Cashew Curry Chicken Salad

An open-face chicken salad sandwich next to a side salad and pita chips.

Cashew curry chicken salad uses just a few ingredients, is full of crunch, and boasts a wonderfully warm spice flavor. Delicious served hot or cold, this easy recipe is a great choice for using up leftover cooked or rotisserie chicken.

Course Main Dish

Cuisine Fusion

Prep Time 20

Total Time 20

Servings

Calories 259kcal

Author Alyssa

Ingredients

4 - 5 cups cooked and shredded chicken anything in this range is fine (see note)
⅔ cup light mayonnaise
2 Tablespoons apple cider vinegar or white
½ teaspoon curry powder
¼ teaspoon salt or to taste
¼ teaspoon ground black pepper or to taste
1 cup sliced celery
⅔ cup lightly-salted cashew pieces
2 Tablespoons diced onion red or white

Instructions

Shred cooked chicken and set aside.
In a large bowl, whisk together mayonnaise, vinegar, curry powder, salt, and pepper. Stir in chicken, celery, cashews, and onion until chicken is fully coated by the mayonnaise mixture and all of the ingredients are well mixed.
Refrigerate if not serving right away. Serve this salad warm or chilled scooped over leafy greens, wrapped in a tortilla or butter or Bibb lettuce leaves, scoop into pita halves, or enjoy on a traditional (or open-face!) sandwich.

Notes

Chicken - Somewhere between four to five cups of cooked, shredded chicken is approximately the yield from one rotisserie chicken or the meat of roughly 2 pounds of chicken breast.

Salt - Go easy on adding salt at first if you're using a rotisserie chicken and including the seasoned (and fairly salty) skin.

Storage - Store leftover chicken salad in an air-tight container and refrigerate for up to 3 days. I recommend against freezing it as it will lose its crunch and the mayo-based dressing will likely be impacted negatively from freezing/thawing.

Nutrition - Nutritional info is estimated for this recipe to yield six servings of chicken salad. It does not include what you might serve it with.

Nutrition

Nutritional information is provided as an estimate. As it can vary due to many factors (brands used, quantities, etc.), we cannot guarantee its accuracy.