This Dill Pickle Chicken Salad is made with rotisserie chicken, crunchy celery, and red onions covered in a creamy fresh dill, pickle juice, and mayo sauce. It’s quick to throw together and tastes great on toast, sandwiches, or with crackers.
For a low carb option, you could eat this chicken salad with lettuce wraps, or even just solo. And if you are looking for a straight traditional recipe, try our classic Chicken Salad Sandwich.
Dill Pickle Chicken Salad
Dill pickles seem to be having a moment. The tangy, crisp, and herby flavor seems to have found a home with salty snacks like chips, pretzels, and crackers all over the place. While I have added pickles to chicken salad before, I wondered how I could maximize the dill pickle flavor?
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The answer was simple, and so delicious: plenty of fresh dill and pickle juice. In fact, this recipe doesn’t even have pickles in it (although you could absolutely add them). The flavor cuts through and perfectly balances the rich mayo-based sauce. It also pairs perfectly with fresh and crunchy celery and spicy red onion.
In order to keep things easy, this recipe calls for using rotisserie chicken, but leftover chicken would work just as well. And feel free to swap out the chicken for hard-boiled eggs, try different seasoning, or add other crisp veggies.
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- Quick and easy: thanks to the rotisserie chicken, this recipe only takes a few minutes to throw together. I like to make a big batch at the beginning of the week so that I have an easy lunch option whenever I need.
- Versatile: there are so many ways to switch up the ingredients and turn this into an entirely new salad. You can substitute the dill pickle juice for sweet relish, or swap out the chicken for hard-boiled eggs. How about adding diced pickles along with the pickle juice? Feel free to play around with the seasoning and fresh herbs, too.
- You won’t get sick of it: classics are classics for a reason, and if you like chicken salad, it’s hard to get sick of it. This is also one of those recipes that’s easy to please most members of the family, and works for lunches or even a light dinner on the go. It’s also the perfect meal prep recipe because it stores well and only needs a bun to sliced bread to make a meal.
Ingredients You Will Need
- Rotisserie Chicken – the best thing about using rotisserie chicken is that it is ready to go and makes the prep time for this recipe only a few minutes. You could also use leftover chicken if you have any you want to use up.
- Celery – celery adds some freshness and plenty of crunch to the creamy salad.
- Red Onions – the flavor and extra crunchy texture of red onions is perfect for salads, or anywhere that it is served raw. Thinly sliced green onions would also taste good.
- Dill – fresh dill helps enhance the pickle flavor and turns the salad from good to unbelievable. If you want to substitute dried dill, you will only need about ½-1 teaspoon.
- Mayo – you can use full fat or light mayo. If you really want to make it a little more healthy, you could even substitute Greek yogurt.
- Sour Cream – sour cream makes the salad even more creamy and adds some extra tangy flavor.
- Dill Pickle Juice – never throw out your pickle juice! It’s perfect for this chicken salad.
How to Make Chicken Salad With Pickles
- Mix the salad ingredients. In a large bowl, combine the chicken, celery, red onion, dill, mayo, sour cream, pickle juice, salt, and pepper.
- Serve. Serve on bread, a bun, a mini croissant roll, or with your favorite crackers.
More Chicken Salad Recipes
If you love chicken salad, this twist on the classic is just for you. It’s creamy, tangy, crunchy, fresh, and full of flavor. Plus, it takes only about 15 minutes to prepare and stores well. It’s a great recipe for using up leftover chicken, or when you need an easy meal fast!
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Dill Pickle Chicken Salad
Ingredients
Chicken Salad Ingredients
- 4 cups rotisserie chicken, diced into 1/3" chunks
- 1 cup celery, diced
- 1 cup red onions, diced
- 1/3 cup dill, finely chopped
- 1/3 cup mayonnaise
- 1/3 cup sour cream
- 1/3 cup dill pickle juice
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
Instructions
- In a large bowl combine the diced rotisserie chicken, diced celery, diced red onions, chopped dill, mayonnaise, sour cream, pickle juice, salt, and pepper. Mix until combined, then set aside.
- Serve cold with crunchy crackers, in a bun, or on a mini croissant roll. Enjoy!
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