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10 Delicious Chicken Salad Recipes

If you’re craving something fresh and easy for lunch or dinner, these chicken salad recipes will save the day! From classic homemade chicken salad to fun twists like buffalo and avocado chicken salad, these quick recipes are perfect for busy days when you still want something delicious. Grab a rotisserie chicken, and you’ll have a healthy, satisfying meal in no time!

Chicken Salad with Cranberries and Pecans

This creamy, crunchy chicken salad with cranberries and pecans is the perfect sweet-and-savory lunch you’ll actually look forward to! Packed with juicy rotisserie chicken, crisp apples, smoky bacon, and a hint of maple syrup!

Chicken salad with cranberries and pecans on toasted wheat bread.

Mexican Chicken Salad

This creamy, flavorful Mexican chicken salad is packed with bold flavors and takes just minutes to throw together! Serve it as a hearty salad or sandwich, or grab a bag of tortilla chips — it makes an awesome dip too!

Close up of the Mexican chicken salad in a white bowl.

Asian Chicken Salad with Cranberries

This Asian chicken cranberry salad is sweet, savory, and full of crunch! It’s literally everything you want in a salad! It’s super easy to toss together with coleslaw mix, rotisserie chicken, and a to-die-for homemade sesame ginger dressing you’ll want to put on everything!

Asian chicken salad with cranberries on a white and gray plate.

Italian Grinder Chicken Salad

This creamy Italian Grinder chicken salad is packed with all the delicious flavors of an Italian deli sandwich and tossed in a creamy dressing. It makes the most incredible chicken salad sandwich, or serve it over greens for a lower-carb option!

Italian chicken salad being mixed in a glass bowl.

Classic Southern Chicken Salad with Eggs

This Southern-style old-fashioned chicken salad with eggs is creamy, comforting, and made with just a few classic ingredients. Perfect for serving on soft sandwich bread or croissants, with crackers, or on its own as a high-protein lunch.

A cracker being dipped into the old fashioned chicken salad.

Buffalo Chicken Salad

This chopped buffalo chicken salad is creamy, crunchy deliciousness! It’s the perfect hearty dinner salad or a great salad to pack for lunch. It takes less than 30 minutes to make (even faster if you use rotisserie chicken!) so it’s great for busy weeknights, too!

Chopped salad in a bowl with the dressing.

Buffalo Chicken Pasta Salad

Speaking of buffalo chicken….busy weeknights just got easier with this buffalo chicken pasta salad that’s creamy, quick, and full of bold flavor. 

Buffalo chicken pasta salad on a spoon.

Jennifer Aniston Salad with Chicken

The Jennifer Aniston salad with chicken is the ultimate lunch salad that blends delicious flavor with healthy eating. This salad is so light and fresh and includes tender chicken, crisp veggies, fresh herbs, nutrient-packed quinoa, all tossed in a light, lemon vinaigrette! 

A bowl of the Jennifer Aniston salad with chicken.

Street Corn Chicken Salad

This street corn chicken salad is creamy, smoky, and full of Mexican-inspired flavor. Tender rotisserie chicken, corn, and a chipotle-lime dressing come together for a meal that’s so easy t make!

Street corn chicken salad in a glass bowl with limes.

Avocado Chicken Salad

This avocado chicken salad recipe is a great recipe when you need something quick, easy, healthy, and delicious! Made with rotisserie chicken, avocado, and fresh lime juice, this chicken salad is perfect to whip up for a quick lunch salad or light dinner.

Avocado chicken salad on a croissant roll.

Bruschetta Chicken Salad

This Bruschetta salad with chicken is going to be one of your summertime go-to recipes! This salad is a fun twist on traditional bruschetta. Bright, fresh flavors and textures come together to make this crowd-pleasing, easy-to-make salad! 

Bruschetta salad with chicken on a white plate.

Chick fil A Market Salad (copycat)

This Chick-fil-A Market Salad recipe is an easy copycat salad packed with chicken, fresh berries, and tangy apple cider vinaigrette. It’s a great dinner salad, lunch salad, meal prep…and will save you a ton of money vesus going to Chick-fil-A!

Chick-fil-A market salad copycat in a large bowl with grilled chicken.

Did you get some great ideas?

I hope you got some great ideas for some delicious chicken salad recipes! Let us know in the comments which ones you’re going to try! We’d love to hear from you.

XO ~ Casey

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