If you are looking for a simple, but very appetizing chicken salad recipe, this Jason’s Deli Chicken Salad is perfection. It’s made with chicken and mayo but adds a special ingredient to make it so unique. And it takes only 10 minutes to make.
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Classic Chicken Salad
Do you like chicken salad, but think it can be complicated to make? A classic chicken salad recipe is usually made up of chicken, mayo, hard-boiled egg, celery, onion, pepper, pickles, and a variety of mustards. But this can take too long to make on the fly.
Jason’s Deli chicken salad has only 6 ingredients and takes only 10 minutes to make.
How to Make Jason’s Deli Chicken Salad
Would you be surprised to know the secret ingredient in this recipe is crushed pineapple? It’s surprisingly amazing and slightly sweet. And the almonds give it the perfect crunch!
Here’s what you need:
- Chicken Breast
- Mayonnaise
- Crushed Pineapple
- Almonds Slivers
- Salt & Pepper
After you shred the chicken, combine it with the mayonnaise, crushed pineapple, almond slivers, salt, and pepper. Make sure it’s completely mixed together and refrigerate for an hour before serving.
Notes
- If you do not want to drain your pineapple you don’t need to, but you will need to reduce the amount of mayonnaise by at least a tablespoon.
- Store the chicken salad in the refrigerator in a sealed container. It will last for about 2-3 days.
- If you are going to freeze the chicken salad, do not mix in the mayo until you are ready to eat.
- Chicken salad can be served hot or cold. This recipe is cold but you can use warm chicken for the salad.
- You can serve this chicken salad alone, with crackers, on a sandwich, or you could get fancy and stuff it inside of cream puff shells for a party.
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Jason’s Deli Chicken Salad
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 pounds cooked chicken breast
- 1/2 cup crushed pineapple drained
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- 1/4 cup almond slivers you can add more if you like
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
Instructions
- Shred chicken into fine pieces. In a medium-sized bowl combine chicken, crushed pineapple, mayonnaise, almond slivers, salt, and pepper. Stir until the mixture is uniform. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour before serving.
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Notes
- If you do not want to drain your pineapple you don’t need to, but you will need to reduce the amount of mayonnaise by at least a tablespoon.
- Store the chicken salad in the refrigerator in a sealed container. It will last for about 2-3 days.
- If you are going to freeze the chicken salad, do not mix in the mayo until you are ready to eat.
- Chicken salad can be served hot or cold. This recipe is cold but you can use warm chicken for the salad.
- You can serve this chicken salad alone, with crackers, on a sandwich, or you could get fancy and stuff it inside of cream puff shells for a party.
I will try this today. I would also love to have a copykat recipe for 2 things: Costco’s chicken salad and Spaghetti Factory’s Spaghetti Clam Sauce.
Thank you for your suggestions.
Sooo good!! And just like Jason’s Deli!!! Thank you for sharing!
Love this recipe! I always make chicken salad this way, especially for parties. Would love to have the recipe for Ginger Dressing that Asian City uses on their salad.
Thanks, Bitsy. I will keep your suggestion in mind.
I recently had Jason’s Chicken Salad, and it was made with red grapes instead of pineapple.
I will have to go in and check it out thanks.
I did go back and check, they still made it with pineapple, no grapes at my location.
I’m going to try this recipe, but I would love to have a copycat recipe for Great Harvest Bread Company Chicken Salad.
hope you enjoy this recipe, I will take a look at the Great Harvest Bread Company Chicken Salad!
This is oddly satisfying! It is sooo delicious! I would have never though to incorporate pineapple in my chicken salad. Thank you!! Wow!! Soooooo good!! ????
This IS the recipe! I received the exact same recipe from a friend who used to be a GM at Jason’s. I use Miracle Whip, and sometimes toss in a handful of dried cranberries.
Oh wow, how about that. Glad you liked the recipe.
White pepper is are was used for chicken salad at Jason’s back when I worked there over 10yrs ago- n I still make it with White pepper verse black pepper
This didn’t taste anything like Jason Deli’s chicken salad.