spring lemon rotisserie chicken salad
In the month of May and into summer, I like to make up cool salads. What is better than a rotisserie veggie salad? Lemon pepper, rotisserie chicken, juicy cherry tomatoes, crispy bacon, green onion, red onion, olives, cucumber, Romaine lettuce, salad with sweet balsamic vinaigrette dressing. Yum.
prep time
8 Hr 20 Min
cook time
1 Hr
method
No-Cook or Other
yield
Ingredients
- 1 medium lemon pepper rotisserie chicken, deboned
- 1 pint cherry or grape tomatoes, cut in half
- 1 medium hot house cucumber, cut into quarters
- 1/2 medium red onion, minced
- 6 slices cooked bacon, crumbled
- 6 green onions, diced, whites and greens chopped
- 2 bags premade romaine salad mix with purple cabbage pieces (10 oz each)
- 1 can medium whole black olives, sliced
- 6 ounces Mediterranean Feta cheese crumbles
- 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
- 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon dill, dried
- 6 ounces Craisins
- 1 cup shredded carrots
- SWEET BALSAMIC VINAIGRETTE DRESSING
- 3 tablespoons honey
- 9 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 6 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
How To Make spring lemon rotisserie chicken salad
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Step 1Secure a plastic resealable bowl. Open bags of lettuce and add two bowl – cutting into chunks to make smaller bite-size pieces.
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Step 2To the bowl, add cut cherry tomatoes, chopped olive, green onion, red diced onion, crumbled cooked bacon, Feta cheese, and grated carrots, along with Craisins and rotisserie chicken pieces.
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Step 3Toss salad to thoroughly combined all ingredients.
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Step 4Prepare dressing in a mason jar thoroughly mixing well. Shaking well is the key to getting the honey distributed with all the other ingredients for vinaigrette dressing.
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Step 5Pour dressing over bowl of chopped salad ingredients, and toss until coated
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Step 6Serve warm or refrigerate for one hour. I made a triple batch of this balsamic vinaigrette, sweet dressing.
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Step 7You can add diced green apple, walnuts, pecans, or diced celery for a bit of crunch.
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Step 8Bon appétit
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