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Chicken Salad Recipe

homemade chicken salad sandwich with celery and pecans with arugula
  • Serves:  4
  • Prep Time:  15 min
  • Cook Time:  15 min

Ingredients

  • 4 cups shredded chicken
  • ½ cup mayonnaise
  • 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
  • ½ teaspoon sea salt
  • ¼ teaspoon freshly cracked black pepper
  • 1 cup diced celery
  • ⅓ cup roughly chopped pecans (optional)
  • 2 tablespoons flat leaf parsley, stems removed and roughly chopped
  • 1 teaspoon fresh lemon zest
  • 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice (from 1 lemon)
  • 1⅓ cups baby arugula
  • 8 slices whole wheat or oatmeal bread

Method

  1. In a medium bowl, combine the shredded chicken, mayonnaise, mustard, salt, pepper, celery, pecans, parsley, lemon zest, and lemon juice.
  2. Divide the chicken salad between 4 slices of the bread and top each with ⅓ cup of the arugula. Top with the remaining 4 slices of bread and serve.