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Cranberry Chicken Salad Sandwich Recipe: Sweet and Crunchy Lunch for Leftover Turkey

A creamy chicken salad with sweet cranberries and crunchy pecans. A great way to use leftover Thanksgiving turkey or rotisserie chicken. Ideas for chicken salad sandwich, leftover turkey recipe and lunch ideas.

Cranberry Chicken Salad Sandwich: recipe card with ingredients and steps

Ingredients

  • 2 cups cooked chicken, shredded
  • 1/2 cup dried cranberries
  • 1/3 cup mayonnaise and 2 tbsp Greek yogurt
  • 1 celery stalk, diced
  • 1/4 cup chopped pecans
  • 8 slices bread or 4 croissants

Instructions

  1. Mix chicken, mayonnaise and yogurt
  2. Fold in cranberries, celery and pecans
  3. Season with salt and pepper
  4. Pile onto bread or croissants and serve

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