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Chicken salad (deli)
Creamy and mild, with the crunch of celery or onion against soft, cooked chicken.
Lens analyzedDeli chicken salad is shredded or diced cooked chicken bound together with mayonnaise, usually with celery, onion, or grapes mixed in, sold ready to scoop from a deli case. It's meant to go straight onto bread or crackers without any further cooking. Recipes and delis vary widely in how chunky or finely shredded the chicken is.
Where it comes from
Mixing cooked meat with a creamy dressing for a cold, spreadable salad became common in North American home cooking and delis through the 1900s, building on older cold-meat traditions that stretched leftovers into a new dish. Chicken salad became one of the most common deli-counter versions alongside tuna and egg salad.
Buying it
Check the sell-by date on the container and look for a scoop that hasn't dried out or separated at the deli case, which can be a sign it's been sitting a while.
Storing it
This one lives in the fridge, full stop. Reseal the tub tightly between scoops and work through it within a few days of buying it, since the mayonnaise base doesn't hold up at room temperature.
Keeps about 4 days in the fridge.
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