Chicken Salad Croissant Tea Sandwiches
Makes 8 mini sandwiches · Prep: 20 minutes · Cook: 5 minutes · Rest: 20 minutes · Total: about 45 minutes
I’ve always loved tea sandwiches. But aside from traditional high tea sandwiches like egg salad and cucumber with cream cheese, sometimes I forget to give chicken salad some love! Quarter the grapes before adding them. Whole grapes escape the croissant on the first bite.
Ingredients
Chicken salad
- 2 cups chopped rotisserie chicken, preferably breast meat
- ⅓ cup mayonnaise
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
- ¼ cup finely chopped celery
- ⅓ cup seedless grapes, quartered
- 1 tablespoon chopped parsley
- ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
- Black pepper
For assembly
- 8 mini croissants
- 8 small butter-lettuce leaves, optional
Instructions
- 1
Make the dressing
Stir together the mayonnaise, lemon juice, Dijon, salt, and several grinds of black pepper.
- 2
Mix the filling
Add the chicken, celery, grapes, and parsley. Fold until evenly coated without breaking the chicken into tiny pieces.
- 3
Chill
Cover and refrigerate for at least 20 minutes. Drain any liquid that gathers at the bottom before filling the croissants.
- 4
Prepare the croissants
Split each croissant through the middle, leaving the back hinge attached.
- 5
Assemble
Add a lettuce leaf, if using, followed by a generous spoonful of chicken salad. Press the croissant closed lightly and serve cool, not refrigerator-cold.
Shortcut and substitutions
Prepared chicken salad turns this into assembly. Stir in quartered grapes and lemon juice. Taste before adding salt because deli chicken salad rarely needs help in that department.
Grapes: Use finely diced apple, dried cranberries, or golden raisins.
Extra crunch: Add 3 tablespoons toasted almonds, pecans, or sunflower seeds.
Mayonnaise: Replace half with full-fat Greek yogurt.
Croissants: Use brioche slider buns or soft white sandwich bread with the crusts trimmed.
Rotisserie chicken: Leftover roast turkey works without other changes.
Make the filling ahead
Make the chicken salad one day ahead. Drain any loose dressing and line the croissants with lettuce.
Filled croissants can wait in the refrigerator for about two hours, loosely covered with a barely damp paper towel and then plastic wrap.
Food safety
Keep the sandwiches refrigerated until shortly before serving. Do not leave chicken salad at room temperature for more than two hours, or more than one hour in very warm conditions.
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