Easy Roasted Chicken Salad is the best chicken salad recipe ever. Mayonnaise, celery, onions and special seasoning makes this a huge favorite!
THE BEST ROASTED CHICKEN SALAD
I’m pretty picky when it comes to chicken salad. I like to roast my own chicken because I can flavor it how I like it. But some good ole store-bought rotisserie chicken will work just fine in this!
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OVEN ROASTED GIVES IT FLAVOR
For me, a good chicken salad has to have a nice balance of being able to taste the moist roasted chicken along with the creaminess and taste of mayonnaise. This recipe strikes a good balance of both and the other add-in ingredients, like the celery and onion are all optional to suite your tastes.
WHAT YOU’LL NEED:
whole chicken breasts (bone-in, with skin)
lemon pepper seasoning
olive oil
mayonnaise
sour cream
celery
red onion
salt & pepper
HOW TO MAKE ROASTED CHICKEN SALAD:
Preheat oven to 350f degrees. On a baking sheet, place chicken breasts skin side up. Drizzle them with a bit of olive oil and then sprinkle with lemon pepper seasoning.
Cook for about 35-45 minutes until the chicken is cooked thoroughly. Allow chicken to cool before continuing. Once chicken is cool, remove meat. You can save the bones and skin for chicken stock later, if you prefer. Cut the chicken up into bite size chunks. In a medium bowl, mix together the mayonnaise, sour cream, celery, onion and salt & pepper.
I usually add about 2 tsp. of salt and maybe a 1/2 teaspoon of pepper. Add in diced chicken and stir.
Serve on croissants, your favorite bread or just a bed of lettuce.
Enjoy!
Originally published: August 2011
Updated & republished: June 2019
BEST ROASTED CHICKEN SALAD
Easy Roasted Chicken Salad is the best chicken salad recipe ever. Mayonnaise, celery, onions and special seasoning makes this a huge favorite!
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Calories: 474kcal
Ingredients
- 2 bone-in whole chicken breasts (with skin)
- 1 tbsp lemon pepper seasoning
- olive oil
- 3/4 cup mayonnaise
- 1/4 cup sour cream
- 1 stalk celery, finely chopped
- 1/2 cup small red onion, finely diced (about 1/4 )
- 2 tsp salt (to taste)
- 1/2 tsp pepper (to taste)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F degrees.
- On a baking sheet, place chicken breasts skin side up.
- Drizzle them with a bit of olive oil and then sprinkle with lemon pepper seasoning.
- Cook for about 35-45 minutes until the chicken is cooked thoroughly.
- Allow chicken to cool before continuing.
- Once chicken is cool, remove meat.
- Cut the chicken up into bite size chunks.
- In a medium bowl, mix together the mayonnaise, sour cream, celery, onion and salt & pepper.
- Add in diced chicken and stir.
- Serve on croissants, your favorite bread or just a bed of lettuce.
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Notes
Over the years I've seen so many interesting and tasty ingredients being added to chicken salad. I still prefer the traditional chicken salad but I sometimes enjoy adding some red or green grapes or toasted pecans to add a little texture and variety (as You may also like to add in some apples or toasted walnuts.
Nutrition
Calories: 474kcal | Carbohydrates: 2g | Protein: 19g | Fat: 42g | Saturated Fat: 9g | Cholesterol: 82mg | Sodium: 343mg | Potassium: 265mg | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 235IU | Vitamin C: 0.3mg | Calcium: 40mg | Iron: 0.9mg
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Fruit and nuts are welcome to join in the fun on my grilled chicken salads; but, I'm a "no fruit or nuts in my mixed up with mayo chicken salad" kind of gal. I am craving chicken salad now. I think that is going on the menu for the day. Thanks, Brandie! Have a great week!
looks delish! I use rotisserie chicken in my chicken salad, from Wlmart. I made some Thurs night.
My mouth is watering over this recipe. Reminds me of a coffee place that my mama would take me to and we'd split a chicken salad sandwich. Need to make this soon. Perfect for lunch. Yummy!
