the mixture and went easy on the mayo because one cup is too much imo. I also added a slice of processed cheese. Added a small amount of cashews just to the sandwich to try it and will definitely not do that again, the sandwich didn’t know what it was supposed to be, there’s just too much flavors going on.
Love this for any leftover chicken. Quick and easy to make. Instead of cranberries I used grapes I had on hand. Yummy
I thought this was great! The cranberries add a nice sweet touch. I didn’t have cashews so I subbed with some sliced almonds. Delicious light lunch 🙂
In my opinion the celery makes this sandwich. Great way to use leftover chicken.
I didn’t have celery salt, and substituted walnuts for cashews and it still came out great! Very flavorful