Easy Rotisserie Chicken Salad Recipe (2024)

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This homemade Rotisserie Chicken Salad recipe is easy to make and loaded with shredded chicken, hard-boiled egg, bacon, pecans, pickles, onions, and homemade mayo. It’s perfect served over lettuce or on top of cucumbers. Plus, there are only 2 net carbs per serving! Whole30, Keto, and Paleo.

What Makes This Recipe Great

This easy Rotisserie Chicken Salad recipe is the perfect lunch, dinner, or appetizer. It’s filled with so much flavor and can be served over lettuce, on top of cucumbers, or stuffed in mini peppers for the perfect low-carb meal or snack.

Even better, this recipe can be whipped up in no time at all and serves as an amazing meal prep option. You will love this recipe because it takes turns simple ingredients into a delicious chicken salad in just 5 minutes!

And who doesn’t love a quick and easy recipe that’s also healthy, tasty, and just so simple?

Ingredient Notes

• rotisserie chicken: You can use any store-bought rotisserie chicken or leftover chicken breast that is cooked and finely shredded.
• hard-boiled egg
• chopped pickles
• bacon: Use cooked bacon and chop it, or you can use bacon bits if you prefer. I think fresh bacon tastes the best.
• sweet yellow onion: You can also use chopped red onion or green onion for a sharper onion flavor.
• parsley: Use fresh or dried, whichever you have on hand.
• homemade mayo: I have a delicious homemade mayo recipe, or you can use your favorite store-bought version. You can use plain greek yogurt instead of mayo if preferred.
• pecans: You can use roasted or raw. Roughly chop them before adding them to the mixture.
• pickle juice
• garlic powder
• salt and pepper: to taste

Optional ingredients:

Some people like to add a little dijon mustard, dried cranberries, and/or a different type of onion to their chicken salad. Feel free to do this. Chicken salad is one of those recipes that is easy to customize to your individual taste.

Recipe Step by Step

1. To a food processor, add in the cooked chicken and pulse for 20 seconds or until the chicken is nice and chopped.
2. Transfer the chopped chicken to a large bowl and add the remaining ingredients. Mix with a large wooden spoon until combined and creamy.
3. Place a lid on the mixing bowl and place it in the fridge for at least 3 hours or overnight before serving. Serve with sliced cucumbers, over lettuce, or with mini bell peppers. Or make a sandwich- you can’t go wrong!
4. Enjoy!

How to Serve Chicken Salad

• Over lettuce with a tomato and pickle
• Stuffed in mini peppers
• Wrapped in a coconut wrap
• Gluten-Free Crackers (Not Keto or Whole30)
• On top of cucumber slices
• As a sandwich (Not Keto or Whole30, though there are low-carb bread options you can try!)

Mac’s Pro Tips

• Finely Shredded Chicken: The key to the perfect chicken salad recipe is shredding the chicken by adding it to a food processor. It gives it the perfect consistency and really is a game-changer for the overall texture.
• Chill overnight: Making sure to allow the chicken salad to sit between 3-24 hours in the refrigerator makes a big difference in the taste. I always like making my salad the night before and allowing it to sit in the fridge overnight before serving. The flavors are incredible and serving it cold is best in my opinion.
• Homemade Mayo: Store-bought mayo is not my jam. Making mayo homemade is the only way I can eat it. My 60-second Mayo recipe is filled with super simple ingredients and doesn’t have any junk. Click here to grab the recipe.
• Pickle Juice: Adding a tablespoon or so of pickle juice gives the chicken salad great flavor. It’s my secret for my tuna and chicken salad recipes.

Storage Tips

• This rotisserie chicken salad recipe can be stored for 3 to 5 days in the refrigerator safely in an air-tight container with a lid.

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