What is a BLT Chicken Salad?
Bacon, lettuce, tomato, and chicken honestly have you ever eaten a better combination?
BLT Chicken Salad is a flavorful twist on a classic BLT sandwich and chicken salad. It combines seasoned chicken, crispy bacon, juicy tomatoes, and onion in a creamy dressing. Perfect for wraps, crackers, or lettuce cups!
Mix it all together and throw it in a pita for a super easy meal prep for the summer. The best part is you can make a big batch of this and have it ready to go whenever you need it. Do be careful with mayo and how long it is out for though, don’t make yourself sick!
You can swap out the mayo for Greek yogurt to reduce calories and pump up the protein. Or, do half the amount of mayo in Greek yogurt and the other half mayo to get the best of both worlds!
Using leftover cooked chicken and pantry staples like mayo, onion, and seasoning will keep this recipe affordable. It’s a great way to stretch a few chicken breasts into multiple meals!
BLT Chicken Salad is a great summertime meal prep. It tastes amazing, is a classic with tomatoes and these are in season during the summer months making it even more flavorful and budget friendly.
Why You’ll Love BLT Chicken Salad
You can combine all your favorite flavors from a BLT in one bowl, in a filling, protein filled way!
This BLT Chicken Salad recipe is delicious in a wrap, pita, between bread slices, or scooped with cucumbers, carrots, or celery! Meaning no matter what diet style you have or what you have in your fridge/pantry you will be able to have a well rounded lunch.
BLT Chicken Salad is a perfect lunch option that can be meal prepped a for a few days at a time, taken to a potluck, or served for a quick and filling dinner.
You or your family members can add in some extra seasonings or mix ins, like cheese, to make this a meal you are going to want to keep making over and over all summer long.
High protein, satisfying, and family friendly are meals we always try to make around here. If the kids aren’t going to eat it, we aren’t going to be making it and this is a recipe they devour! Be ready to have this on repeat each week!
Tips for the Best BLT Chicken Salad
Use rotisserie or air fried chicken to add flavor and convenience to this meal prep. Using canned chicken can also speed up the meal prep for this recipe, but you might want to add a little more seasoning if using this.
Cooking the bacon to just crispy will make it so it will stay crunchy in the salad. When the bacon is a little soft to begin with it will stay that way when added to the dressing, so give yourself some extra texture by making it crispy!
BLT Chicken Salad is best served when it is cooled all the way through. Letting the salad hang out in the fridge for a couple hours is the best way to do this. This is also a reason why it is such a great recipe to meal prep for your work week!
To add more vegetables, try serving this with some lettuce or spinach. This could be used as a topping for a salad or add the extra vegetables into your wrap or pita.
Tasting the mixture is the best way to make sure you are going to love this recipe. After tasting it, you will probably want to adjust the salt and the lemon juice to start with. Then check out the other flavors and add more as you want.
Meal Prep and Storage Tips for BLT Chicken Salad
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Store this salad in an airtight container for up to four days for the best quality. I love these types of containers for keeping my pita or wrap separate from the chicken salad to keep everything from getting soggy.
BLT Chicken Salad is a great make-ahead lunch, just use the containers above to keep it from changing the texture. They also leave a lot of room for packing some extra vegetables.
Freezing this can be done, but the mayo-based dressing may separate and you will need to stir it in when it thaws.
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Ingredients
Method
- Cook chicken by poaching it in water. Place chicken breasts in a sauce pan with water. Add in the Mrs. Dash seasoning and salt. Next turn water on and let chicken simmer until it reaches 165 when using a thermometer, if using thawed chicken this takes about 10 minutes. If you are using frozen chicken this can take 15 to 20 minutes depending on how thick they are.
- While the chicken is poaching, cook your bacon strips and crumble them. Then cut up your vegetables. Put these in a bowl. Next add the mayo and lemon juice, stir it in. Taste it and see if you think you need to add a couple shakes or salt and pepper. Start with a small amount, you can always add more but it is harder to take it away.
- When the chicken is done cooking, shred or chop it. Let it cool slightly then add it to the bowl. Let it finish cooling in the fridge or eat it warm.
- It is best to eat this salad in a couple of days.