I begged the owner for this recipe after hearing that a neighborhood eatery was closing. The curry is well balanced by the sweetness of the red grapes, and the crunch of the almonds adds some nice texture. It is usually popular, and people frequently ask me for the recipe. It tastes good straight from the bowl with a fork, on a croissant, or over a big leaf of romaine lettuce.
| Prep Time: | 20 mins |
| Additional Time: | 1 hr |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 20 mins |
| Servings: | 12 |
| Yield: | 12 servings |
Ingredients
- ½ cup butter
- 2 cups mayonnaise
- ¼ cup minced garlic
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
- 1 teaspoon curry powder
- 4 cups shredded cooked chicken
- 2 cups halved red grapes
- ½ cup toasted slivered almonds
Instructions
- Heat butter in a large saucepan over low heat until melted; remove from heat and cool to room temperature.
- Stir mayonnaise, garlic, parsley, and curry powder into butter until evenly incorporated. Fold in chicken, grapes, and almonds. Transfer mixture to a serving bowl and cover with plastic wrap. Refrigerate until flavors have blended, at least 1 hour.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 440 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 8 g |
| Cholesterol | 58 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 10 g |
| Saturated Fat | 10 g |
| Sodium | 284 mg |
| Sugars | 5 g |
| Fat | 42 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
I love this recipe, and have made it countless times for years. I’ve made it as-is and it’s wonderful — 5 stars. The adaptation that I’ve stuck with over the years is to halve the butter, substitute 1 cup plain Greek yogurt for 1 of the cups of mayo, use a couple squirts of lemon juice, and use dried minced onion in place of garlic. I think the key to why this recipe is so good is the proportions. If I stray from that it’s never as good. Thank you for the recipe, @KJ0601! I make it for family gatherings — that’s today’s picture.
Very delicious. Love it just with a fork straight from the bowl. Made just as written.
Delicious! The recipe makes a ton so we cut it in 4ths. We added onion and celery and kept the curry powder at 1 tsp. (I wonder if that’s a typo in the recipe because that’s not much curry for that much chicken salad). Yumminess.
add mango chutney to add flavor
This was very good, but next time I make it i will use chopped celery instead of parsley. I didn’t care for the texture of the parsley in this salad. I will also substitute l cup Greek yogurt for one cup of the mayo to make it healthier. Although I like garlic, I would also reduce the amount next time, as there is plenty of flavour from the curry powder. Overall though a good recipe.
No matter how you tweak it it seems to work. i like a drenched mixture if you dont then cut back on the mayo. i substituted half the mayo with yogurt. I think the curry powder varies in potency so the first time i made this i doubled it and it still seemed weak. this time i quadroupled it. I sunbstituted crasins and apple for grapes. I also cut the butter in half. I think you can omit without noticing a big diff, especially if you are tryung to make a healthier version. I added a sprinkle of cayenne, not enough to really nitice spice but to round out the curry a bit more. As i mentiined mine is kind of muted flavor. I love making this out of my chicken roast leftovers.
Delicious, but fattening! Especially when you eat almost all of it yourself!
I feel bad giving it such a low review but, unless I somehow made a mistake, I found the 1/2 cup butter the recipe called for almost nauseating after it cooled in the mixture. I actually rinsed it out so I wouldn’t lose all my chicken. I’d been especially intrigued because I too had had a place I used to buy curry chicken salad from but I moved and never thought of and regretted not asking before I moved for the recipe. Without the butter, it would have been good, though nothing out of the ordinary.
This recipe is quick and simple. It was so easy to make. I love the curry flavor. I improvised a little with the ingredients. I added mango and granny smith apples to give it a crunchy texture. Also, adding the fruit made for a nice sweet and spicy contrast.
I love Curry Chicken salad. This is the first recipe I’ve tried that is exactly right. At first I wondered what was going on, as it asked for butter, then melt the butter, etc. But man, it was excellent. I substituted cilantro for parsley, as I don’t like the taste of parsley. Turned out amazing! My husband loved it.
The butter in this is a game changer !! Doesn’t matter what kind of chicken salad you make add a little butter. This recipe is great.
This was good. Make sure to add salt and pepper too, though.
Flavor basically good however, recommend: one or two cloves of garlic NOT 1/4 cup. My family loves garlic, but in this recipe, it was overwhelming. Additionally, I would substitute or eliminate the butter as the taste doesn’t enhance the recipe and adds a ton of calories.
I eliminated the butter, used only half of the mayonnaise and substituted a cup of minced celery for the parsley. The recipe still had plenty of moisture and I got rave reviews from men and women at the luncheon where it was served. Would definitely make this again. I don’t consider this a healthy salad due to the mayo but it is nice for a special event since it is so flavorful.
Cut the mayo in half, cut the garlic in half, double the curry and try it. We like garlic but not sure if it even belongs in this recipe.
I liked this a lot, but then I added some diced apples. Now I LOVE this!! Definitely making this again .
Great salad! I did make a few adjustments. I used half the butter, and for the other half I used coconut oil. I didn’t replace all the butter because you really need some of the butter flavor. I used half the mayo and subbed plain yogurt for the other half. I also more than doubled the curry, and used about 2/3 the garlic. I also added about a tsp of salt. I don’t like drenched salad so after making the dressing up I gradually added dressing to the chicken and grapes until it hit the right mix. I saved the rest of the dressing to use on sandwiches. It’s too good to waste! Lastly I recommend at least 8 hours in the fridge before serving for the flavors to really develop. The salad was a hit at a potluck and I will definitely make again….in fact I think this will become my signature potluck dish – doubling the recipe of course!
Way to much mayonnaise. This dish made me sad.
Amazing!!!!! I’ve been looking for one similar to a local cafe and this is pretty darn close! I used 1/4 cup plain non fat Greek yogurt with 1/4 cup butter and one cup mayo with olive oil with one cup regular mayo to try to make it less fattening. Still tastes awesome!!
This chicken salad is just so good and quite refreshing! Yummy!!!!!
love this recipe. I tried using rotisserie chicken and red grapes….. didn’t care for it as much as I do this recipe. I do, however, double the curry.