Food and Recipes Dish Salad Old-Fashioned Chicken Salad Recipe 4.0 (5) 5 Reviews This old-fashioned recipe harkens back to our great-grandmother's day when a well-seasoned mix of chopped chicken and celery were bound together with homemade mayonnaise and a generous splash of fresh lemon juice. Boiled eggs and pickled relish were optional. Large hens, simmered until tender, yielded both white and dark meat for maximum flavor. By Southern Living Test Kitchen Southern Living Test Kitchen The Southern Living Test Kitchen has been publishing recipes since 1970, four years after the first issue of Southern Living Magazine appeared on newsstands. The Southern Living Test Kitchen team includes a team of professionals with deep expertise in recipe development, from pastry chefs and grilling experts to nutritionists and dietitians. Together, the team tests and retests, produces, styles, and photographs thousands of recipes each year in the state-of-the-art test kitchen facility located in Birmingham, Alabama. Southern Living's editorial guidelines Published on June 14, 2018 Print Share Share Tweet Pin Email Hands On Time: 25 mins Total Time: 2 hrs 25 mins Yield: 4 to 6 servings Ingredients 4 cups chopped cooked chicken 2 hard-cooked eggs, peeled and chopped 1 cup chopped celery 1/4 cup chopped onion 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice 3/4 teaspoon table salt 1/2 teaspoon celery salt 1/8 teaspoon ground white pepper Dash of ground red pepper 3/4 cup mayonnaise 1/2 teaspoon paprika Fresh parsley, for garnish Directions Gently toss together first 9 ingredients in a bowl. Fold in 1/2 cup of the mayonnaise; cover and chill 2 hours. Stir in remaining 1/4 cup mayonnaise. Spoon chicken salad into a serving dish; sprinkle with paprika. Southern Living Source Recipe Revival: Southern Classics Reinvented for Modern Cooks (2016; Time Inc. Books) Print