This easy recipe for Sonoma Chicken Salad is the best way to enjoy a cold lunch that is flavorful and healthy. It uses simple ingredients like mayo, chicken and grapes and is a perfect copycat recipe to the popular Whole Foods, Perkins or Costco chicken salad.
This recipe for chicken salad is featured in the Whole30 Friends & Family Cookbook.
Sonoma Chicken Salad is a sweet and savory cold chicken salad that contains chicken, celery, onion, mayo, nuts and grapes for sweetness.
Makes a great option for sandwiches or to top greens with for salad.This recipe was made popular at a restaurant in Sonoma but is more recently a popular option to buy at Whole Foods Market.
🐔Ingredients You’ll Need
- Cooked Shredded Chicken: You’ll need shredded chicken for this recipe. You can buy a rotisserie chicken and shred the meat or you can make this all purpose shredded chicken in the crockpot, instant pot or stovetop.
- Mayonnaise: This give the chicken salad a creamy texture, you can buy your own Whole30 compliant may or you can make your own One Minute Mayo using simple clean ingredients.
- Chopped Pecans: Gives a nutty crunch.
- Diced Celery and Onion: This gives the salad flavor and a crunchy texture.
- Red Seedless Grapes: Adds a hint of sweetness that pairs well with the savory chicken flavors.
- Fresh Parsley: Adds a pop of freshness.
- Celery Seed: Give the chicken salad a deeper flavor that compliments classic chicken salad.
- Garlic Powder: A perfect pairing flavor with the celery and onion.
📖How To Make Homemade Sonoma Chicken Salad
1️⃣ Add all ingredients except grapes into a large bowl and fold together until fully combined.
2️⃣ Toss in grapes and fold again.
3️⃣ Garnish with extra parsley and serve cold.
🍽️What To Serve With Chicken Salad?
Serve chicken salad over a bed of greens or scooped into lettuce wraps.
You could also add it to a sandwich with fresh sliced avocado or with these Old Bay Paleo Crackers.
🥗Whole Foods Sonoma Chicken Salad Copycat
Sonoma chicken salad is a popular recipe from Whole Foods Market that you can buy premade in the store.
This copycat my version to fit a Whole30 reset. It does not contain honey, apple cider vinegar or poppy seeds like the traditional recipe.
More Healthy Chicken Salad Recipes
- Bacon Ranch Chicken Salad
- BBQ Chicken Salad
- Chicken Salad with Walnuts and Apples
❔FAQ
What’s the best store bought chicken salad?
People love the chicken salad from Costco, Trader Joe’s wine country chicken salad, Publix classic chicken salad and Archer farms rosemary chicken salad.
Does Costco sell chicken salad?
Yes! In recent years they have taken the rotisserie chicken and made it into a creamy chicken salad you can purchase. You can also purchase their shredded rotisserie chicken but I recommend buying the whole chicken so you can make Rotisserie Chicken Bone Broth.
How do you fix too much mayo in chicken salad?
If you added too much mayo to your chicken salad, your best bet is to add more celery or chicken to thin it out.
Can I use greek yogurt instead of mayo?
Yes! lots of people love using greek yogurt as a replacement for mayonnaise.
What do I do if my chicken salad is too salty?
Try adding more chicken or celery. You could also add more grapes to counteract the salty with sweet.
Sonoma Chicken Salad
This easy recipe for Whole30 Sonoma Chicken Salad is the best way to enjoy a cold lunch that is flavorful and healthy. It uses simple ingredients like mayo, chicken and grapes and is a perfect copycat recipe to the popular Whole Foods, Perkins or Costco chicken salad. Scoop it up and eat it on a bed of greens, on a sandwich with avocado or use it as a dip for your favorite crackers.
4.10 from 10 votes
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Prep Time: 15 minutes minutes
Total Time: 15 minutes minutes
Servings: 6 servings
Calories: 316kcal
Author: Valerie Skinner
Ingredients
- 4 cups Shredded Chicken cooked
- 1.5 cup Mayonnaise
- 3 stalks Celery small dice
- ¼ Red Onion small dice
- 1 cup Pecans chopped
- 2 cups Red Seedless Grapes halved
- 2 tbsp Fresh Parsley chopped
- 1 tbsp Celery Seed
- ½ tsp garlic powder
- salt/pepper to taste
Instructions
Add all ingredients except grapes into a large bowl and stir until fully combined
Toss in grapes
Garnish with extra parsley
Nutrition
Serving: 3/4 cup | Calories: 316kcal | Carbohydrates: 13g | Protein: 25g | Fat: 19g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 15g | Cholesterol: 68mg | Sodium: 184mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 9g
