What better way to celebrate a holiday than having a nice serving of chicken salad. Easy chicken salad recipes are convenient since you can make them on the spot or just an hour before serving time with very little cooking time required. The chicken used in the recipes may either be left over roasted chicken, broiled chicken, or if you are really in a hurry, canned chicken chunks.

Easy chicken salad recipes served cold are very easy to make. You can make them in advance and chill them in the refrigerator or keep the leftovers in the refrigerator. There are nuts in some recipes and the nuts are only optional. In case you have allergies, you can leave them out. For those on a low fat diet, you can use low fat or light mayonnaise. The ingredients are very simple. Easy chicken salad recipes of course will have chicken as main ingredient in the mixture. 

About 3 cups of chicken chunks or shredded chicken is just about enough. ¼ Cup of dried cranberries will be used to give it a tangy flavor to balance out the sweetness of the other ingredients. ½ cup of diced celeries, to give the salad that refreshing crunch. About two to three tablespoon of red onion wherein the red onions are expected to give a little bit of spice but not too much as to overpower the other ingredients. ½ cup of apples, diced. This is where the fruity and crunchy texture will come from. Easy chicken salad recipes rarely have nuts in them, but just to add an extra texture and flavor, chopped peanuts or walnuts will go great in this recipe. Some four to six heaping tablespoons of mayonnaise is sufficient as a base for the mixture. If you want you can even add a dash of curry powder to your salad. Then add salt and pepper according to your taste.

Making easy chicken salad recipes like these only need to be mixed evenly to be perfect. What better ways than to put every ingredient into a bowl then fold over continuously for even distribution. Easy chicken salad recipes like this are best served on lettuce lined plates.

A variation to common easy chicken salad recipes is one that is a bit spicy. This one uses some hot peppers and the peppers may be reduced if the spiciness is too much. This easy chicken salad recipe needs 2 cups of chicken chunks or julienned chicken. A can of great northern beans that has been drained to form the value parts of your chicken salad. Chopped red bell pepper, some olives, onions and some cilantro will complete the richness of the flavors. Then an avocado and some sour cream for the dressing. As with other salad recipes, mix very well, then add a dash of cayenne pepper and top with jalapeno pepper rings.

These are only examples of easy chicken salad recipes. With practice and experience, you can even whip up your easy chicken salad recipes into something like these.