Keto Chicken Salad – Low Carb Recipe

Chicken salad is such a delicious classic, and fortunately, a perfect fit when you’re practicing a keto lifestyle. Keto chicken salad is ridiculously easy to make, making it a great choice for a weeknight meal. It’s really no different from a traditional chicken salad recipe, so don’t let “keto” in the title scare you away!

From start to finish, this delicious and easy meal only takes about 20 minutes. Even less if you chose to use pre-cooked chicken.

Why You Should Make Keto Mayonnaise From Scratch

Bottom line, most store-bought mayonnaise is full of crappy oils. Making it at home is really easy and you can control what oil you use. Hellmann’s “Real” Mayonnaise is probably the most popular but it’s full of soybean oil. It’s the very first ingredient. Not only are most soybean oils full of GMO vegetables, it’s very high in Omega 6. Because of the standard American diet, most people have an inflammatory Omega 6 to Omega 3 ratio.

I wouldn’t want to use regular mayo in my keto chicken salad when there are better, healthier options.

The ketogenic diet is naturally anti-inflammatory but making sure you choose the right types of fats is important. Check our Complete Beginner’s Guide to the Ketogenic Diet for more information on making the healthiest choices for your keto diet.

According to the NCBI,

Excessive amounts of omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) and a very high omega-6/omega-3 ratio, as is found in today’s Western diets, promote the pathogenesis of many diseases, including cardiovascular disease, cancer, and inflammatory and autoimmune diseases, whereas increased levels of omega-3 PUFA (a low omega-6/omega-3 ratio) exert suppressive effects. In the secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease, a ratio of 4/1 was associated with a 70% decrease in total mortality.

It’s unfortunate, but most store-bought condiments tend to use Omega 6 oils. Because of all the government subsidies, they’re cheaper than healthier oils.

If you’d like to make your own mayo, it’s very easy! Check out our recipe and video to learn how to make keto mayo from scratch.

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What if I Don’t Have Time To Make Keto Mayo From Scratch?

Fortunately, there are now a few good choices for healthy mayonnaise. My favorite is Primal Kitchen Mayonnaise with avocado oil and it’s the one I use most often for my keto chicken salad. I usually get it from Amazon, but you can also find in a lot of Kroger and Whole Foods stores. I like it because it tastes great and is made with healthy avocado oil.

You can easily pronounce all of the ingredients and it is sugar, gluten and soy free! Right now Primal Kitchen has a promotion for a thousand island dressing when you create a bundle. You can also get 10 percent off of your order by using our discount code, HNG10.

Speaking Of Good Keto Fats

While this recipe has about 44 grams of monounsaturated fat, the overall fat content is only about 30 percent. Always do what works for your macros, but one of my favorite accompaniments to chicken salad is diced avocado.

Adding Avocado to Keto Chicken Salad

Sometimes I mix the avocado into the chicken salad, sometimes I just add diced avocado to the top. It’s also amazing with a couple of fresh strawberries as garnish and paired with a nice Rose from Dry Farm Wines. It would also be great on toasted keto bread as a sandwich. As a summer dish, it’s really awesome with our Creamy Raw Zucchini and Avocado Chilled Soup or Chilled Cucumber Feta Soup.