I have stated before, I am crazy about the restaurant, Chicken Salad Chick. Best chicken salads ever. This is a copycat recipe for their ranch flavored chicken salad plus a bonus recipe.
Ingredients:
1 rotisserie chicken, deboned and shredded
1/2 cup Cheese, grated or more to taste
5 strips of bacon, cooked, drained and crumbled
1/2 cup celery, sliced
3 Tablespoons of green onions, sliced
Salt and pepper to taste
Dressing Ingredients:
1/2 cup mayonnaise
2 Tablespoons of sour cream
3 Tablespoons of your favorite bottled Ranch salad dressing
When you are not home and without your Kitchen Aid, I use kitchen shears to shred chicken.
In a large bowl, combine all ingredients except for the dressing ingredients. In a separate bowl, add ingredients for dressing and mix well. Add to chicken salad and combine. This is great on a sandwich, eaten as is or made into a big salad, recipe below.
A scoop of chicken salad is great on a bed of your favorite lettuce.
Bonus Recipe!
Chicken Salad Salad
Lettuce, I used Romaine
Celery
Green onions
Bacon
Cheese
Tomato
Croutons
Chicken salad from the recipe above, prepared
Additional ranch dressing
Mix together in a large salad bowl and enjoy!
I just tried the Sassy Scotty the other day and thought it was awesome! So great, that I wanted more and to see about making it. Your recipe was a hit and tasted delicious! Thank you!!!
Thank you Ariana! This is one of the most popular recipes on my blog. I also have the grape salad recipe, the buffalo chicken salad and Fruity Fran ( my recipe is called Fruity Frieda) posted too. ❤️
I need to make
You will love it.
Approximately how much chicken does it come out to be? I would like to try it w chicken breasts.
I would say 2-4 chicken breasts, depending on the size. I used Sam’s Club rotisserie chicken which is much larger than my local grocery store rotisserie chicken. That’s why I am say 2-4. You can always adjust the ingredient amount and it should be fine. I am sure it will be delicious.
Question: I might have missed it, but are the three tablespoons of Ranch Dressing the dry mix? Or some bottled version of Ranch Dressing?
This would be the liquid salad kind of ranch salad dressing. Sorry for the confusion.
I just wanted to say thank you for the recipe and that it was delicious. I made it the way you suggested And then I made another recipe of it with a little more onion, the way I like, versus the one I made for my spouse. Both were absolutely wonderful and also a great start for a variety of receipes. Thanks again!
My pleasure Lonnie. Thank you. When I am trying to get a certain flavor to stand out in my recipes, I tend to go easy on the onions so they don’t mask the flavor, as in this case, the ranch flavor. But I do love onions.
Hello! Can’t wait to try this- what type of grated cheese? Cheddar? Swiss? Thank you!!
I used cheddar because that’s what the restaurant uses. Enjoy! You will love it.
About how many cups of chicken?
I used a rotisserie chicken white meat only from Sam’s Club. They are much larger than a grocery store rotisserie chicken. Perhaps it’s 4-5 cups is my best guesstimate. I always use breast meat and use rotisserie chicken from Sam’s.
Do you think I could do it with canned chicken? I want to make a LARGE batch for a big group but don’t have time to mess with rotisserie chicken…..
I can’t guarantee you would get the same taste. Even the restaurant uses real chicken, not canned. Me personally, I would use real chicken. The end results will not be the same. Once you change a recipe, it’s no longer mine.
do you know the serving size and/or macros per serving?
It made around 12 ounces.
Serving size depends on the portions and exactly how you are eating it, salad or sandwich or just in its own. I do not know the macros.
I use kitchen shears to do this kind of prep too; chicken, boiled eggs, veggies. I like the ingredients in your recipe and will use it next time a rotisserie chicken is bought. Thank you!!
Thank you Jeanie!