Reinvented: Chicken Salad 5 Ways

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Here in Food Network Kitchens, we love simple, classic recipes. We are also paid to think about food all day. So we’ve taken classic foods and drinks and reimagined them into three, four or five different ways. No standard recipes here, just the occasional technique and pictures. Think of it as a picture recipe.

classic chicken salad

Get the classic recipe and get creative: Chicken Salad

chicken salad five ways

Of all the variations of chicken salad, our favorite turned out to be the Southwestern Chipotle Chicken Salad. The heat from the chipotle, the crunch of the corn kernels and the creaminess from the avocado rocked our world.

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