Rotisserie Chicken Salad Recipe
Need a super easy lunch or dinner? This Rotisserie Chicken Salad Recipe is quick, simple and nutritious. We are making traditional chicken salad using store bought rotisserie chicken.
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Easy Chicken Salad Made With Store Bought Rotisserie Chicken
Need a super quick and simple lunch or dinner? It doesn’t get much easier than this chicken salad, and it’s fantastic for meal-prepping!
Our little cheat is using a store bought rotisserie chicken. Let’s be honest, these rotisserie chickens are so much tastier than homemade. Yeah, I said it.
Or if you are even lazier needing an even quicker chicken salad, Costco sells already pulled chicken next to their rotisserie chickens. I totally buy it.
Ingredients Needed For Chicken Salad
- Fully Cooked Rotisserie Chicken
- Celery
- Red Onion
- Mayonnaise
- Brown Mustard
How Do You Make Easy Chicken Salad
- Pull the chicken meat from the bones. This should get you approximately 3 cups of chicken meat.
- Mix all ingredients and stir until fully combined.
- Salt and pepper to taste.
- Store and refrigerate in an airtight container.
Why Use Rotisserie Chicken?
Grabbing a rotisserie chicken at the grocery store Saves Time when preparing dinner. It is Budget-Friendly as rotisserie chicken is typically under ten dollars. Plus it is Packed with Flavor and makes any meal even better.
Rotisserie Chicken Salad Faq’s
Any cooked, shredded, or diced chicken works well. Rotisserie chicken simply saves time and adds extra flavor.
Stored in an airtight container, chicken salad lasts 3–4 days. Keep it chilled and don’t leave it at room temperature for extended periods.
Chicken salad made with mayonnaise or fresh vegetables does not freeze well — the texture becomes watery.
Once slightly cooled, remove the skin and pull the meat apart using two forks or your fingers. Warm chicken shreds more easily than cold chicken.
It often tastes even better the next day as the flavors meld. Just give it a stir before serving.
Popular choices include celery, red onion, grapes, cranberries, pecans, almonds, dill, parsley, mustard, and pickles. Customize based on your taste.
Add a little more mayo, yogurt, or a splash of lemon juice. Sometimes rotisserie chicken breast can be drier, so extra dressing helps.
What Should You Serve With Chicken Salad
Chicken salad goes well with about anything you like. Here are some recipe ideas to serve alongside:
Italian Tortellini Pasta Salad – Strawberry Spinach Salad – Shaved Asparagus Salad – Air Fryer Baked Potatoes
How Should You Serve Chicken Salad
In wraps, sandwiches or on a green salad. Chicken salad is also great as a snack with crackers. My favorite is chicken salad wraps and adding a squirt of bbq sauce when I feel like a bbq chicken wrap.
Looking for more chicken salad recipes? Check out this post with 40 of the Best Chicken Salad Recipes. These are a few of the most popular chicken salad recipes: Jalapeno Popper Chicken Salad, Pesto Chicken Salad, Cranberry Pecan Chicken Salad.
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Rotisserie Chicken Salad Recipe
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 Fully Cooked Store-bought Rotisserie Chicken
- 2-3 Celery Stalks – chopped
- 1/4 Cup Thinly Sliced or Chopped Red Onion
- 1/2-3/4 Cup Mayonnaise
- 1 teaspoon Brown Mustard
- Salt/Pepper – to taste
Instructions
- Pull the chicken meat from the bones. This should get you approximately 3 cups of chicken meat.
- Mix chicken, celery, onion, mayo and mustard. Stir until fully combined.
- Salt and pepper to taste.
- Store and refrigerate in an airtight container.
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Hi – I just found your recipe from a quick Google search and I wanted to say my boyfriend and I both loved it!! He is generally not fond of the overly mayo heavy salads so this was perfect. Still has great texture / flavor and not at all dry. This will be my go to easy chicken salad – thank you!
Skin on or off??? The pictures look the skin is on?
This is my go-to way to use up leftover rotisserie chicken – but it’s so good, I sometimes buy extra just to make it. It’s extra tasty in a buttery croissant 🙂