This cranberry chicken salad sandwich recipe is a simple & delicious lunch that you can make for your family. It is easy to make and takes only a few minutes to prepare. This recipe only uses chicken, celery, dried cranberries, mayonnaise and a little salt & pepper. Your family will love it.
We often use this chicken salad recipe as the main ingredient for our lunchtime sandwiches. It goes well with many different kinds of home made breads (that you can easily make with a bread machine) such as our rosemary onion bread recipe, cranberry banana bread recipe, etc.
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Cut up the chicken into small bits
Celery – To give some crunch to the chicken salad
Toss in some tasty dried cranberries
End Result – A wonderful cranberry chicken salad sandwich
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Cranberry Chicken Salad Sandwich Recipe – Ingredients
- 1 1/2 Cups – Cooked Chicken Breast (Diced)
- 1/2 Cup – Celery (Sliced)
- 2 Tablespoons – Dried Cranberries
- 1/2 Cup – Mayonnaise
- 1/4 Teaspoon – Salt (optional)
- 1/4 Teaspoon – Black Pepper (optional)
Cranberry Chicken Salad Sandwich Recipe – Instructions
- Dice the cooked chicken into small chunks.
- Wash the celery.
- Slice the celery into small bits.
- Add chicken, celery and cranberries into a large bowl.
- Add the salt and black pepper.
- Mix in the mayonnaise with other ingredients.
- Spread resulting chicken salad onto your favorite home made bread to make a great sandwich!
Tips
- Instead of cooking some chicken breast at home, you can also use some store bought oven roasted chicken or turkey.
- Add more mayonnaise to this recipe if you want a “creamier” (mayo-ier?) chicken salad.
- Don’t add hot (just cooked) chicken to the salad as it disrupts the mayonnaise. You want the cooked chicken to be chilled (refrigerator temperature) when making the chicken salad.
- Add this chicken salad to your favorite home made bread recipe in order to make the perfect chicken salad sandwich. You can also experiment with different bread recipes in order to create a large variety of great tasting chicken salad sandwiches.
- If you want things even crunchier, you can add some iceberg-type lettuce to your sandwich.
Cranberry Chicken Salad Sandwich Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 Cups - Cooked Chicken Breast (Diced)
- 1/2 Cup - Celery (Sliced)
- 2 Tablespoons - Dried Cranberries
- 1/2 Cup - Mayonnaise
- 1/4 Teaspoon - Salt
- 1/4 Teaspoon - Black Pepper
- 8 Slices - Your favorite home made bread machine bread
Instructions
- Dice the cooked chicken into small chunks.
- Wash the celery.
- Slice the celery into small bits.
- Add chicken, celery and cranberries into a large bowl.
- Add the salt and black pepper. Optional.
- Mix in the mayonnaise with other ingredients.
- Spread resulting chicken salad onto your favorite home made bread to make a great sandwich!
Notes
- Instead of cooking some chicken breast at home, you can also use some store bought oven roasted chicken or turkey.
- Add more mayonnaise to this recipe if you want a “creamier” (mayo-ier?) chicken salad.
- Don’t add hot (just cooked) chicken to the salad as it disrupts the mayonnaise. You want the cooked chicken to be chilled (refrigerator temperature) when making the chicken salad.
- Add this chicken salad to your favorite home made bread recipe in order to make the perfect chicken salad sandwich. You can also experiment with different bread recipes in order to create a large variety of great tasting chicken salad sandwiches.
This cranberry chicken salad sandwich recipe makes a delicious lunch sandwich. My kids love it. It is also very easy to make.
Bread Dad
Like the addition of cranberries. Great chicken salad recipe.
Crunchy and sweet. I love it.