Chicken Salad With Walnuts and Grapes Recipe (2024)

Anyone know how much chicken breast meat to use to substitute for the meat from a three pound supermarket chicken?

I have made almost exactly this recipe for years, subbing green grapes for red, and sliced (not slivered) almonds for the walnuts. Omit tarragon OR I put in mutiple herbs. Delicious and the sliced almonds are very satisfyingly crunchy in the salad. Yum!

This is so yummy. Great to make in the fall with fresh herbs from our garden. Excellent with leftover turkey.

This is a nice, piquant variation on chicken salad. The red onion is a great addition and I suspect any herbs could be substituted although the chives worked well. I substituted pistachios for the walnuts and that worked great. I'll be making it this way again!

I substituted the mayo with plain, low-fat greek yogurt and it was just as yummy!

Lovely and refreshing on a hot day. When I tasted the dressing, I was worried that the lemon would be overpowering, but once the other 'sweet' flavors were added the balance was perfect. Still, I only added half of my lemon's juice, which I think I'd do again, or at least start with half and maybe add more. I've made other versions of chicken salad with grapes, and this will be nice addition to my collection.

Good variations to try: lime zest/juice in place of lemon.Toasted slivered almonds in place of walnuts. Add dash or two of Worcestershire sauce.Add diced chopped apple.

I'd estimate, easily 4 to 6 cups of chicken from a roasted 3 pound chicken, depending on how roasty it was. When adding chicken to the dressing, do it gradually so you can judge if the moistness is how you like it.

Good. A little bland--could use more seasoning in the mayo mix. Added dried cranberries and used pecans instead of walnuts.

If you happen to be allergic to walnuts, smoked almonds make a good substitute for a salty crunch.

Use a sharp serrated knife for those grapes.

Made it pretty much like the recipe, changing tarragon leaves to a herb mixture from our herb garden and really enjoyed it. We go to Costco once a month, get the chicken of course, and make this yummy salad usually for our third meal from the bird.

Needs more mayonnaise or add som sour cream.

Way too much lemon. I'll use half next time.

Used blueberries in place of grapes, miracle whip for mayo and forgot the nuts. It was yummy!

My version of this is to add grated fresh ginger to the mayo dressing. Taste as you go and add as much as you need. It’s more than you think, but adds just the right amount of je-ne-sais-quoi to make this truly outstanding.

I’m surprised there are no notes for this recipe, I love hearing what others thought and what they did differently. As for me, looking for something for lunch last minute on this first truly hot day of summer, I didn’t have grapes so I used dried cranberries and used canned chicken. Otherwise with the fresh herbs in my garden I was able to make it true to the recipe. It was very good!

Addendum: and just like that the 72 notes popped up. I’ll be reading all of them now!

This is a great recipe. Fo us, approx. 1 lb of boneless cooked chicken breast is adequate for this amount of dressing. I use about 2 Tbsp of lemon juice and decrease the tarragon to 1 tsp.

~1/3 cup full fat greek yog, tbsp or so of mayo. no herbs but added penzey's fox point spice. no red onion. a little radicchio. delicious.

Scrumptious! Half a lemon and half sour cream half mayo. Pecans! Divine

I've made chicken salad since I was a kid, but never with a recipe. Who really needs a recipe for chicken salad, I thought. But I came across this when looking for something else so decided to try it. Well. I'm a convert. This was really delicious! I had all the ingredients on hand except fresh tarragon, so I used dried. Still really, really good. Also, adding the lemon juice allows for more dressing (moisture) without the need for quite as much mayo.

I omitted the lemon and grapes. Used sweet white onion instead of red. Doubled the fresh tarragon and chives. Delicious!

Do you use the dark meat or just the white meat?

For a quick lunch, I substitute tuna for chicken. I leave out the chives. It's a family favorite.

Made this in the morning and took the sandwiches in a cooler for an outdoor lunch in the afternoon. Added kettle cooked chips on the side and everyone loved it. That lemony dressing is the kind of enhancement that makes this site so valuable.