A departure from the norm is this wonderful, fruity Hawaiian salad with chicken. The dish can easily be doubled to serve a bigger crowd.
| Prep Time: | 10 mins |
| Total Time: | 10 mins |
| Servings: | 6 |
Ingredients
- 2 (3 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
- ⅓ cup creamy salad dressing, e.g. Miracle Whip ™
- 1 (8 ounce) can pineapple tidbits, juice reserved
- 3 (5 ounce) cans chunk chicken, drained
- 1 cup blanched slivered almonds
- 1 ½ cups seedless grapes, halved
Instructions
- Beat cream cheese in a medium bowl until fluffy. Mix in salad dressing and 2 tablespoons reserved pineapple juice.
- Stir in pineapple tidbits, chicken, almonds, and grapes until evenly coated. Chill in the refrigerator until serving.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 416 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 19 g |
| Cholesterol | 80 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 2 g |
| Protein | 22 g |
| Saturated Fat | 9 g |
| Sodium | 555 mg |
| Sugars | 15 g |
| Fat | 29 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Sorry to say, I was not very fond of this. The cream cheese and Miracle Whip combo was not very good to me. Mayo would probably be better. I ended up adding some curry powder to help with the flavor, but still just ok.
Used one pk. Cream cheese instead of two, used red grapes, walnuts and pineapple. Took to a party , everyone liked it but me.
Used mandarin oranges and walnuts. Very good on a hot day!
This is the best chicken salad ever! My family and friends love it and I am asked to make this for showers and potlucks often. My slight changes are to use the entire 8 oz of cream cheese and per other reviews, I add about a 1/4 cup of sugar to 1/4 cup of the reserved pineapple juice to help dissolve the sugar and I use walnuts instead of almonds due to my love of walnuts. I usually use cooked chicken breasts but I have used the canned chicken in the past and people still have loved it. I hope others try this recipe as it is the best.
Will definitely make this one again! A few changes I made after reading other reviews: added chopped celery, used chopped pecans instead of almonds because that’s what I had, added a packet of Splenda, used 1/2 Miracle Whip & 1/2 sour cream.
Love this chicken salad! So refreshing and light. I used fresh chicken breasts, seasoned with pepper and garlic. Yum. Everyone was asking for the recipe and taking seconds. This is great served on croissants or alone. This will be a staple in my house.
It is so good. I love the tips from other cooks.
This is a wonderful recipe. Didn’t change a thing. Every time I make it, I get raves. Thanks.
Really good recipe, fresh flavor. Used light mayo and cream cheese. Cooked my chicken in crock pot day before, was delicious!
Love this recipe! Very quick and easy to make. I usually use regular mayo as my husband and I prefer it over miracle whip and I serve on sweet hawaiian rolls. Flavors go perfectly together!
i tried this recipe this past weekend and it was big hit. everyone was asking for the recipe. one of the thing everyone like is you really dont have to worry about it going bad because the use of cream cheese versus a lot of mayonaise.
Tripled the recipe for an office party last month. I didn’t add the Almonds just because. Everyone loved it! Got a lot of requests for the recipe. I’m actually making it again tonight because my co-workers asked for it!
I haven never liked chicken salad but this was amazing! The flavors came together perfectly and everyone loved it. I did use grilled chicken in breast in place of canned and I served them on Hawaiian rolls.
I was really looking forward to an awesome chicken salad recipe that I could WOW my husband with, as we have been looking for something flavorful like the chix salad served at Panera Bread. I always follow these recipes to a “T” for the 1st time, and if the end result is poor then I try to season it up if I can. Well, this chix salad had no flavor at all & it was runny and there was no saving it…I tried!!! I will never make it again, I regret using my nice cooked chicken and wasting all the other ingredients that I went and purchased just for this recipe!
Made it for my daughter’s luau birthday party and everyone loved it. Caught my husband in the fridge with a spoon many times. No leftovers for this dish. I wasn”t sure about the chicken and grapes but the flavors were great together.
This is the best chicken salad! I made it for my daughters wedding! It was a huge success.
I used canned chicken which falls apart when it is mixed. I wish I used fresh chicken, but it still tasted really good.
Made this for an easy lunch for husband, kidlet #2, and I. Also, packed some up for kidlet #1 for her school lunch with crackers. It was quite tasty. Don’t double the recipe because it makes wayyy too much.
This is a very very good summer time recipe. I added 4 green onions to add more flavor, I also added 2 packs of splenda to the cream cheese mix and salt to taste and served it on croissants. Deeelisious. Toast the almonds to bring out the flavor. I used 4 chicken breast instead of the canned chicken
I made a triple batch of this for a family Luau party. It went over very well. I did find it a bit bland , so I added more miracle whip & used cashews instead of almonds. I also used 4 chicken breasts instead of the canned chicken. I would make it again & was asked for the recipe.
Very good recipe as is, but seems to be lacking “something”. I haven’t figured it out yet but believe with some minor tweaks this could be a favorite.