🍗 What Makes This Recipe So Good
This keto chicken salad is SO easy to make! Sure, you can cook chicken breasts specifically for your salad, buuuutttt…. If you want to make it even easier then you can start with cooked chicken, like a whole rotisserie chicken from Costco. Just make sure you remove the skin! Bonus: if you use a whole chicken then you can turn around and use the bones for collagen-rich Instant Pot Bone Broth That Gels. It’s got perfect keto macros! 1g total carbs, 0g net carbs, 31g of fat, 37g of protein… it’s a keto dream! If you end up with leftovers, refrigerate them in an airtight container for 4 to 5 days. Since it keeps well and there’s no reheating needed, it’s a great option for meal preps and make-ahead meals!
👩🏼‍🍳 Chef’s Tips
When you’re following a keto way of eating, the hard part with most dips and salads like this is finding a keto-friendly vessel to use. For this keto chicken salad, I like to serve it in lettuce cups, or with keto bacon chips, keto cheese chips, or keto almond flour crackers. You could also use celery stalks, or honestly, you could even enjoy it all on its own! I really recommend letting the chicken salad chill in the fridge for at least an hour before serving. It’s not a requirement or anything, but you’ll get much better flavors if you give everything time to mingle. If you’re serving keto chicken salad at a potluck or cookout, you want to be mindful of food safety recommendations! This recipe uses chicken and mayonnaise, so it should only sit out for 2 hours max at room temperature. If you’re serving it outside and the temp is over 90° Fahrenheit, it can only sit out for 1 hour max. Careful not to overcook your chicken! Remove it from the broth when it reaches 160° Fahrenheit, and let it rest 5 minutes before shredding it. It’ll cook a little more during that rest time, and should reach a food safe internal temperature of at least 165°F.
🤤 Flavor Variations
For extra fat and protein, mix in chopped hardboiled eggs and cooked, chopped bacon! I like to top off a scoop of this variation with a little ranch dressing. Like your chicken salad a little spicy? Mix in buffalo sauce (as little or as much as you like) for a buffalo keto chicken salad. Finely chopped jalapeños are a great mix-in with a little kick! They give the chicken salad a nice, juicy crunch, too. On that note, if you’re a fan of pickles, you might like finely chopped pickles or keto-friendly sweet or dill relish in your keto chicken salad. For a Thanksgiving-season take on chicken salad, skip the celery and mix in fresh cranberries (yup – they’re keto-friendly!) and finely chopped walnuts or sliced, roasted almonds. You could even make your own dried cranberries with keto sweetener to use in your chicken salad.
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