Go Back

Summer Cherry Chicken Salad

Print Recipe

Ingredients
  

  • 2 1/2 lb chicken breasts, shredded may sub rotisserie chicken, shredded
  • 1 Tbsp olive oil if cooking your chicken from scratch, if using rotisserie, omit
  • 2 large green onions trimmed and chopped, use the bulb and stalks
  • 3/4 c mayo
  • 1/2 lemon juiced and zested
  • 1/4 cup crushed pistachios
  • 1 1/4 cups fresh cherries pitted and halved
  • 1 Tbsp fresh minced basil
  • salt and pepper to taste

Instructions
 

  • 1. Heat oven to 400 degrees F. Set your chicken breasts in a small glass baking dish. Brush with olive oil and sprinkle on salt and pepper. Roast until chicken registers 160 F internally or about 35-40 minutes depending on the thickness of your breasts.
  • 2. In a small bowl, whisk together mayo, lemon juice, lemon zest, salt and pepper. 
  • 3. In a larger bowl, add the rest of the chicken salad ingredients: chicken, cherries, green onion, pistachios and basil.
  • Pour mayo mixture over the chicken salad ingredients and toss until your mixture is well incorporated. Serve on toast or croissant!
Keyword cherry, chicken, chicken salad, farmers market, pistachio