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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Will be making this over and over again. Absolutely Delicious and Loved and devoured by All.
Rocky, I am so happy you love this recipe! 🙂 Thank you for such a positive comment! 🙂
Do my pecans need to be roasted?
Lisa, I always prefer to briefly roast the pecans, so yes!
Has anyone made this with canned chicken?
Sherry, I haven't made this with canned chicken. But it would be good with store-bought cooked rotisserie chicken!
I made it using canned chicken once, and only once. What a mistake! It tasted horrible! Won't do that again. That being said, I make this at least 3 times a month, we love it. I also like to add some thin sliced celery as well.
Judith, I am so happy you love this recipe!! Freshly cooked chicken tastes the best! 🙂
This chicken salad is memorable, so I just keep making it again. Very easy with only 4 ingredients and yummy poppyseed dressing.
Danette, I am so glad you found this recipe worth repeating! Thank you for taking the time to share such a positive comment!
I love this chicken salad!!!
Pam, I am glad you love it, and Thank You for the 5-star rating! 🙂
This was delicious! It will be in my regular summer salad rotation. Thank you it was so good.
Pam, I am so flattered by your comment! Glad the recipe was enjoyed!
Absolutely delicious! No need to wait for a holiday or season to make this gem.
Rhonda, I just love your comment - thank you for taking the time to share such positive feedback! 🙂
Omg. This is delicious! I’m vegetarian so I swap chickpeas for chicken. Amazing! The dressing is so yummy you’ll want to lick the bowl
Ruth, your comment made my day! I am so glad you've enjoyed this recipe! And, thank you for sharing that you made it vegetarian by using chickpeas instead of chicken!
Could I use a different poppy seed dressing on this salad? I have a homemade version that we love but use mainly for green salad.
Of course, you can!
I have never made this recipe but it looks good. My question is it says it is 6 servings but what are you calling a serving? A cup? Thanks
I am not sure if one serving is a cup, probably. I would just divide the salad into 6 equal servings.