Boneless Chicken Recipe
Easy Barbecue Chicken Salad Recipe
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This picture shows you our simple barbecue chicken salad. You can see how the cooked chicken looks delicious against the bright green salad leaves and how a little cheese adds to the overall appeal. Easy chicken recipes like this one are great when you want to throw together a quick yet appetizing lunch or when you fancy something light for dinner. Chicken salad recipes never have to be boring and the combination of the warm, barbecue-flavored chicken, blue cheese, ranch dressing, and other ingredients in this one make it extra delicious. This barbecue chicken salad is guaranteed to leave you satisfied.
Easy Barbecue Chicken Salad Recipe
This remarkably simple chicken salad recipe offers a satisfying yet light meal for warmer weather or times when you do not want to eat a lot. However, it will not leave you hungry later on. Partially prepared foods like cooked boneless chicken and bagged salad greens allow you to put this meal together in minutes and you can enjoy this chicken salad recipe for lunch or dinner, maybe with some crusty bread on the side to make it more filling.
Even though this easy barbecue chicken salad has a mere seven ingredients, it is full of flavor. The warm chicken and barbecue sauce are mouthwatering, the salad greens, tomato, and onion add nutrients, crunch, and flavor, the ranch dressing adds a certain creaminess, and the blue cheese crumbled over the salad finishes it off in style. If you are not a fan of blue cheese, you could try crumbled feta or grated cheddar. A lot of chicken salad recipes are wide open to adaptation and this one is too. If you want to grate some apple into it, throw in some sliced black grapes, add a handful of pine nuts or spice up the barbecue sauce with a touch of Tabasco, go ahead.
Remember, like most other forms of chicken salad using freshly cooked meat, you will want to allow the chicken to cool for a little while before adding it to the cold ingredients. That will prevent the greens from wilting and allow warm and cool to combine as well as possible. Just bear in mind that you should observe safety precautions when working with any meat.
Warm Barbecue Chicken Salad With Cheese
Ingredients -
1 pound boneless chicken breasts, cut into strips
½ cup of your favorite barbecue sauce
1 ten ounce bag of mixed salad greens
1 tomato, cut into wedges
½ cup thinly sliced onion
½ cup ranch dressing
¼ blue cheese crumbles
Preparation:
Heat chicken in a non-stick skillet on medium high heat until cooked through, stirring frequently. Add barbecue sauce near the end.
If the barbecue chicken seems dry at the end, add more sauce to moisten it. Allow chicken to rest until warm, not hot.
Toss greens and other vegetables in a large bowl and top them with the chicken.
Toss salad lightly with ranch dressing, then sprinkle with cheese. Serve immediately for the best result.
(Serves 4)