How do I spice up my boring chicken salad?

What can I say Kim I am a man who loves to cook....when I buy or build a house one day the first thing I am going to plan out is the kitchen, and thats no lie. 

If you like curry powder, try that with mayo, white grapes and almonds.    Make wraps with butter lettuce !!  Yummy !  I have a recipe somewhere.  I'll try to find it and e-mail it to you !!

I have to confess, I don't go through all the trouble with the chicken.  I either boil it with salt and pepper or use left over rotisseried chicken.   I also add almonds for the protien and crunch. 

Curried Chicken Salad

4 whole chicken thighs
1 lemon, quartered
1/2 bunch cilantro leaves, chopped
1/2 bunch cilantro stems
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
1/4 cup mayonnaise
1 teaspoon curry powder
1 teaspoon honey
1 teaspoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
3 scallions, thinly sliced
2 stalks celery, thinly sliced
3/4 cup halved seedless red grapes

Boston Bib lettuce leaves, for serving

Put the chicken thighs, lemon, cilantro leaves and stems into a skillet or saucepan. Fill with water just to cover the chicken and season generously with salt and pepper. Bring to a boil over medium heat, then reduce the heat to maintain a very gentle simmer. Coo****il the chicken is tender and falling from the bones, about 40 to 45 minutes.

Remove the chicken from the poaching liquid and allow to cool. When cool, remove the skin and strip the meat from the bones, discarding the skin and bones. Reserve the meat.

In a bowl, mix together the mayonnaise, curry, honey, and lemon juice. Stir in the scallions, celery, and grapes until combined. Add the cooled chicken meat and toss to combine. Season with salt and pepper, to taste. Serve heaping portions of the salad in butter lettuce leaves.

Yummy!!!  All this chicken food porn!!!!  yummmmo!!  Can't wait to try these new ideas!

We usually add a bit of green olive salad (with pimentos), or a bit of sweet jalepeno relish instead of pickle relish.  Also, a wee bit of italian dressing mixed in, or ranch, gives a unique flavor.  We have been know to put in bacon bits, diced tomato, and the ranch for a chicken club kind of sandwich.

Kim, that's the only way I like Chicken Salad. No nuts or apples...not for me..You might look at eggface's blogspot, too.

 I like to add capers for a little salt and diced up water chestnuts for a little crunch.  donna

I love capers!  What a great idea!  Thanks!

My favorite thing to add to my chicken salad is Sambal....it adds the perfect little kick and I always seem to have it in my house.  Since I cant use it on rice anymore I am adding it to everything else.  Of course I add the onion, celery, garlic, pickles and I do half and half mayo and sour cream.  For my kids, I add cheese on top and do toasted like a tuna melt.

What is Sambal?  I've never heard of it!