Easy Chicken Salad Recipe
A delicious chicken salad recipe featuring the perfect shredded chicken, crunchy croutons, and a creamy tahini dressing.
This chicken salad recipe is a twist on the classic Caesar salad. It’s super easy to put together when you already have some shredded chicken prepared. I like to use sous vide shredded chicken for this recipe, but any shredded or freshly baked chicken will do.
A bottle of store-bought Caesar dressing indeed serves the purpose if you want a more traditional flavor, but I recommend you try my creamy tahini dressing for your chicken salad. It’s sugar-free, creamy, savory, nutty, and ready in five minutes. It adds more protein, depth, and healthiness to your salad. I hope you enjoy it!
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Easy Chicken Salad Recipe
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Total Time: 20 minutes
- Yield: 4 servings 1x
- Category: Salad/Sides
- Cuisine: American
- Diet: Gluten Free
Description
A delicious chicken salad recipe featuring the perfect shredded chicken, crunchy croutons, and a creamy tahini dressing.
Ingredients
- 4 slices thick crusty sandwich bread, cut into cubes
- 3 tablespoons olive oil, divided
- Salt and pepper, to taste
- A pinch of paprika
- 12 ounces shredded chicken (from two chicken breasts)
- 1 large romaine lettuce, chopped
- 1/4 cup red onion, very thinly sliced into rings
- 1/2 cup tahini dressing or Caesar dressing
- 1/3 cup parmesan cheese, shaved
Instructions
- Make the croutons: Heat oven to 400°F (200°C). Spread bread cubes over a baking sheet and toss with salt, pepper, a pinch of paprika, and 2 tablespoons of olive oil. Bake for 8-10 mins, turning the croutons a few times during cooking so they brown evenly.
- Heat the chicken (optional): Heat a skillet over medium-high heat. Once hot, add the remaining tablespoon of olive oil. Place the precooked shredded chicken in the skillet in a single layer. Sear the chicken and warm it up for about 90 seconds on each side or until it’s brown outside. Remove from heat and set aside.
- Assemble the salad: Prepare a large mixing bowl. Add romaine lettuce, red onion rings, ⅔ shredded chicken, ⅔ croutons, and most of the dressing. Mix well. Scatter the rest of the chicken and croutons and drizzle with the remaining dressing. Spread the parmesan on top and serve right away.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1
- Calories: 413
- Sugar: 2.8g
- Sodium: 914.2mg
- Fat: 24.2g
- Saturated Fat: 5.1g
- Carbohydrates: 20.2g
- Fiber: 2.5g
- Protein: 29g
- Cholesterol: 68.6
About the Author
Sharon Chen is an Integrative Nutrition Health Coach and author of the Complete Sous Vide Cookbook. She believes food not only brings healing but also connection. As the creator of StreetSmart Kitchen, she aims to make meal prep easier than ever and help you find balance, ease, joy, and simplicity in the kitchen as you improve your well-being.
I made this chicken salad for lunch yesterday and it was delicious! So easy to make too!
Thanks Tayler. Very glad to hear that you enjoyed it for lunch. 🙂
This chicken salad was so delicious! I enjoyed it for lunch this afternoon and I know I’ll be making it for myself again.
Yay, Paula!
Oh my goodness, such flavor! Taking the leftovers for lunch today!
Amazing! Thanks for your comment!
I love salads and always on the look out for new recipes. Thanks for sharing this one!
Thank you for stopping by. Hope you enjoy this one.