30 Top Chicken Salad Recipes To Make With Your Leftover Chicken

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Everyone I know loves at least one kind of chicken salad. Chicken salad is a perfect combo of chicken, mayo, and other fruits, vegetables, nuts, or seasonings. Chicken salad is a super easy dinner to throw together that will please your whole family.

What Kind of meals can I serve with chicken salad?

You can make

Wraps
Sandwiches
Salad
Sandwiches
Lettuce Wraps
Serve it over cold pasta or rice
Just eat it plain!

What kind of chicken should I use to make chicken salad?

I do think that using the right kind of chicken can make or break a chicken salad. I like to use

Poached Chicken

Instant Pot Shredded Chicken

Leftover rotisserie chicken, specifically the rotisserie chicken from Costco.

Leftover grilled chicken

Canned Chicken. I like Kirkland canned chicken and Trader Joe’s canned chicken

When is it an appropriate time to serve Chicken Salad?

Summer Picnics

Bridal or baby showers

Your kid’s lunches

For a quick weeknight dinner

Anytime 🙂

What are some of the best chicken salad recipes?

Well, that’s where this round-up comes in. I have become a chicken salad expert over the years, and I am here to tell you that you could make chicken salad for dinner every night of the week and feel like you’ve had a completely different meal each time. Chicken is a blank slate. You can add your favorite seasonings to chicken salad, and I promise you, your family will eat it for supper. I have rounded up some of the top chicken salad recipes for you.

Click on the link or the photograph to get directed to each of the chicken salad recipes below

BLT Chicken Salad