Dill Pickle Chicken Salad
Published 4/2/2024
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Our dill pickle chicken salad features that amazingly tangy dill pickle flavor we all love thanks to slices of baby dills as well as fresh dill and pickle juice. It doesn’t get any better than this chicken salad 😋
Serve on its own, on toast, in a wrap, or on top of field greens for the perfect summer meal.
We’ve dubbed this the year of the pickle! And can’t get enough of that tangy pickle flavor — you may have noticed 😏 It all started with our dill pickle dip, then came our air fryer pickles and spicy pickle margaritas, and now — this dill pickle chicken salad. It’s tangy, crunchy and perfectly creamy. When I say it’s the only chicken salad recipe our team is making these days, I’m not exaggerating at all.
Dill Pickle Chicken Salad Ingredients
For the full recipe, scroll down to the recipe card for a list of ingredients and instructions.
- Shredded chicken: we used rotisserie chicken to make things easy peasy. Feel free to use 1.5 lbs. of any shredded chicken of your choice.
- Baby dill pickles: 2 whopping cups of sliced baby dills means you’ll get a crunchy bite of pickle in every bite.
- Crunchy veggies: dice up white onion and celery stalks for the ultimate crunch companion to the sliced baby dills in this chicken salad.
- Fresh dill: a big ol’ handful of fresh chopped dill, yahs please 😏
- Creamy sauce: our dill pickle chicken salad sauce is creamy and tangy. We’re using primarily Greek yogurt and some mayo tossed together with chopped fresh dill, dill pickle juice, lemon juice, garlic powder and salt.
Choosing Shredded Chicken
Every good chicken salad begins with shredded chicken. Feel free to make your own or buy store-bought or use rotisserie chicken (what we did when testing this recipe!).
If you’d like to make your own shredded chicken, we have a handful of tutorials to help you out:
#1 Pro Tip: If you make your own shredded chicken, make sure to chill the chicken before mixing it with the rest of the ingredients.
How to Serve Dill Pickle Chicken Salad
- On a bun: serve this chicken salad on your favorite bun with a piece of bib lettuce and any other toppings your heart desires.
- In a lettuce wrap: make this a low-carb meal and serve it in a lettuce wrap.
- On toast: have it for breakfast and serve it on top of a piece of toast with an egg.
- On top of field greens: pair this chicken salad atop greens of your choice for the ultimate dill pickle chicken salad.
Storage
Transfer leftover dill pickle chicken salad into an airtight container. Make lunchtime tomorrow even easier by storing this chicken salad in individual serving jars like our fave W&P jars below. Store in the fridge for up to 3-5 days. Add additional fresh chopped dill when you serve to freshen up the leftovers.
Dill Pickle Chicken Salad Recipe
Ingredients
- 1.5 lb. shredded chicken, we used rotisserie chicken
- 2 cups sliced baby dill pickles
- ½ large white onion, minced
- 2 stalks celery, diced
- ½ cup chopped fresh dill
- Sauce
- 1 cup 2% Greek yogurt
- ¼ cup mayonnaise
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh dill
- 2 tablespoons dill pickle juice
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
Instructions
- In a large bowl, combine the chicken dill pickles, onion, celery, and fresh dill. Set aside.
- In a separate bowl, mix the Greek yogurt, mayonnaise, dill, pickle juice, lemon juice, garlic powder, and salt.
- Add the sauce to the chicken mixture and mix until well combined.
- Serve on its own, on toast, in a wrap, and enjoy.
Tips & Notes
- We used rotisserie chicken, so the amount of chicken may vary depending on the size of the chicken.
- Feel free to prepare the chicken in the oven, Instant Pot, air fryer, or stovetop.
- We used baby dills, but you can use larger pickles, too. Large pickles may need to be sliced into half moons rather than rounds.
- Be sure to use dill pickles, not butter pickles.
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Nutrition
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Photography: photos taken in this post are by Ashley McGlaughlin from The Edible Perspective.
This recipe is so good! I’m going to be making it again and again and again.
Yay!
This is a top 5 FFF recipe for us! So easy to make, so refreshing, and so versatile. We love that it can be a snack or a main!! Plus, though we are pickle lovers, this was far less pickle forward than we thought and far more balanced. Secretly hoping this is the sneak peak on the Hodge Podge menu 🤞😍
Maaaaayyybe you’ll see this one on the hodgepodge menu 👀👀👀🥰
Good recipe! I like salad for summer
This is a creative take on the traditional chicken salad. I appreciate the addition of Greek yogurt for added protein, and the dill pickles definitely amp up the dill flavor. I am giving this four out of five starts mostly because I am remembering how strong dill pickle flavor is, and that I usually like bread and butter pickles. That is a personal preference, though, and does not reflect on the recipe.
Delicious! The sauce is really tasty. I enjoyed the chicken salad on a flat out with greens. The chicken salad tasted even better on day 2. This recipe will be on repeat.
Yum!
I love dill pickles, but surprisingly not crazy about the herb, dill, so I wasn’t too put out that there was no fresh dill at our local grocery store. I used dried (1T fresh = 1tsp dry) . It was wonderful right after I made it, but even better the next day for lunch. It’s a great change from my standard curry chicken salad. This WILL be on repeat!
So glad you loved this, Jo!
This is a new summer staple for sure! My pickle loving self is so happy🥒💚
We’ve been calling it the year of the pickle over here! 😀
This was so yummy! I put it atop homemade sourdough and romaine – super good. I’m excited to have this for the rest of the week for lunch!
Mmmm I bet it was delish on homemade sourdough!
Had mine on toasted homemade sourdough today! 😋
This was so easy and so delicious! Perfect for my pickle-obsessed household. When toasted up on some crusty bread, the filling was so rich and creamy.
YUM!
I LOVE pickles and this salad was exactly what I need. It tastes just like a dill pickle, with all the goodness of a creamy chicken salad. I make my own pickles with fresh homegrown dill. This is a great way to use my dill and pickles because dill grows so rapidly! Excellent flavor! I served with some lettuce and on homemade collagen flatbreads! Will be making this on repeat! #fitfoodiefindscookingclub
Fresh dill was non-existent at our grocery store – how lucky you grow it. I don’t eat it enough want to add it to my herb garden so I resorted to dry.
OMG homemade pickles and homegrown dill!? So fun, Taylor.