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Loaded Chicken Salad with Honey Mustard Vinaigrette

Posted: May 27, 2020 by lena gladstone | Updated: May 29, 2020

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This Loaded Chicken Salad with Honey Mustard Vinaigrette has the perfect mix of savory and fresh toppings. Fill up your bowl with juicy chicken, crispy veggies, and a sweet homemade dressing for the ultimate summer salad.

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Big bowl of Loaded Chicken Salad with Honey Mustard Vinaigrette, topped with chicken, cucumber, tomatoes, radishes, avocado, bacon, and pickled onion.

Your New Go-To Salad

Cool down in the summer heat with this tasty Loaded Chicken Salad with Honey Mustard Vinaigrette. It’s got all the fixin’s and a fresh and flexible dressing. Dress it up or down to make it your own!

This easy recipe is keto-friendly, low carb, and naturally gluten-free. Better yet, it can easily be made vegan or vegetarian! Double or triple the batch for a crowd-pleasing salad at your next party, barbeque, or potluck.

I’ll be creating this loaded chicken salad LIVE on my Instagram on Tuesday, June 2nd at 5 pm PST, and I would love it if you joined me!

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Individual bowls of lettuce, avocado, radishes, hearts of palm, bacon, tomatoes, cucumber, pickles onions, and chicken.

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Chicken Salad Ingredients

This healthy salad is full of nutrients, protein, and fiber. The main star is a simple pan-fried chicken breast. These are the only ingredients needed to prepare the salad’s protein:

  • 2 Chicken Breasts
  • Salt
  • Olive oil

Load this chicken salad with all of your favorite toppings. Not sure what to use? I have plenty of suggestions:

  • Cooked bacon
  • Lena’s Kitchen pickled onions
  • Tomatoes
  • Radishes
  • Cucumber
  • Hearts of palm
  • Avocado
  • Leafy greens (romaine, spinach, butter lettuce, kale, etc.)

Honey Mustard Vinaigrette Ingredients

Did you know that it’s super easy to make your own salad dressing? After doing it once, you’ll never want to buy bottled dressings again! A simple vinaigrette only needs a handful of ingredients and will work on a variety of dishes.

This is all you need for my Honey Mustard Vinaigrette:

  • Olive oil
  • Mustard
  • Lemon juice
  • Shallot
  • Honey
Jar of Honey Mustard Vinaigrette in front of a big bowl of colorful salad.

Putting It All Together

Create the best homemade chicken salad in just a few easy steps:

  1. Make the Dressing: Finely chop the shallots. Add all of the ingredients to a bowl and whisk until well combined. Set aside.
  2. Prepare the Chicken: When the chicken comes down to room temperature (about 30 minutes before cooking), place the 2 breasts in a plastic bag and use a meat mallet to pound the chicken until they are both a 1/2 inch thick.
  3. Cook the Chicken: Preheat a pan on medium-high heat, add the olive oil, then the chicken breasts. Cook for 6 to 8 mins on each side. The chicken is done when a meat thermometer reads 165ºF internal temperature. Remove from the heat and let it rest on a plate or cutting board covered in foil for 10 minutes. Once it’s done resting, cut the chicken into slices.
  4. Prepare the Salad Ingredients: While the chicken cooks, prepare the veggies and toppings.
  5. Put It All Together: Add the salad greens to a bowl, then the sliced chicken, and veggies. Drizzle with Honey Mustard Vinaigrette and enjoy!

Come join me on Instagram on Tuesday, June 2nd at 5pm PST. I’ll be making this salad for you LIVE!

Woman's hands holding a Big bowl of Loaded Chicken Salad with Honey Mustard Vinaigrette, topped with chicken, cucumber, tomatoes, radishes, avocado, bacon, and pickled onion.

