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Italian Style Chicken Salad

September 3, 2019 by Tina Verrelli 4 Comments
Modified August 16, 2020 at 9:37 pm

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Quick & Tasty Chicken Salad!

I use a chopper or food processor to chop this chicken salad up lickety-split! The tastiness comes from a few flavorful friends in the pantry: pitted kalamata olives (but any olive would work) and giardiniera; an Italian style mix of pickled vegetables.  

Giardiniera:

Giardiniera usually contains a mix of pickled carrots, peppers, cauliflower, celery, olives etc. that are packed in a brine. You can find it in mild or hot versions.  At the grocery store it’s usually stocked where you would find jars of pickles, olives and roasted peppers.  (There is sometimes a “Chicago” style version that is packed in oil.  I don’t use that type for this particular recipe – but this style is awesome on hot dogs!)

I love using giardiniera in chicken salad as it’s an easy way to add pre-cut tangy-tasty veggies to your salad. This salad is chopped up fine, so everything stays put on your chicken salad sandwich. While you have your food processor/chopper out, you can also make a quick homemade no-raw-egg “mayonnaise” to go in your chicken salad – recipe here. Enjoy!

Italian Style Chicken Salad

I use a chopper or food processor to chop this chicken salad up lickety-split! The tastiness comes from a few flavorful friends in the pantry: pitted kalamata olives (but any olive would work) and giardiniera; an Italian style mix of pickled vegetables.
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Cuisine: Italian
Keyword: chicken, Salad
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 10 minutes
Servings: 1 cups (approx.)

Ingredients

  • 1/4 cup pitted kalamata olives
  • 1/2 cup giardiniera, drained mild or hot
  • 2 tablespoons fresh Italian flat parsley leaves
  • 2 cups cooked chicken rotisserie chicken works great
  • 1/3 cup mayonnaise plus more to taste
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon pepper
  • 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice

Instructions 

  • I like to chop this chicken salad in a chopper or food processor. It makes a nice texture that holds together on a sandwich.
  • Add olives, giardiniera, parsley to food processor. Break the chicken into about 1 1/2 inch pieces and add on top of the vegetable mixture. Pulse to chop the vegetables and chicken.
  • Pour the chicken mixture into a bowl and add mayonnaise, salt, pepper and lemon juice. Stir to mix.
  • I like to serve this chicken salad on ciabatta buns that are split, drizzled with a little olive oil, salt and pepper and toasted.

Notes

Giardiniera usually contains a mix of pickled carrots, peppers, cauliflower, celery, olives etc. that are packed in a brine. You can find it in mild or hot versions.  At the grocery store it's usually stocked where you would find jars of pickles, olives and roasted peppers.  (There is sometimes a "Chicago" style version that is packed in oil.  I don't use that type for this particular recipe - but this style is awesome on hot dogs!)
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Filed Under: Brunch, chicken, Chopper Recipes, Dinner / Lunch, salad, Salads / Sides / Vegetables Tagged With: chicken salad, chopper, giardiniera, mailchimp, olives

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  1. Lynn Kowalski

    September 7, 2019 at 3:13 pm

    Are you ever going to write a cookbook? I sure hope so.

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    • Christina Verrelli

      September 9, 2019 at 6:21 pm

      I hope to soon Lynn!

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  2. jennifer L. royer

    February 16, 2020 at 8:00 pm

    I agree with Lynn looking for a cookbook from you! trying to print out all your recipes can be a pain would love a pet book and a receipe book your amazing!

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    • Christina Verrelli

      February 17, 2020 at 12:43 pm

      Hi Jennifer – Hoping to have a cookbook soon!

      Reply

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