Adding chicken to your salad can easily promote that bowl of veggies from side dish status to the main event for a tasty lunch or a satisfying dinner. Here, we've gathered a choice array of salad recipes with chicken, whether you want to simply repurpose last night's roasted chicken leftovers, or start anew to build some serious flavor.
Crispy, pimentón-dusted tortillas stand in for the flatbread traditionally found in the Lebanese bread salad fattoush. Make this recipe with easy homemade Tex-Mex Tortillas or use your favorite store-bought version. Cook Mode (Keep screen awake) 4 Tex-Mex Flour Tortillas 3 tablespoons plus 2 teaspoons …
Sweet sugar snap peas give this light summer salad from Ivan Conill’s Branch Line in Boston a satisfying crunch, while whole-milk ricotta adds heft with its mild, creamy richness. Shredded rotisserie chicken may be omitted for a vegetarian version, or you can substitute with flaked hot smoked …
Like rice paper rolls and banh mi sandwiches, rice-noodle salad bowls—often categorized at restaurants as rice vermicelli bowls or bun (“boon”, the name of the noodles in Vietnamese)—can feature many wonderful things, like grilled lemongrass chicken skewers. To make Vietnamese rice-noodle salad …
The contrast between cool, lemony greens, warm spice-rubbed chicken and crispy oven-baked chickpeas makes this main-course salad especially satisfying. Any sturdy salad green would be delicious here, from crunchy romaine to torn spinach leaves and thinly sliced cabbage. Cook Mode (Keep screen …
Green Goddess dressing — a mix of mayonnaise, sour cream, herbs, anchovies and lemon — was created at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco in the 1920s, as a tribute to an actor starring in a play called The Green Goddess. The creamy dressing is typically tossed with a green salad, and it's …
Coleslaw gets a little flavor twist from a delicious ginger-miso paste, which is used to both coat the chicken as well as dress the salad. The slaw has great texture from snow peas, cabbage, and carrots, and grilled chicken. Store-bought shredded coleslaw mix makes this recipe incredibly easy to …
Pick up a rotisserie chicken for this salad, then toss it with crisp cabbage, carrots, red onion, herbs, and a tangy dressing before topping it with fried shallots and chopped peanuts. Jump to recipe Seattle chef-restaurateurs (and siblings) Eric and Sophie Banh like to poach the chicken for this …
Everything you love about a Cobb salad is taken to the next level with a roasted garlic and onion vinaigrette. Jump to recipe Chef Sean Doty roasts sweet Vidalia onion and garlic until they are lightly charred, then purees them to make the apple cider vinaigrette that gives this Cobb salad its tang …
“I’ve always been confident that simple, delicious food is good on its own terms. You just have to not mess it up.” — Judy Rodgers Jump to recipe At Zuni Café in San Francisco, the wood-burning brick oven in the center of the dining room entices diners to give in to the simple luxury of a perfectly …
A spicy, tangy peanut butter and coconut milk dressing pulls this crunchy fresh salad together. This vibrant salad is filled with layers of texture and flavor from a mix of crunchy green cabbage, fresh herbs, and juicy grilled chicken that’s been marinated in a coconut milk and lime juice marinade. …
