A chicken salad recipe can be many things. Be it chicken that’s barbecued, roasted or poached, and tossed with leaves, grains or noodles, these chicken salads will work wonders for your next meal.
Pick up a rotisserie chicken for lightning-fast meals, throw it together with leftover roast veg or leafy greens, add a crack of black pepper and fresh herbs and then store your easy chicken salad recipe in an airtight container for tomorrow’s lunch. Or poach chicken breasts and toss through a vibrant green soba noodle salad and finish off with lemon juice and miso dressing and cracked black pepper. Either way, our colourful chicken salad recipes pack a punch.
Here are our best chicken salad recipes to turn to.
Turmeric chicken with cucumber salad
For maximum flavour cook this quick turmeric-spiced chicken on the barbecue – coal or wood will give the best result.
Poached chicken and millet salad with peas and mint
Millet is cooked pilaf-style for this salad to add extra flavour. It makes the perfect vehicle for a lemon-laden dressing along with shreds of poached chicken and plenty of peas.
Green-tea soba with chicken and green miso
Green is good, and it tastes just so.
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Lemon chicken with bean and radish salad
Quick, easy and healthy. This is a chicken dish you’ll want to commit to memory.
Chicken noodle salad with turmeric-lime dressing
Light, simple and deceptively easy to make.
Shane Delia’s poached chicken salad with harissa, eggplant, spring onion and tahini
Double dressing? In one corner, the nuttiness of the Maha East chef’s tahini dressing; in the other, the one-two spicy punch of the harissa and lemon.
Chicken, radish and bean salad with tarragon dressing
This simple salad is a great way to use up leftover roast or barbecued chicken.
Chicken with chilled noodles, cucumber and Sichuan-vinegar dressing
This chilled Sichuan chicken salad packs a mouth-numbing punch. Double the recipe for an enviable work lunch the next day.
Chicken and avocado salad
Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for chicken and avocado salad by Pete Evans.
Sunda’s Thai-style chicken larb
This vibrant salad by Melbourne restaurant Sunda fires on all cylinders.
Roast chicken salad with peas and almond-lemon dressing
This dish conjures up all that’s good about summer picnics.
Grilled chicken and rice noodle salad
A hot and sour dressing adds a sweet and spicy hit to this classic combination of chicken, aromatic herbs and rice noodles.
Drunken chicken salad with green onion and ginger dressing
Australian Gourmet Traveller and Tony Tan Chinese entree recipe for drunken chicken salad with green onion and ginger dressing
Yum woon sen (Thai glass noodle salad)
Australian Gourmet Traveller fast recipe for glass noodle salad.
Chicken salad with asparagus and quinoa
If you’ve got the time, toast the quinoa in a little grapeseed oil until it’s golden brown before adding the water – it adds a great nutty flavour that works well with the asparagus.
El Publico’s chicken quinoa salad with recado verde
Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for chicken quinoa salad with recado verde by El Publico restaurant in Perth.
Little Valley’s miso-poached chicken and ham salad with chilli dressing
Miso is protein-rich paste made from fermented soybeans and is a staple in Asian cooking.
Prawn, chicken and wing bean salad
Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for prawn, chicken and wing bean salad by Tonka restaurant in Melbourne.
Chicken, roast plum, labne and grain salad
Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for chicken, roast plum, labne and grain salad.
Spiced chicken with carrot, chickpea and green chilli salad
Emma Knowles fast recipe for spiced chicken with carrot, chickpea and green chilli salad.
Grilled chicken, peach and avocado salad
This fresh, light salad is all about the chicken. It works well for a barbecue, tossed together with the chicken hot off the grill. The dressing is even better when it’s left to stand for an hour or two.
Grilled chicken with cucumber, carrot and Asian herb salad
Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for grilled chicken with cucumber, carrot and Asian herb salad.
Chicken noodle salad with Sichuan peppercorns
A chilled noodle salad is just the ticket when the mercury soars.
Roast chicken salad with celeriac, radicchio and pink grapefruit
This lovely salad is a fine way to use leftover roast chicken. Serve the meat cold or warm it up – either way it’s delicious.
Roast chicken, walnut and grape salad with blue cheese dressing
Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for roast chicken, walnut and grape salad with blue cheese dressing.
Poached chicken, green bean and basil mayonnaise salad
Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for Poached chicken, green bean and basil mayonnaise salad
Chicken salad with black grapes, walnuts and celery
Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for Chicken salad with black grapes, walnuts and celery
Amy Chanta’s guide to making larb gai
One of the great salads of the world, larb is quick to prepare, but makes a lasting impression. We have the late and great Amy Chanta to thank for this recipe.
Aunty Three’s Saigon chicken and cabbage salad with quail eggs
Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for Aunty Three’s Saigon chicken and cabbage salad with quail eggs from Grasshopper Asian Kitchen in Brisbane
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