Cranberry Pecan Chicken Salad with Poppy Seed Dressing is an easy recipe that a whole family would love! It's a great side dish or light dinner. This salad makes a wonderful meal for the holiday menu, especially Thanksgiving or Christmas.
Cranberry Pecan Chicken Salad with Poppy Seed Dressing is one of the best chicken salads you'll ever taste! The homemade, easy-to-make poppy seed dressing makes this salad quite special. Give yourself and your family a treat - scroll down to the recipe and make this salad!
Great recipe for leftovers
Not only is this salad great with chicken, it will also work great with leftover turkey meat since Thanksgiving is coming up!
Ingredients for the salad
The salad has only 4 simple ingredients: cooked chicken, dried cranberries, chopped pecans, and chopped green onions.
Simple homemade dressing
What makes this salad really special is the homemade dressing, made with mayo, sour cream, a touch of Dijon mustard, honey, and poppy seeds! It's delicious!
Cranberry Pecan Chicken Salad with Poppy Seed Dressing
Ingredients
Dressing
- ½ cup mayonnaise
- ¼ cup sour cream
- 2 tablespoon honey softened
- 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
- 1 tablespoon poppy seeds
- salt to taste
Salad
- 4 cups chicken breast , cooked, chopped (about 2 chicken breasts)
- 1 cup pecans , chopped
- ½ cup dried cranberries
- 4 green onions , chopped
Instructions
- In a medium bowl, combine all dressing ingredients. Whisk until well combined. Add salt, to taste.
- In a large bowl, combine all salad ingredients. Add salad dressing and toss to coat. Add salt, to taste.
Nutrition
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Could you just use poppy seed dressing from the market
Hi Jody! If it's a creamy poppy seed dressing, then yes!
Thank you for this crowd pleading recipe. Nothing had to be altered & I received many compliments
Thank you, Sybl, I am so happy everyone enjoyed this salad!
Hi Julia, I just wanted to comment that I love your channel and the delicious receipes you post. I really like that you use everyday, easy to find ingredients. The photos pull me in. I've made many of your recipes. I don't have a favorite because the ones I made were all yummy to me. Thank you, thank you!
Wow, Thea, you are so very kind, thank you for your comment, it made my day! 🙂
This has become a family favorite! So simple, delicious, and reasonably healthy!
I am so happy to hear that, Shelley! 🙂
Is there a dairy-free dressing option?
Hi Katie, for dairy-free, you can just use mayo (without sour cream), or replace sour cream with plain dairy-free yogurt.
Great recipe ! Was not a huge fan of the Dijon mustard, may leave that out next time, but overall the recipe is definitely a 5 star !
That's wonderful to hear, Angie! 🙂
We loved this salad recipe. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks, Linda, so glad you liked it! 🙂
how much is a serving?
Hi Lori, this recipe makes 6 servings.
Question: Has anyone made this with miracle Whip instead of Mayo?
Hi Linda, if using Miracle Whip, I would skip honey, since Miracle Whip is usually sweeter than mayo.
Thank you. I'm going to make this for my friends.
I hope everyone loves it! 🙂