A delicious and healthy chicken salad made with homemade mayo, this Paleo Chicken Salad with Bacon and Scallions packs tons of flavor and nutrition for a make ahead lunch, or to serve family and friends for any occasion! It’s soy free, dairy free and completely Paleo and Whole30 friendly.
Isn’t chicken salad just the best?! It’s something I remember eating for the first time and thinking there must be so much out there in the world waiting for me to discover (I was 7 maybe). I could say the same for bacon, and one of my favorite pre-paleo ways to eat chicken salad was on a huge everything bagel with bacon! Most things are just more awesome with bacon, don’t you think?
And like so many other things, chicken salad is just better with bacon plus some garlic and onion flavors thrown in there too. And since I don’t eat it on gi-normously big-as-my-head everything bagels anymore, I had to find a way to make a competitive version. This is it! Here it is, in perfect paleo awesomeness must-be-in-my-life-at-all-times-or-else-I-quit fashion – Paleo Chicken Salad with Bacon, Scallions, and homemade mayo!
This recipe may look like it has a bunch of steps, but you don’t have to do them all at once. I usually make this throughout the day, doing each step when I have a minute and then packing it in lunches or tossing it in the fridge for whenever the mood hits.
Serve it over a green salad, or wrap in lettuce to make it pretty. Or, don’t take my advice because I’ve never produced a successful anything wrapped in lettuce. There is definitely an art to lettuce-wrapping that I’m not sure I’ll ever master. Just eat it however you want and I’ll quiet down over here!
Just a side note, this involves homemade mayo – which I make in minutes with this Immersion Hand Blender
Paleo Chicken Salad with Bacon and Scallions {Whole30}
Bacon Scallion Chicken Salad
Ingredients
- 1 lb boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 8 slices nitrate free bacon sugar free for Whole30
- 1/2 cup homemade mayo or Paleo friendly mayo* from Primal Kitchen made with avocado oil
- 2 scallions green onions, thinly sliced
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder - optional omit if following Low FODMAP
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
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Take your bacon and chop into bite size pieces. Brown the bacon in a large saute pan over med-hi heat until crisp.
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Remove bacon from pan and set aside to drain on paper towels, leaving the rendered fat in the pan.
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Pound the chicken breasts to 1/2 inch thickness or cut them in half so each piece is 1/2 inch thick.
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Turn the heat down to med. Sprinkle the chicken breasts with garlic (if using), salt and pepper and put in the pan with bacon fat. Cook about 2-3 minutes on each side or until the inside is no longer pink.
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Put the chicken in a large bowl, cover and refrigerate until cool. If you haven't made your mayo yet, now is the time!
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When the chicken has cooled down, chop roughly into bite size pieces, and in a large bowl, toss together with the bacon, scallions, and mayo. Mix to fully combine.
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Taste and add salt/pepper if needed. Serve right away or snap a pic for Instagram before you shove the entire bowl in your face. Oh yes, you will!
Recipe Notes
You will love this – I promise – go ahead and try it!
Want more Whole30 and Paleo lunch options? Try one of these!
Paleo Chipotle Chicken Salad {Whole30}
Paleo Tuna Salad with Bacon and Chipotle Aioli
Paleo Buffalo Ranch Chicken Cobb Salad
Hi! I'm Michele. Paleo eater and recipe creator, runner, and mom of 3. Welcome to my blog, where we obsess over all of it and love every minute! (It's way fun over here, promise.) Stay a while to eat, run, and rant with me! 
I just saw this recipe and it caught my eye-I want this NOW!! Yum!!!! Thank you for sharing this deliciousness with us!
This is a good one! Funny because my daughter asked me to make it this weekend for lunch!
Can you put the recipe for homemade Mayo inmy e-mailma please thank you
I’ll link to it here – https://www.paleorunningmomma.com/whole30-paleo-easy-homemade-mayo-recipe/
There is also a link to the recipe right in that post 🙂 Hope you like it!
I made this recipe and it’s really amazing! Best paleo chicken salad recipe I hve found so far!
Yes! Thanks for letting me know – so thrilled you liked it 🙂
This is so so good. I have made it three weeks in a row for my lunches. Yum! Yum! Yum!
Yes! Thrilled you liked it 🙂
I made this paleo chicken salad for my lunch today and I just have to say it was amazing! You said snap a pic before you shove it all in your face and that could not be more true. I told my BF he could take the second serving for lunch tomorrow, but now I don’t want to share!
That’s great! I’m so thrilled you liked it! Thanks for letting me know 🙂
Excited to make this next week for our third round of Whole30! Two littles at home to need to make ahead as much as possible – how long should this keep in fridge?
This will keep in the fridge for up to 4 days. Good luck with Whole30!
Can I substitute the mayo with a a mayo made from olive oil?
Actually my homemade mayo is made with light flavored love oil 🙂