Recipe Variations

  • Add a touch more flavor and juice to the chicken by using my Everyday Baked Chicken recipe. It’s cooked on the bone and seasoned with onion salt.
  • Not feeling chicken? Swap it out with rib-eye steak, salmon patties, or roasted cauliflower steaks for a fully vegetarian or vegan salad.
  • You can replace the honey in the dressing with any liquid sweetener, such as maple syrup or agave.
Big bowl of Loaded Chicken Salad with Honey Mustard Vinaigrette, topped with chicken, cucumber, tomatoes, radishes, avocado, bacon, and pickled onion.

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Big bowl of salad with chicken, cucumber, vinaigrette, tomatoes, avocado, radishes, and pickled onion.

Don’t forget! I’m making this recipe LIVE on my Instagram on Tuesday, June 2nd at 5 pm PST. I would love it if you joined me!

If you give this Loaded Chicken Salad with Honey Mustard Vinaigrette a try, let me know what you think! Leave a comment and don’t forget to take a picture, tag it with #lenaskitchenblog on Instagram. I love seeing what you come up with!

Loaded Chicken Salad with Honey Mustard Vinaigrette

5 from 5 votes
Prep Time: 10 minutes mins
Cook Time: 15 minutes mins
Honey Mustard Vinaigrette: 5 minutes mins
Total Time: 30 minutes mins
Servings: 4 servings
Author: Lena Gladstone
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This Loaded Chicken Salad with Honey Mustard Vinaigrette has the perfect mix of savory and fresh toppings. Fill up your bowl with juicy chicken, crispy veggies, and a sweet homemade dressing for the ultimate summer salad.

Ingredients

Chicken Breast

  • 2 chicken breasts, pounded out to 1/2 inch
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1-2 tbsp olive oil

Salad Toppings

  • bacon, cooked and cut into pieces
  • Lena’s Kitchen pickled onions
  • tomatoes, cut into wedges
  • radishes, sliced
  • cucumber, use peeler for thin slices or slice with knife
  • hearts of palm, sliced
  • avocado, sliced
  • salad greens

Honey Mustard Vinaigrette

  • ½ cup olive oil
  • 3 tbsp mustard
  • 1 ½ lemon, juiced
  • ½ small shallot
  • ½ tbsp honey

Instructions

Honey Mustard Vinaigrette

  • Finely chop the shallots. Add all of the ingredients to a bowl and whisk until well combined. Set aside.

Chicken Breast

  • Allow the chicken to come down to room temperature before cooking (about 30 minutes out of the fridge). Place the 2 chicken breasts in a plastic bag and use a meat mallet to pound the meat until both breasts are a 1/2 inch thick.
  •  Preheat a pan on medium-high heat, add the olive oil, then the chicken breasts. Cook for 6 to 8 mins on each side. The chicken is done when a meat thermometer reads 165ºF internal temperature. Remove from the heat and let it rest on a plate or cutting board covered in foil for 10 minutes. Once it’s done resting, cut the chicken into slices.
  • While the chicken cooks, prepare the veggies and toppings.
  • Add the salad greens to a bowl, then the sliced chicken, and veggies. Drizzle with Honey Mustard Vinaigrette and enjoy!
Course: Appetizer, Lunch, Salad
Cuisine: American
Keyword: 20 minute recipe, appetizer, bacon, chicken, easy appetizer, gluten free, healthy salad, keto, low carb, lunch, salad

Nutrition

Calories: 428kcal | Carbohydrates: 7g | Protein: 25g | Fat: 34g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 72mg | Sodium: 842mg | Potassium: 500mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 34IU | Vitamin C: 23mg | Calcium: 23mg | Iron: 1mg
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  1. Alisha

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    5 stars
    I love your quick and easy recipes so much. So much flavor but it’s so dang easy!

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    • lena

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      That’s so great to hear, thank you!

  2. Teresa

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    5 stars
    I made the dressing last night and used it on my salad! I’m going to make your recipe salad this weekend with the honey mustard dressing!! It’s so yummy! Thanks again for another great recipe!

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  3. Inna

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    5 stars
    Yum! Can’t wait to make this! Looks so fresh!

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