Easy Rotisserie Chicken Salad Recipe
Published Feb 16, 2021 Updated Jul 11, 2023
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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
- To a food processor, add in the cooked chicken and pulse for 20 seconds or until the chicken is nice and chopped.
- Transfer the chopped chicken to a large bowl and add the remaining ingredients. Mix with a large wooden spoon until combined and creamy.
- 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!
- 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.
Recipe FAQs
This rotisserie chicken salad recipe will last for 3-5 days in the refrigerator. Store in an airtight container for optimal freshness.
There are a lot of grocery stores that carry hot, cooked rotisserie chicken for a great price. Check your local grocery store, or specialty market like Wegman’s, Sprouts, Whole Foods, etc. Costco’s famous rotisserie chicken is also a good option if you have a membership there.
This recipe calls for 5 cups of cooked chicken, so you may not have much leftover, but if you do, you can use it for chicken tacos or burritos, nachos, on pizza, over a salad, stir fry, etc!
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Ingredients
- 5 cups chicken cooked and finely shredded
- 1 hard boiled egg chopped
- 1/4 cup chopped pickles
- 2 slices bacon cooked and chopped
- 1/2 sweet yellow onion chopped
- 1 tablespoon parsley fresh or dried
- 3/4 cup homemade mayo
- 3 tablespoons pecans rough chopped
- 1 tablespoon pickle juice
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- To a food processor, add in the cooked chicken and pulse for 20 seconds or until the chicken is nice and chopped.
- Transfer the chopped chicken to a large mixing bowl and add the remaining ingredients. Mix with a large wooden spoon until combined and creamy.
- Place a lid on the mixing bowl and place in the fridge for at least 3 hours or overnight before serving. Serve with sliced cucumbers, over lettuce or mini bell peppers.
- Enjoy!
Notes
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.
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!)
Equipment
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Making this today, sounds so yummy!
Hope you love it!
this is the kind of simple but flavorful recipe i dream for weekday lunches. i used a rotisserie chicken from the grocery store and primal kitchen paleo mayo to save myself some extra time 😉 ate some today wrapped in butter lettuce and it was perfect. this was my first time breaking up chicken in the food processor like that – it’s hella smart – less work on the body in breaking down/digesting the meat.
So delicious and an easy go to meal during the week.
So happy to hear. Thank you!
I absolutely loved this chicken salad! A new family favorite 🤩
So happy to hear. Thank you
OMG I have just made this and have it chilling in the fridge. It really is slap somebody AMAZING! One of the BEST chicken salads I’ve ever had!! Thanks Mac!
Yay! I am so happy to hear this. Thank you
What could I use instead of the pickles and pickle juice?
Thanks!
I would just omit if you don’t like pickles.
Made this yesterday…so good! (I added apples because my husband says it’s a must!). Amazing!
This sounds like a great touch. Thanks or making
Hi! I am excited to make this chicken salad but have a question: do you use dill or sweet pickles/pickle juice? Thanks!
Dill pickle
So so good!! I opted for avocado instead of mayo and it was delicious!! Great recipe!
Love the idea of using avocado. Glad it was yummy
I made this AGAIN today for lunch! I have my own chicken salad recipe that have been making for 20+ years, but I prefer this one nowadays. Love love love!!!