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southern chicken salad sandwich

Dill Chicken Salad

Course Salad
Cuisine American
Servings 6 people

Ingredients
  

  • 4 chicken breasts
  • 1-2 tsp dried dill to taste
  • olive oil
  • 1/2 cup plain whole-milk yogurt
  • 1/2 cup mayonnaise
  • 4 stalks and leaves of celery
  • 1 bunch scallions finely chopped, approx. 3/4 cup
  • 1/2 cupe fresh dill chopped
  • Zest and juice of one lemon
  • Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper to taste

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 400ºF.
  • Place chicken breasts on a sheet pan lined with foil. Drizzle olive oil over both sides of the chicken breasts, rubbing to coat evenly. Season generously with salt, pepper, and dried dill. Roast chicken until a meat thermometer reads 165ºF, about 20–25 minutes. Let chicken rest for 10 minutes.
  • Transfer cooked chicken to the bowl of a KitchenAid mixer and carefully pour in any accumulated juices from the sheet pan. Quickly shred the chicken using the mixer’s paddle attachment, or alternatively, shred by hand in a large bowl, using two forks.
  • In a large serving bowl, combine yogurt, mayonnaise, celery, scallions, lemon zest and juice, and fresh dill. Stir until mixed; taste and season with salt and pepper. Add in the shredded chicken and stir until well combined. Refrigerate chicken salad until ready to eat; serve on sandwiches or with lettuce and crackers.
Keyword Chicken salad, Dill, Southern food