This chicken salad is filled with grapes, apples, pecans, and shredded chicken! It’s identical to the Fancy Nancy Chicken Salad from Chicken Salad Chick!
Prep time: PT10M
Total time: PT40M
Rating
5 stars (40 reviews)
Keywords
fancy nancy chicken salad
Ingredients
4 cups shredded chicken
1/2 cup chopped fuji or honey crisp apples
1/2 cup red seedless grapes, (cut into 1/4ths)
1/2 cup chopped celery
2 TBS chopped pecans
1 cup mayonnaise ((reduced fat is fine))
1 1/2 tsp ranch season ((hidden valley powder))
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp black pepper
Categories
Main Course
Salad
Cuisine
American
Steps
Using a medium/large bowl, add the chicken, apples, grapes, celery, pecans, mayonnaise, salt, pepper, and ranch seasoning. Stir gently to combine everything and mix well.
Cover and place in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes to let the flavors meld together.
Serve and refrigerate when not serving. Will keep in fridge for up to 1 week.
Nutitrion
Serving Size: 1 serving
Calories: 461 kcal
Reviews
Bonnie Sheppard on 2025-07-14 (5 stars): I made this after my sister and I had lunch at Chicken Salad Chick last week. I just had to have the recipe. It was hot outside and this was a solution to being out in the heat which it was 105 heat index.
I made a few alterations. I'm into using what's opend before opening up another jar of something for a couple of tablespoons, so I used half cup mayo, quarter cup of sour cream, which I've seen in other recipes and instead of opening a package of ranch, I used a quarter cup of leftover homemade ranch. My ranch was made with half a cup of mayonnaise and a quarter cup of sour cream and a cup of plain Greek yogurt and a package of ranch. So I figured I had enough of ranch flavor. I add my salt and pepper to the mayonnaise mixture and gave a good mix. It was a little salty, but I figured the sweetness of the fruit would balance it out. After mixing it all up, I had to have a taste. It was sooo good, it was perfect.
Thanks for sharing this
Becky on 2025-07-14 (5 stars): Hi! I love your recipes. This recipe is awesome. We moved from Georgia to Arizona and there are no Chicken Salad Chick restaurants here. I would love it if you could re create more of their recipes, especially the pimento cheese. I have tried but can't quite get it right. Thanks for all of your posts.
Emily on 2025-05-29 (5 stars): SO happy I found this recipe since I no longer work near or have a CSC near me. I can’t speak to how close it is to the original CSC Fancy Nancy, but I can say it’s absolutely amazing and has me thinking about the next time I’ll eat it (just made it for lunch) 😋
Megan Tanju on 2025-03-11 (5 stars): Alicia, those were my thoughts as well. I love Fancy Nancy, but the other copycat recipes I’ve tried were not even close with flavor profile or ratio of additives (apples, etc). This one is SOO good, and the bonus is how easy it is. Love! Thanks for making it, Domestic Superhero! 10/10!
Heather on 2024-12-11 (5 stars): Delicious! I did do about half and half mayo and greek yogurt, but otherwise followed the recipe and loved it. It would probably be even better if I stuck with all mayo as written. :-)
Linda Scott on 2024-09-18 (5 stars): I LOVE easy!!! Fancy Nancy is easy to prepare AND YUMMY
Kay fox on 2024-08-13 (5 stars): The chicken salad was delicious!
