Best Chicken Salad Recipe Sour Cream

This is not your average chicken salad recipe!  Creamy chicken salad is mixed with sour cream, bacon, chives and cheddar for all of the decadent flavors of a loaded baked potato.  It is perfect for keeping your lunch box interesting for the week days or makes a great dish to take along to a potluck or barbecue.  Make sure and bring enough though, because this has a tendancy to be the first empty dish where ever you take it!

I have to admit… I have quite a lot of crazy ideas for new recipes.  Some don’t work out so well.  Most of them turn out good, but sometimes it turns out like really, really good.  This, my friends, is one of those times!

When I think of my favorite comfort foods, baked potatoes are on the top of the list.  Not just plain boring baked potatoes, but baked potatoes loaded with all the good stuff.  I am talking sour cream, sharp cheddar cheese, baaaaaaacoooooon, and of course chives.

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If I can have it on a potato, I thought, why can’t I just take the flavors right over to one of my other favorites, chicken salad?

Well… it turns out you can.  And you definitely should.  And since it is just SO GOOD and I have never seen anything like it before, I just decided I would go ahead and dub it the World’s Best Loaded Chicken Salad.  Okay?

This is one of my personal favorite chicken salad recipes, as well as my reader’s favorites, but it isn’t a traditional chicken salad.  In the United States, chicken salad can refer to either a green salad or a creamy salad where chicken is mixed with a few other ingredients in a mayonnaise-based dressing.

Classic Chicken Salad Sandwich

The very first chicken salad was made in 1863 with leftover chicken, mayonnaise, tarragon, and grapes and served by a meat market right near our new home, in Wakefield, RI.  It was so popular that the meat market eventually converted into a deli.

In modern times you can find many different flavors and ingredients other than the traditional mayo and grapes in chicken salad recipes.  Bases can include things besides mayonnaise, like sour cream, cream cheese, heavy whipping cream, or greek yogurt, or any combination of them.  You will also find all sorts of flavors from Ranch Chicken Salad to Fajita Chicken Salad and more!

I am a huge chicken salad fan and have made quite a few recipes of my own.  You can find all of my Best Chicken Salad Recipes here!

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So now that you know about my new favorite, let’s chat about a few things you can do with this delicious loaded chicken salad.  You can go with my old favorite, which is toast.  Chicken salad is always great on toast.  You can go with crackers or pita chips.  If you want to get fancy with it for a baby shower or bridal shower, you can hallow out baked potatoes into shells and fill it with this.

But if you want to make it a little lighter or appreciate low carb options, then there are plenty!  Try it stuffed in a hallowed avocado or tomato.  You can slice up cucumbers, squash, or zucchini and serve it on slices.  Or a super fun way to serve it for a bite sized appetizer is to use snacking peppers or cherry tomatoes cut in half and hollowed.  All of these are delicious and you can use this or any other of my chicken salad recipes you see below (if you try one, go for the Ranch.  SO GOOD!)

When you are ready to make this chicken salad, you can follow the recipe below, but I get some questions on how I prefer to cook my chicken that I use in chicken salad.  I do a few different things depending on how much time I have and what I have on hand at the moment.  Here are my most used methods:

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You need just a few simple ingredients for this recipe.  I say this on every chicken salad I make, but this is no exception, I love to load chicken salad up with veggies.  This lowers the calorie density per serving, as well as up the nutrients and fiber.  Plus, you get more texture and flavor so it is a super great little trick.  If you don’t like any of the veggies below you can eliminate, or substitute them for ones you prefer.  If you want it to be even healthier… add more veggies!  Chicken salad is a very forgiving dish, so it is a great one to add little extras to make it suit your tastes.  Here’s what you need:

To start out grab some shredded or cubed chicken breast. I love to use leftover rotisserie chicken because the flavor is so amazing, You can also use baked, boiled, or even canned chicken.  The better the chicken, the more flavor you will have through.

Place the chicken in a large bowl with the mayo, sour cream (this is the secret ingredient that really puts it over the top!!), celery, cheese, onions, and bacon.  Mix it well and then add salt and pepper to taste.

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You can eat it right away, but it is even better if you have a couple of hours to let it sit in the fridge to let the flavors really meld together.

Delicious, right?!  If you make this recipe, it would really make my day if you would leave a comment below, and let me know what you thought!

Also, if you need easy dinner recipes, check out my easy chicken bake dinner recipes.  They are easy to get on the table fast and tried and approved by literally millions of people!

Classic Chicken Salad Recipe [+video]

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This chicken salad recipe is loaded with bold and delicious flavors. It can be made into a chicken salad sandwich, or served on greens, inside an avocado, tomato or with crackers.

Serving: 0.5 cup Calories: 114 kcal (6%) Carbohydrates: 3 g (1%) Protein: 8 g (16%) Fat: 9 g (14%) Saturated Fat: 3 g (19%) Polyunsaturated Fat: 1 g Cholesterol: 24 mg (8%) Sodium: 492 mg (21%) Fiber: 1 g (4%)

Ensalada De Pollo Mexicana (mexican Chicken Salad)

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One of my favorite movies of all time is the Megan Follows version of Anne of Green Gables and its sequel.  Would it be too dramatic to say that growing up, those movies helped shape who I am?  Yes, that’s pretty dramatic.  But in some small but meaningful ways I believe they did.

As I was making this chicken salad a line from the movie came to mind.  (That’s what happens when you have the entire dialogue of the movie memorized.)  Diana and Anne are standing on the cliffside of scenic Prince Edward Island overlooking the ocean, the wind blowing in their hair, staring off into the sunset.

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Diana says to Anne, “I wish I were rich and I could spend the whole summer at a hotel, eating ice cream and chicken salad.”

Anne responds thoughtfully, “You know something, Diana? We are rich. We have sixteen years to our credit, and we both have wonderful imaginations. We should be as happy as queens.”

Nodding at the setting sun over the ocean, Anne observes, “Look at that. You couldn’t enjoy its loveliness more if you had ropes of diamonds….I am happy Diana, and nothing is going to hold me back.”

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Without a doubt, one of life’s simple but greatest pleasures is good food – food that’s thoughtfully prepared and shared with those you love.

So in celebration of Diana’s desire for good food, and in appreciation of Anne’s understanding that happiness is how you interpret it, here’s a delicious chicken salad you can enjoy with your family and friends!

This salad is wonderfully creamy without being overly wet, it isn’t too sweet or too tangy, and it incorporates the perfect balance of flavors.  The sour cream adds a touch of freshness to offset the heaviness of the mayonnaise.  Bite into and we’re confident you’ll be very happy indeed.

Easy Chicken Salad With Grapes

Use this chicken salad recipe for sandwiches, croissants or in wraps.  Or, for a low-carb option, serve it on top of a bed of salad leaves with some sliced tomatoes and avocado.

Scoop the mayo sauce over the chicken salad and stir to combine, making sure the chicken salad is thoroughly coated with the sauce.

Calories: 279 kcal | Carbohydrates: 7 g | Protein: 7 g | Fat: 24 g | Saturated Fat: 5 g |

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