Quick and easy Dill Chicken Salad. Why get store-bought chicken salad when making your own healthy version is so easy and inexpensive. 
This Dill Chicken Salad has been a game changer for me! I have been eating on repeat at least 3 times a week. For the last couple of months I had been buying this delicious chicken salad from our local grocery store deli. It was out of pure ease. We recently moved and it was easier to just grab something that was ready to eat than it was to cook. Every time I bought it, I felt a little guilty because I knew that I could make a better tasting, cleaner ingredient version for way cheaper. Well, I finally did and this was the end result. I will never eat the store bought version again. It is super easy to make and has minimal ingredients. It is really low in carbs, coming in at just over 1 net carb per serving. It doesn’t get much lower than that.
If you are looking for some other non-lettuce salad variations, check out my Caesar Egg Salad, BLTA Pesto Chicken Salad, and Avocado Tuna Salad.
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Dill Chicken Salad – Low Carb, Paleo
My favorite way to cook the chicken for this recipe is to pan-sear it in butter. It gives it excellent flavor and makes the chicken incredibly juicy.
Ingredients
- 1 lb chicken breast, cooked and cubed
- 1/2 cup celery, diced (one large rib)
- 1/3 cup onion, finely chopped
- 3/4 cup mayonnaise, more to taste
- 1 tbsp + 1 tsp Dijon mustard
- 3 tbsp fresh dill OR 3 tsp dried dill
- sea salt and black pepper, to taste
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl, combine chicken, celery, onion, mayonnaise, Dijon, dill, sea salt and black pepper. Mix until well combined.
- Serve on fresh lettuce leaves or just dig right in!
Recipe Notes
Per Serving - 1/2 Cup Calories: 236 | Fat: 16.5g | Protein: 12g | Total Carbs: 1.5g | Fiber: .25g | Net Carbs: 1.25g
The chicken salad looks good, i love dill, my version i put curry power, mustard, mayo, pinch of honey, my next bowl will be with dill, thank you!!
Yum! And so easy.
Thanks for sharing.
your recipes are the best, I have tried quite a few and enjoyed them Thanks
Thank you so much Terry! I really appreciate you taking the time to come back and tell me. Love!
I always grill extra white meat for the week, will be using some for this salad this weekend!!! Yum!!
So I had some extra chicken leftover, and figured I’d sauté it up and make this while husband and son were out of the house. My initial thought was “how good could it be, it’s chicken salad!” Well, it WAS AWESOME. Wow, this was absolutely amazing. I absolutely loved it. Just the right amount of everything. I just ate it by itself, no lettuce or anything.
This looks delicious! Perfect for a protein packed lunch!
This is a lunch staple for me now! It’s great. I might even mash up a boiled egg in it next time.
Me too. I can’t get enough.
Looks so good! What is your favorite kind of mayo?
I made this today and it was great! I wouldn’t change a thing. I used a roasted chicken. I will definitely make this again!
Yes please, I love everything about this. I love dill; might even add some chopped dill pickle!
Delicious! I put on low carb tortillas with a slice of havarti and romaine lettuce.
I make this once a week now. I recently made the chicken in my new instant pot in 12 minutes! I love it and would love more low carb recipes for the instant pot or ways to convert your slow cooker recipes using the instant pot. I also make your crab cakes regularly from your new book.
I came across this last night, and made it straight away. OH MY GOODNESS, it’s AMAZING!!!
Thanks so much – I’ve just saved all of your other chicken salad recipes too!
Awesome! So happy you liked it. It is always on repeat in my house. So quick and easy to make
Just made the salad and it was absolutely delicious. Thank you for the recipe!!!
I love chicken salad, and will be making your version — looks really good!
Thanks for the recipe! I just made a 9 lb Turkey breast i snagged on sale around Easter…and with only 2 of us I am needing some leftover magic recipes! Back on low carb/paleo lost 5 pounds this week….your posts do help us explore and keep it fresh!! Thanks!
I SO love your recipes! This one looks like another keeper (saved it in my databse). Keep them coming.
this looks sooo delicious! i roasted a whole chicken tonight and would love to make this with the leftovers today. how many cups shredded chicken would be the right amount??
Do you have a food scale. You can just use a pound of the shredded chicken. If you use more than that, you can just up the mayo, mustard etc.
I don’t actually have a scale – but I just made it by guesstimating (lol) and it turned out delish!!!
Yay! Happy you enjoyed it. I seriously eat it ALL THE TIME. It is a go to lunch for me.
throw some chopped hard boiled eggs into that puppy!