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Wow! I was a bit nervous to try this chicken salad, but after my first bite, I was totally hooked on the flavor. I love the chicken salad and so happy I found your recipe. Thank you! 🙂
Jess
Sweet juicy mango sitting on my kitchen counter, I love you.
Sadly, so do the neighborhood ants. But that won’t stop me from buying, bleaching (I’ll tell you about it later), slicing, slurping, eating, and loving you every single day that I live in Cebu. I can’t. get. enough.
As much as this new place is growing on me, Cebu it is not the kind of place that screams “fresh produce”. Try more like “fried chicken” and “exhaust”.
I take the word luscious pretty seriously. And yes, right smack dab in the middle of this urban chaos are what am I going to call the world’s most luscious mangos.
I don’t know how that all works out, but I like it a little bit more each day.
I was definitely not planning ahead when I told Alex and Sonja that I would take on the Mango Chicken Salad recipe for their cookbook project. But look how nicely that worked out: I now have yet another way to sneak fresh mangos into every meal. Don’t mind if I do. And talk about refreshing after a lot of taste testing this baked croissant cinnamon french toast.
This chicken salad is cool and creamy thanks to the mayonnaise (yes, real mayo and no, I wouldn’t recommend subbing yogurt), plus it’s sweet and fresh thanks to the mango chunks and basil leaves. In case you were looking for the perfect vehicle to deliver this salad into your mouth, may I suggest an extra large buttery croissant?
And by suggest, I mean require. Please.
Mango Chicken Salad Sandwich
- Total Time: 45 minutes
- Yield: 4 1x
Description
This mango chicken salad sandwich is a croissant stuffed with fresh mango chicken salad – chicken, sweet mango, fresh basil, green onions.
Ingredients
- 1 lb. cooked, shredded or diced chicken
- 1/2 cup mayo
- 1 mango, diced (could also be a green mango)
- 1/4 cup diced green onion or white onion
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 3 tablespoons chopped fresh basil
Instructions
- Mix all ingredients except basil and chill. Add basil just before serving.
- Serve on a croissant, wrap, salad, etc. Store in the fridge for 2-3 days.
- Prep Time: 15 mins
- Cook Time: 30 mins
- Category: Lunch
- Cuisine: American
Keywords: mango chicken salad sandwich, chicken salad sandwich, chicken salad
I know I already posted this on Facebook, but I dunno, I thought you might want to watch it twice. Or 5 times.
If you’re interested in these kids, their stories, or adoption in general, you can check out the CSC website.
OMG! What an incredible find! So delicious. Make this. Right now! So good…
This looks delicious but mangos are so watery.I have a question though- should they be drained before putting in salad so it doesn”t “weep”?
Lindsay, your photography has indeed improved.
My mother in law just brought over croissants & mangoes. I googled mango croissants to see how to use them together & this recipe was one of the first to pop up. I was a bit hesitant, but I had all the ingredients on hand so why not? I did sub canned chicken because I have a whole bunch that I picked up during my pandemic panic shopping, lol. But omgoodness! It is absolutely delicious. the ingredients tie together so perfectly. I added slivered almonds for some crunch. I will definitely be making this again & again for a quick lunch. Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed this, Madaline! 😊
This would also be yummy with a bit of cumin and topped with cilantro, maybe between some naan bread or in a wrap.
Just made this and it was delicious, even without chilling and boring dried basil!
Ok, WOW. Made this last evening; I had printed it out some time ago and put it in my recipe binder along with the millions of other recipes, and figured I’d make a quick sammich dinner – I only quickly browsed over the ingredients and thought ‘yep, I’m really looking forward to this quick egg salad sandwich recipe’, since we love those. Yes, egg salad – but afterwards I looked and remembered it is CHICKEN salad sandwich, not egg salad. But oooooooooh how flavorful, creamy and delicious it was and the mango – as if that fruit isn’t wonderful and amazing enough in a million different ways – gave astounding sweet flavor to the sandwich. OMG. Now I can’t wait to make this again actually using CHICKEN salad.
Mmmm, just subbed roughly smashed chickpeas for the chicken – amazing! Thanks for a great recipe idea!
Wow! I was a bit nervous to try this chicken salad, but after my first bite, I was totally hooked on the flavor. I love the chicken salad and so happy I found your recipe. Thank you! 🙂
Thanks Jess! Glad you like it.
Love your blog! I’m quite inspired by y’all! (Thought you might need to know or relay the fact that NONE of the links to Alex and Sonja or their Cambodian project and future cookbook are working… ) Perhaps its a malfunction of their site? Idk. Yours is truly an inspirational blog, though! *proud pinner* Your Friend, Amber
Thanks Amber! I saw something on facebook about their site being down for a while today but I’ll double check the links too. 🙂
Hi Lindsay, I am new to your blog – saw this chicken salad and I made it today for lunch. So good!!! I am into mangoes also right now because tropical storm Debby knocked a lot of them from the trees here in Florida so I have about 10 sitting in my kitchen as we speak. Thanks for the recipe 🙂
An overabundance of mangoes is never a bad thing. 🙂 Glad you liked it!
Just made this to take on the road for a girls only road trip that begins tomorrow 🙂 We plan to stop at a roadside park and have a chicken salad picnic lunch. Yum! I added toasted almonds to the mix just because I thought it sounded yummy to do so. Thanks for an awesome twist (mango) on a standard favorite.
I love that you added mango here. Such an excellent idea!
Yay — thank you for this! The salad looks amazing, as always 🙂 Thank you so much for being a part of this project!
The video was great. Who shot it? (I kept looking for you — did I miss you?) Are you guys going to do more videos?
Bjork made it! And I was there… first in the very unflattering shot of putting up a poster in my room, and second in a circle with my students sitting on the floor (wearing a better looking blue shirt that day). 🙂
Lindsay! I’m typing this as I chew between bites of this delish mango salad! While making it, I was slightly jealous of the difference between your fresh mangoes and my mango that I had to cut brown parts of out. Non-the-less, it’s amazing! I may have to have a second sandwich! Thanks for the recipe!
Teaching at CSC looks amazing! It makes me want to look for similar jobs! Let me know if any early childhood special education jobs open up! 🙂
I really admire what you’re doing!
Best wishes to you and Bjork!
~Mel
Melanie, that is so sweet and I am so glad you are enjoying the mango chicken salad! Yum yum. Even with MN mangoes it can still be delicious. 🙂 Are you in Early Childhood (I was thinking maybe ECSE?) in Duluth?