That looks just fantastic. Your recipes are just the best. I cannot wait to try this one out. Come over and visit us today. We have a wonderful country rib recipe. Yum.
Fruit and nuts are welcome to join in the fun on my grilled chicken salads; but, I'm a "no fruit or nuts in my mixed up with mayo chicken salad" kind of gal. I am craving chicken salad now. I think that is going on the menu for the day. Thanks, Brandie! Have a great week!
Your chicken salad on a croissant looks soooo good! I love chicken salad with grapes. I'm sure dried cranberries would be a nice addition, too. The husband doesn't care much for mayo, so I often sub a little mayo for nonfat plain yogurt; it's just as creamy and a whole lot less fattening! Thanks for sharing your take. 🙂
Thant looks SO good! num num num!
~Carolyn
Chicken salad is my FAVORITE! I'm so craving it now!
Hehe! Love the poem Bran! Awesome! And this recipe looks incredible! I love chicken salad and was just thinking to myself yesterday that I should whip some up, now I'm thinking some croissants too… Yum!
I have to tell you that I had the best chicken salad i've ever eaten the other night at a restaurant. They used smoked chicken and it gave it so much flavor!
OOOPs Brandie, I meant the top 9 and my poem was more Dr. Seuss than Shakespear.
Thanks so much for a great poem…oh and the recipe too! 😉
So simple and so yummy! Loved it!
Yum – i love anything with chicken salad – I'll have to pin this recipe!
~Jessa
www.jessajill.blogspot.com
Mmmmm…chicken salad with roasted chicken is the best! Yours looks just perfect~
PS…I have the same poetry skills 😉
Sounds wonderful. I can't bring myself to turn the oven on in Austin, tho. My house might go up in flames – it's 103 outside…I love to add celery to my chicken salad. The crunch is soooo good. (:
Don't you always go back to the traditional! It must be a classic for a reason!
I love using roasted chicken for all my chic dishes. I'm not a big chicken salad lover, but I must say Brandie, I do like that you put it on a buttery croissant. Yum!
Oh this recipe looks delicious!! I'll definitely be trying this! 🙂
Made this and it was the best chicken salad I have ever had!
I love any and all chicken salad so I must try this. (I like your poem, too!) 🙂
I made this salad (exactly to your recipe) and it was SO good! Thank you!
I absolutely love chicken salad and this one looks totally amazing!
Brandie, this was awesome! Thank you!
Looks delish…just had something similar for lunch at a local restaurant today!
I love this chicken salad..it is even way better with grapes in it.
Oh, I love chicken salad! You have inspired me. This shall be lunch today. 🙂
I love grapes added if I'm eating it on lettuce leafs. I'm not a fan of grapes inside a sandwich. I am so hooked on rotisserie chicken. It's just so easy and versatile.
Your recipe looks yummy!
Looks great, such a summer classic. Some nice sweet tea to go with it, I know what I'm making for lunch this weekend.
Haha It's so nice to see that I'm not the only one who has such strong poetic love for food. Lovely recipe and great blog!
Sounds wonderful! The best chicken salad I have ever eaten included pineapple–made my taste buds do a little happy dance.
I just made this with the Greek yogurt and nonfat sour cream and OMG! I can't wait for lunch! Can you eat chicken salad for breakfast?
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I like to use Pina Colada yogurt and then a bit of toasted coconut on top for a tropical flair.
I just made this and it was so yummy. I love your site.
I like to cut up some apples in my chicken salad; apples and/or grapes. Or sometimes curry powder (maybe 1/2 tsp – depends on amount of chicken salad) and coriander, and then stir in or top with some chopped dry-roasted peanuts. Apples go well with curry. If I'm trying to battle my weight, I'll up the fiber and volume by mixing the chicken salad with a lot of shredded cabbage or coleslaw mix, maybe around an equal amount.
Very easy! I’ve made it twice. First time followed the recipe as stated, a little too much salt. Second time I added 1/2 tsp of salt, 2 stalks of celery & cashews.