Favorite Chicken Salad Recipes
These Chicken Salad Recipes are perfect to make with with leftover chicken or rotisserie chicken to keep the kitchen cool! And I love chicken salad, and think it’s always a perfect dinner when the weather gets too warm to cook.
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Today I’m sharing my Favorite Chicken Salad Recipes, and all the salads are low in carbs! This collection of cold chicken salads has some that I make over and over for parties or for a summer dinner! And if you buy a rotisserie chicken or use cut-up rotisserie chicken from a package, all the chicken salad recipes are easy to get on the table.
And all of these salads are perfect to make on a hot summer day when you don’t really want to turn on the stove. I’ve updated the post with some amazing chicken salads I’ve made recently; I hope you enjoy trying at least a few of the tasty salads!
Are the chicken salad recipes low in carbs?
There are 20 favorite chicken salads featured here and all the salads are low in carbs, and most are even Keto for people who care about that!
Tips for Tasty Chicken Salad Recipes:
- If you shop at Costco, look for their cooked-and cut-up packages of rotisserie chicken to make chicken salad prep even easier! I’m a huge fan of this product.
- If you have time, marinating the cut-up chicken in the dressing for 20-30 minutes before you stir the salad together will add flavor to the chicken.
- Most every type of chicken salad can keep in the fridge for a few days. But for best flavor I like to have a little extra dressing to stir in to refresh the flavors when I’m eating leftover chicken salad.
How do you get the complete recipe?
Just click or tap any recipe name to find the complete recipe for any of these chicken salads!
Chicken Salad Recipes to Keep the Kitchen Cool:
Pesto Chicken Salad is so tasty that after I made it for the blog, I made again it right away just to have in the fridge for myself!
Chicken and Avocado Salad with Lime and Cilantro is a salad recipe that’s been hugely popular. If you’re not a cilantro fan, substitute thinly sliced green onion and this will still be delicious.
Arugula Chicken Salad (with Mozzarella and Tomatoes) is so tasty that even people who aren’t normally fans of arugula might like it!
This Vietnamese Chicken Salad with Cabbage is a salad I love to make with leftover chicken. And I love the slightly spicy Asian flavors!
All the green olive fans are going to swoon over this tasty Chicken Salad with Green Olives!
This delightful Chicken Broccoli Salad has a tasty peanut butter dressing, and this salad is low in carbs and high in protein!
When we made this Curried Chicken Salad we went absolutely crazy over it. And if you like asparagus and curry (and pine nuts!) you’re also going to love this salad!
This fun Keto Cobb Salad (without Lettuce) is perfect if you sometimes get tired of lettuce. This recipe has all the Cobb salad ingredients that most people eat first!
I’m crazy about the flavor of fresh tarragon, and this Tarragon Chicken Salad is absolutely a wow!
I love spicy Greek Peperoncini, and they add such a nice zing to this Greek Chicken Salad with Peperoncini.
More Beat-the-Heat Chicken Salad Recipes to Try:
- Sandee’s Asian Chicken Cabbage Salad
- Chicken Salad with Avocado, Radishes, and Lime
- Chicken Cabbage Salad with Mustard
- Chopped Chicken Salad with Cafe Rio Dressing
- Spicy Chicken Salad with Ginger and Lemon
- Chicken Salad with Basil
- Asian Red Cabbage Salad with Chicken
- Asian Chopped Chicken Salad
- Chicken and Hearts of Palm Salad
- Southwest Chicken Salad
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9 Comments on “Favorite Chicken Salad Recipes”
You must be thinking of another blog; I don’t have a recipe like that. If it was featured on a round-up post on my site, you could try entering the ingredients into the search bar, but I can’t think of a salad like that which I am aware of.
Kalyn, I love the convenience of using rotisserie chicken and use it in my chicken salad recipe all of the time. It's a great time-saver and sure beats heating up a kitchen more than necessary in the summer. Have a great Independence Day/4th of July!
Roz
Thanks Roz; could not agree more . Hope you're having a great 4th!
Karen, cilantro stems are used in recipes a lot in some Asian countries, but for salads or Mexican dishes I cut off the stems from the whole bunch, just below where the leaves start, and then chop the rest. So there's some stems in the chopped part, but not the thickest lower stems.
I was looking at some of the recipes that called for fresh cilantro, and have a question… how do you prep it? Chop stems and all? Or pluck leaves and toss stems?
Thanks.
Karen
Cathi, so glad it was useful for you!
Thanks for sharing these great recipe ideas. Cooking nutritious meals that don't take too much time to prepare is important when you are trying to lose weight or just stay in shape. Eating healthy should be simple and accessible to everyone, and recipes using rotisserie chicken left overs can't get any easier!
Thanks Kiran; so glad you like the ideas.
Wow! Every salad is so distinct and filled with summery colors and flavors!! Everything is more delicious with leftover rotisserie chicken 🙂