Chicken Soup Chicken Salad

Chicken Soup Chicken Salad is going viral on TikTok for the clever way it transforms everything we love about chicken soup into an easy-to-make chicken salad! This salad offers savory, comfort-food flavor in a cozy, creamy, scoopable dish that can be enjoyed in many tasty ways.

Chicken Soup Turned Chicken Salad

Like everyone else, I was introduced to Chicken Soup Chicken Salad over at Jenny’s Table on her viral TikTok Video. The deliciously brilliant way she showed us this tasty spin on the classic comfort instantly food got my wheels turning.

And with a few recipe tweaks, I took the Viral Chicken Soup Chicken Salad and made it into a lean protein-filled chicken salad! Instead of loading this chicken salad up with extra calories, I use cottage cheese in place of mayo!

I know, cottage cheese in everything is another viral trend, but hey, it really does work! Now we have a healthy chicken soup chicken salad that’s loaded with protein, making it perfect for meal prepping!

Ingredients For Chicken Soup Chicken Salad

The base of this Chicken Salad calls for just about everything you would need for big pot of chicken soup! With a mixture of pantry staples, fresh vegetables, and a few additional ingredients, this Chicken Soup Chicken Salad comes together in no time!

To start, this chicken salad calls for boneless skinless chicken breast, chicken broth, carrots, celery, white onion, and garlic cloves. This soup foundation is then built into a salad with:

• Olive Oil
• Sprigs of Fresh Thyme
• Bay Leaf
• Paprika
• Turmeric
• Lemon Juice
• Lemon Zest
• Cottage Cheese
• Fresh Parsley
• Fine Sea Salt
• Ground Black Pepper

How To Make Chicken Soup Chicken Salad

1. Heat olive oil in a Dutch oven or heavy-bottomed pot over medium-high heat.
2. Sear boneless skinless chicken breast in the hot pan. Season the chicken with salt and pepper, then flip the chicken and sear it on the other side.
3. Pour chicken broth into the pan and then cover it with a lid and continue to cook the chicken until done.
4. Peel and dice the carrots, dice the celery stalks, peel and quarter the white onion, and then peel and smash the cloves of garlic. Set these prepped ingredients to the side in a bowl.
5. Transfer the chicken to the bowl of a stand mixer and beat the cooked breasts with a paddle attachment until they’re finely shredded. Be sure to leave the remaining juices in the pot.
6. Add the prepped vegetables that were set aside to the pot of juices and simmer them over medium-heat without stirring.
7. Stir in sprigs of fresh thyme, a bay leaf, paprika, turmeric, and chicken broth. Then continue to cook until the vegetables are soft, and most of the liquid has evaporated.
8. Transfer the cooked veggies to a food processor or blender. Then add in lemon juice and lemon zest. Pulse the food processor or blender until the mixture becomes mostly smooth.
9. Add the vegetable mixture to the shredded chicken.
10. Add cottage cheese to the food processor or blender and pulse until smooth. Then add the blended cottage cheese to the bowl of shredded chicken along with fresh parsley, fine sea salt, and ground black pepper. Mix until the chicken salad is thoroughly combined.
11. Chill the chicken salad in the fridge before enjoying!

Storage Instructions For Chicken Soup Chicken Salad

Store the chicken soup chicken salad in an airtight container in the fridge. Enjoy the chicken salad within 5 days!

Chicken Soup Chicken Salad Substitutions & Variations

• Lemon Zest – This can be omitted if preferred and the chicken salad will still turn out delicious. I just find the addition of lemon zest adds a bit of deliciously bright flavor to balance out the seasonings.
• Nutritional Yeast – The original recipe from Jenny’s Table does include Nutritional Yeast but this is completely optional. The nutritional yeast just adds a bit of cheesy flavor, giving the chicken salad a bit more depth of flavor.
• Chicken – While searing the chicken does lock in the comfort food flavor, you can also just use shredded rotisserie chicken. You can also use boiled or baked chicken, or even cook the chicken breasts in the crock pot with chicken broth.
• Cottage Cheese – I opted to use cottage cheese instead of mayo to reduce the calories while boosting the protein. If you prefer, you can swap cottage cheese out for regular mayo, Kewpie mayo, or even Greek yogurt.

How To Serve & Enjoy Chicken Salad

This Chicken Salad Chicken Soup is mouthwateringly delicious as is, straight off from the fork! You can keep it simple and enjoy it as is, or try it out with one of our tasty suggestions:

• Soup style, topped with oyster crackers or scooped up with Saltine crackers.
• Served on top of your choice of cracker. Simple Mills Almond Flour Crackers, Good Thins, Crunchmaster Multi-Seed Crackers, Mary’s Gone Crackers, Wheat Thins, or even Ritz crackers!
• Layer this chicken salad on bread, from Sourdough Bread to French Baguette (Easy 4-Ingredient Recipe) you can’t go wrong with a chicken salad sandwich. Toast the bread first for a delicious crunch!
• Dollop this chicken soup chicken salad on top of a salad for a healthy lunch or dinner option.
• Enjoy the chicken salad in lettuce cups or lettuce boats!
• Use the Chicken Soup Chicken Salad as a ‘dip’ by using carrot sticks, mini peppers, or celery as the dippers.
• Bring all the comfort food vibes by whipping up a toasted Chicken Soup Chicken Salad sandwich as seen in this TikTok by Jenny’s Table!

Try out another viral recipe that has taken the internet by storm!

• Ina Garten’s Brownie Pudding – An impressive molten-like dessert that’s easy to make!
• That Viral Ditalini Pasta Recipe – A 15-minute one-pot dish smothered in creamy garlic butter sauce!
• Viral One-Pan Dumpling Bake – Loaded with bold, spicy-savory flavor!
• Snickers Stuffed Dates – A tasty spin-off from the classic candy bar!
• Viral Onion Ring Chips – Crispy, crunchy ‘chips’ baked to delicious golden perfection!