I am a busy mom. Oh so busy – who isn’t these days? I spend most of my day at work and then working on the blog. Then I am off to carpool for the kids. Each of my 3 kids are at 3 different schools so afternoon carpool can take me hours sometimes. After school we have sports and tons of homework. In the midst of it all I need to make dinner. My Simple Chicken Salad Sandwiches are such a time saver for me.
In order for me not to go crazy I need to have dinner ideas that my family loves but that also won’t stress me out. I MUST have dinner ideas that take no time – or less than 20 minues to put together. This one is perfect!
I know everyone has their favorite recipe, this is mine!
Simple Chicken Salad Sandwiches
Ingredients Needed:
- 1 fully cooked rotisserie chicken – the kind at Walmart are the perfect size! (about 3 cups shredded chicken)
- 1/2 cup celery diced
- 1/3 cup green onions thinly sliced (abou 4 t0 5 green onions)
Dressing:
- 1/2 cup mayo
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- 1/4 tsp. pepper
- 1/4 tsp. season salt
- 1/8 tsp. onion powder
- 1 1/2 tsp lemon juice
I first like to mix up the dressing so the flavors all have time to meld. Add all of the dressing ingredients together into a bowl, mix, then place in the fridge for when you need it.
I just love using rotisserie chicken in my recipes that call for shredded chicken – it is such an easy an inexpensive way to get shredded chicken.
I first remove the legs and wings. My daughter does not like chicken salad so I like to have some chicken legs for her to eat. For this recipe I use the breast meat any other dark meat tha is easy to get to. This takes me less than 5 minutes to remove the chicken from the bones.
I set the chicken legs aside for my daughter then put the rest of the chicken meat in a bowl and shred it with two forks. Takes only minutes to shred. You can pull out your mixer and “mix” the chicken. It really works great and fast – like shredded chicken in 20 seconds.
Into the bowl add your diced celery and onions and dressing.
Mix this all together and you have a simple and delicious chickne salad. If I have time and want to be extra fancy I will sometimes add a cup of sliced grapes and about 1/2 a cup of cashews – yum!
Put the chicken salad on croissants or your favorite rolls.
Add a side of fresh fruit like grapes or apples and you have a wonderful meal for you family to enjoy that takes less than 15 minutes to put together. Now that is my kind of meal!
amber.m says
Oh my gosh, yum! And this is such a genius idea! I bet it tastes good!
Molly says
This looks so good and this recipe is pretty simple! I’m not a fan of onions so I would probably leave them out and add grapes like you suggested. So yummy!
Lindsay AFM says
I love chicken salad! This is such a smart idea!!
Melanie says
I love using those chickens for all sorts of dishes!
Jaime says
I love chicken salad! I keep hearing that rotisserie chicken is really cheap and easier to make lots of food with. Our Wal Mart’s deli is right next to the entrance so I smell that deliciousness right away, haha. =)
Cosmetics Aficionado says
DELICIOUS! I love chicken salad!
Chrissa - PHysical Kitchness says
Chicken salad sandwiches are one of my all time favs! Great post!
Sarah Halstead says
That looks sooo good and easy to make.
Beth McIntire says
This looks delicious! Rather than using rotisserie, I usually use canned chicken or leftover chicken to make chicken salad, but any way you slice it, this looks like a recipe I need to try. I’m also adding you to my blog’s list of CommentLuv enabled sites. 🙂
Stephanie says
I love how versatile a rotisserie chicken can be! This chicken salad sandwich looks amazing and perfect for a busy night. Thanks for sharing! #client
Taryn @ Design, Dining and Diapers says
What a great luck or even quick dinner idea! Looks so good.
kara says
This looks so good!
Lisa Heath says
My son LOVES chicken salad sandwiches!
All that's Jas says
Yum. It’s lunch time and my mouth is watering over this salad. Thanks for joining the Thursday Favorite Things Blog Hop!
Sarah says
I love chicken salad and I recently did a guest post for another blog with my “Waldorf-inspired” chicken salad… which has grapes in it! Great minds think alike…
Lou Lou Girls says
Oh yum! This looks so incredible! Pinned and tweeted. We love partying with you and we appreciate you stopping by! Please take a minute to stop by next week, so we can pin and tweet your new creation. The party starts on Monday at 7 pm! Have a great Saturday! Lou Lou Girls