Southern Chicken Salad with Pineapple - Southern Luncheonette Recipes
This fabulous Southern Chicken Salad recipe featuring Carolina peanuts and tropical pineapple will satisfy a hankerin' for a taste of home!
Servings: 4 servings
Cost: $1.12 per serving
Ingredients
- 1 (8 ounce can) crushed pineapple with juice
- 3/4 cup mayonnaise
- 1 teaspoon lime zest
- 1 tablespoon lime juice
- 1 ½ teaspoons lite soy sauce
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
- ½ small sweet onion chopped very fine, about 2 tablespoons
- 2 cups chicken fully cooked; chopped, pulled, diced, or pulsed to desired consistency in a food processor
- 1 small Granny Smith apple chopped, with or without skin
- ½ cup salted peanuts whole or chopped
- croissants or white bread
- green leaf lettuce
- thick, ripe tomato slices
Instructions
- to a large mixing bowl add the pineapple and its juice, lime juice and zest, mayonnaise, lite soy sauce, black pepper, and some sweet onion. Use a whisk and incorporate until all of the ingredients are smooth.
- Add in the chicken, a chopped Granny Smith with or without the peel, and about a half cup of salted peanuts. You may chop the peanuts or leave whole. Give the ensemble a good stir to get the chicken very well coated.
- The chicken salad is ready to enjoy immediately however this salad does benefit from having time for the flavors to marry. I recommend piling everything into an airtight container with a tight-fitting lid. Once in the container, use a spatula to press the salad spread down to where it's flat. Refrigerate for at least 2 hours. When you're ready to serve, give the salad spread a good stir before heaping it atop bread or lettuce leaves.
Notes
Make Ahead by up to 24 hours. Place in an airtight container with a tight-fitting lid. Once in the container, use a spatula to press the salad spread down to where it's flat and refrigerate until ready to serve. Stir well before serving.
Store Leftovers under refrigeration for 3 to 4 days.
Nutrition
Serving: 1serving | Calories: 485kcal | Carbohydrates: 12g | Protein: 11g | Fat: 45g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 23g | Monounsaturated Fat: 13g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 38mg | Sodium: 494mg | Potassium: 304mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 89IU | Vitamin C: 5mg | Calcium: 37mg | Iron: 1mg