23 Reviews of Whole Foods' Tarragon Chicken Salad

From: J Wa

On Mar 21, 2004

My favorite part about this recipe is that my husband can make it. Althought I do 95% of the cooking for our household this recipe somehow became his. We usually merinate and bake a couple of extra pieces of chicken with our dinner and make this salad for lunch the following day. We enjoy it on bread, a bed of lettuce, or in pita. Next I'm going to try it in a tortilla wrap. I'd also like to try adding halved grapes. Very good.

From: Merlot

On Oct 3, 2003

We loved this chicken salad! Using boneless/skinless chicken breasts, I followed your instructions exactly except I used fresh tarragon. What a lovely dish. The walnuts gave it a nice crunch. I can't wait to make it again and to try your other recipes. Thanks so much for sharing this one.

From: Verelucky

On Oct 27, 2003

I am a chicken salad lover and this was fabulous!!!! Didn't have walnuts so I used almonds instead. They worked for me! Will make this again & again!!! THANKS!!!

From: babyparentingguide

On Jun 26, 2006

This was the best chicken salad I've ever had. The walnuts gave it the perfect texture and I was able to use tarragon from my herb garden. Wonderful way to use up leftover chicken.

From: Kendra PeloJoaquin

On Nov 28, 2004

Delicious. We get sick of boring cold cuts, and this has become my household's lunch treat. I like to add thinly sliced red onion either to the sandwich, or in the salad itself. Thank you!

From: Kristianne

On Sep 18, 2006

I have made this a few times. It is so tasty and easy! I like it on the Sweet Hawaiin bread rolls with tomatoes and lettuce. I take this to potlucks and family gatherings alot. I have had to double it because it is so popular. I originally thought I would bring this for the few people who didn't want hot dogs/hamburgers/grilled chicken/ribs. Let me tell you, there were people who only ate this!The more chilled, the better it tastes in my opinion. A very nice change from tuna salad sandwiches.

From: JMigs;0)

On Apr 9, 2008

Yummy! I think it's very close to the Whole Food's version. I used what I had on hand so I used our left-over rotisserie chicken meat, and I used chopped fresh tarragon, subbed toasted pecans for walnuts. One thing I added was the halved grapes and it really made this recipe go from good to great (I thought the Whole Foods version also had grapes?). I think the sweetness of the grapes really goes great with the flavor of the rotissierie chicken (it's already seasoned).

From: Redneck Epicurean

On Aug 16, 2005

I've been making this salad for a while, not knowing that it originated at Whole Foods. A local restaurant owner in town served it (with a few changes) on a croissant and called it his own (How RUDE!) However, it's still delish. When I take it to picnics and potlucks, people always rave. So this summer, I raised some tarragon in my herb garden. I bought some cheap mayo and made tarragon mayo (the measure of tarragon and mayo in the recipe), wrote out the recipe, and put it in cute little 1/2 c. storage containers and attached the recipe with a ribbon. Instant gift!

From: Bunkie

On Sep 13, 2004

Wonderful!!! I halved the recipe, since I knew my husband wouldn't eat it and wasn't sure my son would. I used chopped rotisserie chicken from the grocery store rather than cooking the chicken breasts myself. The celery and walnuts added a nice crunch, and I loved the flavor of the sour cream - never thought of using it in a chicken salad before. I also enjoyed the flavor of the tarragon, which isn't a herb I've used much before. And the recipe got my two-year-old's seal of approval - he ate almost as big a plateful of it as I ate! Very easy and absolutely delicious. I'll be making it again - thanks for sharing, Roosie!

From: FlemishMinx

On May 19, 2005

This is the best chicken salad I've ever eaten, and so simple to put together, too. This is my standard chicken salad from now on- Thanks Roosie!