The easiest chicken salad sandwich there is…made with rotisserie chicken, it comes together in a snap.
If you plan to pick up a rotisserie at Costco, then you might as well pick up a dozen croissants. Those two just go hand in hand. The croissants at Costco are so good, and so big! Using a rotisserie chicken and croissants makes this recipe come together so fast, and tastes amazing! This is the perfect lunch for when you need something quick and delicious.
Ingredients needed to make Chicken Salad Sandwiches:
- 2 chicken breasts from a rotisserie chicken shredded
- 1 cup red grapes sliced in half
- 2 stalks celery chopped small
- 1 lemon juiced
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1/2 cup mayo
- 1 container large croissants
How to make Chicken Salad Sandwiches:
- In a large bowl add all ingredients except for the croissants, and toss until all is coated in the lemon juice and mayo.
- Slice a croissant in half and fill it with mixture. Serve with fruit and chips on the side.
How to store Chicken Salad Sandwiches:
Keep your Chicken Salad mixture cold in the fridge in an airtight container. It will last from 3 to 5 days!
Croissant replacements for Chicken Salad Sandwich:
We like this recipe best with a croissant, but if you don’t have one on hand, a few good replacements are classic white bread, sourdough, or any hoagie roll.
Chicken Salad wrapped in lettuce:
If you want to minimize the carbs, go ahead and wrap your chicken mixture in lettuce! It actually tastes so refreshing, and takes out those unwanted carbs.
Rotisserie chicken in Chicken Salad Sandwiches:
Using rotisserie chicken in these sandwiches saves a lot of time! You can always use regular shredded chicken breasts, but we find it easiest to pull from the rotisserie.
Tips and Tricks for making Chicken Salad Sandwich:
- Take all the meat off your rotisserie chicken right when you get home from the store. We find it comes off easily when still warm. If you refrigerate it whole before taking the meat off, the fat solidifies making it harder to get the meat off the bone.
- Use your hand mixer or stand mixer to shred the chicken. We love using this method to finely shred chicken for a soft texture.
- Kitchen shears make it easy to cut chicken up into chunks in a fast way.
- Use real lemon juice for this recipe, not the fake stuff.
- Use Best Foods Mayo (aka Hellman’s Mayo), it’s the best!
- Buy two rotisserie chickens! If you are taking the meat off one, why not buy two and freeze the shredded chicken to be used later in a different recipe
Recipe Variations:
You really can customize this recipe to your preference. Here’s some variations that we think would be good:
- Dijon mustard: A teaspoon or two if you like a little spice
- Sliced almonds: Try toasting them in a try pan until fragrant if you like toasted almonds
- Green onion: Minced fine
- Fresh dill: Fresh herbs are always a good idea.
- Swap mayo for Greek yogurt if you are trying to cut calories
What to serve with Chicken Salad Sandwiches:
A few tasty sides to serve with Chicken Salad Sandwiches are:
- Fresh fruit tray with Sour Cream Cream Cheese Dip
- Sliced veggies with Ranch
- Chips
- Warm soup like Butternut Squash or Broccoli Cheese
Easy Chicken Salad Sandwich
You can't go wrong with a delicious chicken salad served up on a buttery flaky croissant.
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 2 chicken breasts from a rotisserie chicken shredded
- 1 cup red grapes sliced in half
- 2 stalks celery chopped small
- 1 lemon juiced
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1/2 cup mayo
- 1 container large croissants
Instructions
Instructions
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In a large bowl add all ingredients except for the croissants and toss until all is coated in the lemon juice and mayo.
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Slice a croissant in half and fill it with this mixture. Serve with fruit and chips on the side.
Making This Recipe? Tag us on Instagram: @NoBiggie using the hashtag #NoBiggieRecipes, so we can see what you are making in the kitchen!
More sandwich recipes that we LOVE:
- Egg Salad Sandwiches
- Instant Pot Reuben Sandwiches
- Breakfast Bagel Sandwiches
- French Dip Sandwiches
- Monte Cristo Sandwiches
That’s it! Make these sandwiches for lunch and let us know what you think in the comments below! If you have any leftover croissants, you have to make this Croissant Bread Pudding! It’s the best!!
Red grapes are a MUST in chicken salad. Mmm. Now I'm craving this for lunch!
Dad's favorite! Great recipes.
That looks so good. Maybe for breakfast since it's not even 7:00 am yet…
I've been drooling all week! Thanks for the recipes!
Thanks for all of the menu ideas this week!! I am always in need of new ideas:)
OH my. I love this meal. Seriously the best thing hands down that you can do with rotisserie chicken! Thanks for sharing.
I want to try out all of your rotisserie chicken recipes. They look so yummy!
Oh this is my most fav to make with the chicken 🙂 Yum Yum. I love your food posts
-vanessa from inevergrewup.net
My favorite! And to make it even easier, I buy the chicken salad at Costco that they made with their rotisserie chickens, then add grapes and cashews.
that's the way i like it too…nice and simple.
K- now I'm hungry. You know what would be even better? If you cooked it all for me. Now THAT would be awesome. Just think about it for a bit….
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O.K. Now this is torture… I'm sitting here eating Mickey Mouse chicken nuggets and wishing I had some real food like that. I'm for sure going to try those!
Thatcher's favorite. For me, it's all about the pepper!
YUMMM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
and one more !
Y-U-M. Now I'll have an excuse to buy those croissants. It's for Chicken!
P.S. I could eat the entire box full of them all on their own.
we shop at costco all the time!! i LOVE this, it looks delicious – i am definitely going to try it at our next trip!! 🙂
Just wanted to say thank you so much for this. Came over on a link from Make and Takes at just the right time. I wanted to try to cook all of our meat for the week ahead of time and these recipes are awesome!
My family does this and we add pecans wit this and omg it makes it even better