Roasted Chicken Salad Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spread pecans in a single layer on a rimmed baking sheet. Toast in oven until fragrant, stirring occasionally, about 10 minutes. Remove from pan; let cool completely.
• Pull chicken from the bone; discard bones, and cut meat into 3/4-inch pieces. Transfer to a medium bowl; add scallions, celery, apples, raisins, and oregano. Season with salt and pepper. Add dressing; toss to combine. Chill, covered, until ready to serve.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Arrange 2 racks evenly spaced in the oven.
• Place the chicken breasts, skin side up, on one sheet pan. Pat the chicken dry with paper towels, rub the tops completely with olive oil, and sprinkle generously with salt and pepper. Roast for 35 to 40 minutes, until a meat thermometer registers 140 degrees. Cover with aluminum foil and allow to rest for 10 minutes. When cool enough to handle, discard the skin and bones, and cut the chicken in 1-inch dice.
• At the same time, place a baking rack on the second sheet pan and lay the bacon out on the rack in one layer. Roast the bacon for 20 to 25 minutes in the same oven with the chicken, until browned and cooked. Set the bacon aside, until cool enough to handle and cut in large dice.
• Meanwhile, make the vinaigrette: Whisk together the lemon juice, olive oil, mustard, salt, and pepper in a measuring cup and set aside.
• Cut the avocados in half, remove the seeds, and peel. Cut into 1-inch dice, toss with the lemon juice, and set aside.
• Place the chicken and tomatoes in a large serving bowl. Sprinkle generously with salt and pepper and enough vinaigrette to moisten. Toss well. Add the avocados, bacon, Stilton, arugula, and additional vinaigrette and toss carefully. Serve at room temperature.

Steps:

• Recipe adapted from Jane Doerfer
• Toss the chicken with lime juice, generous amounts of black pepper and a pinch of dry mustard. Let sit for at least 30 minutes in a glass bowl. Tilt the bowl and remove any juices if you wish. Add remaining ingredients. Mound in lettuce leaves.

Steps:

• For the chicken: Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F and adjust a rack to the middle position.
• Place the chicken on a baking sheet lined with a wire rack, or in a roasting pan with a rack, and drizzle the chicken with olive oil. Generously sprinkle the chicken with salt and pepper. Pack the cavity with the garlic, thyme and lemons. Place the chicken breast-side down on the rack.
• Roast the chicken for the first hour at 400 degrees F, and then turn up the heat to 450 degrees F and roast until the breast temperature registers 160 degrees F and the skin is a golden brown, for the last 30 to 45 minutes. Then set the chicken aside to rest and cool.
• When easy to handle, remove the legs, wings and any dark meat, reserving to eat for your next meal or to snack on immediately.
• Remove the skin from the breast meat. Using your hands, shred the breast meat and place in a bowl. Season the chicken with salt and pepper.
• For the salad: Mix together the yogurt, mayo, mustard, walnuts, cranberries, celery, onions, lemon zest and juice, tarragon and water chestnuts and adjust the seasoning if necessary. Fold in the shredded chicken.
• For the sandwich build: Layer the whole wheat wraps with some broccoli sprouts and tomato slices and then top with the chicken salad. Wrap and enjoy!

Steps:

• In medium bowl add chicken, scallions, celery, apples, cherries and oregano.
• In small bowl whisk mayonnaise, sour cream and vinegar to create the dressing.
• Toss the dressing with the chicken mixture.
• Chill, covered, until ready to serve.

Steps:

• In a large mixing bowl, combine spinach leaves, chicken, scallions and about 3/4 cup of cilantro.
• Halve the avocados, and discard pits. Scoop out curls with a spoon, or peel avocados, and cut fruit into chunks or slices. Add to the salad.
• In a small bowl, stir together salt, lime zest and lime juice. Whisk in oil and pepper to taste. Pour over salad, tossing gently by hand to mix.
• Arrange salad on a large plate or in a salad bowl, and sprinkle with remaining chopped cilantro. Serve immediately.