Description
Celebrate the holidays with this delicious Christmas Chicken Salad. A delightful blend of flavors—chicken, pecans, pomegranate, and more—perfect for festive feasting!
Ingredients
Scale
- 5-6 cups. cooked chicken breasts, diced
- ½ cup pecans, roughly chopped
- 2 stalk celery, diced
- 3 green onions, sliced
- 1 cup mayonnaise
- 1 lemon , juiced
- salt and pepper, to taste
- 1/2 cup mozzarella cheese, shredded
- 1 pomegranate (or 1 cup pomegranate arils)
- 2 rosemary sprigs, for decoration, optional
Instructions
- Add the cooked chicken, pecans, celery, green onions to a mixing bowl along with the mayonnaise, and lemon juice. Season with salt and pepper. Mix everything together until it's well combined.
- Transfer the salad to the serving dish and arrange it in the shape of a Christmas stocking.
- Decorate the stocking "sole" and the top with shredded Mozzarella cheese. Spread the pomegranate arils over the entire stocking, except for the "Sole" and the top.
- Let it chill in the fridge until you're ready to serve.
- Enjoy!
Notes
Storage: As this recipe is intended to be served chilled, avoid leaving it at room temperature for more than two hours. Instead, store it in the refrigerator where it can be kept fresh for up to 3 to 5 days.
- Prep Time: 10 min
- Cook Time: 5 min
- Category: Salad recipes
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Calories: 567 kcal
- Sugar: 6 g
- Sodium: 436 g
- Fat: 46 g
- Saturated Fat: 7 g
- Carbohydrates: 7 g
- Fiber: 3g
- Protein: 27 g
- Cholesterol: 112 g