35 Unique Chicken Salad Ideas for Light Dinners or Easy Lunch Meal Prep

Pineapple Chicken Salad is so refreshing, combining bright and refreshing flavors like pineapple, cilantro, and dijon mustard. It's great by itself or with croissant sandwiches.

Low Carb Grinder Chicken Salad is ultimate high-protein salad for a fun keto lunch. It has all the flavor of a delicious Italian Grinder sandwich, in a convenient salad.

Caprese Chicken Salad is loaded with the fresh flavors of tomatoes, buffalo mozzarella, and sweet basil. If you love the taste of caprese, this one's for you!

Street Corn Chicken Salad is creamy, zesty, and full texture from tender chicken, sweet corn, and fresh herbs. The lime dressing adds brightness while cotija cheese brings a salty finish.

This Buffalo Chicken Salad is zesty, creamy, and so easy to prepare with only 6 ingredients and 15 minutes. It's perfect for piling onto buns, sandwiches, or lettuce wraps!

Dill Pickle Chicken Salad is tangy, crunchy, and so irresistible! Packed with juicy chicken, zesty pickles, and a creamy dill dressing, it's the perfect mix of savory and refreshing.

Grandma's Secret Ingredient Chicken Salad Recipe is one of her most requested recipes. This versatile, creamy chicken salad is packed with fresh flavors, and of course, a secret ingredient.

Rotisserie chicken salad served stuffed inside vine-ripened tomatoes has such a beautiful presentation and the recipe is so easy!

Avocado and Bacon Chicken Salad features savory chicken, creamy avocado, and mayo, with crispy, salty bacon. What’s not to love!

Greek Chicken Salad is naturally, gluten free, dairy free, low carb, and most importantly crazy delicious! The recipe includes details on how to make it Whole30 compliant or Paleo.

Waldorf Chicken Salad gets a healthy makeover with apples, greek yogurt, pecans and fruit. It tastes great inside a whole wheat pita pocket.

Packed with all the flavor of your favorite Tex-Mex dishes, Fajita Chicken Salad is crunch, tangy, and full of flavor.

Crunchy celery, robust onion, and crisp bell peppers give Cajun Chicken Salad a crisp texture alongside tender cooked chicken and delicious cajun flavor.

Green onions add the perfect bite to the savory chicken, bright oranges and citrus-y sesame dressing in this Asian Chicken Salad recipe.

Gorgonzola Chicken Salad with Grapes and Walnuts is a fun an upscale twist on regular chicken salad. It has so much tangy flavor thanks to the gorgonzola, balanced perfectly by the grapes.

Long Grain and Wild Rice Chicken Salad starts with Uncle Ben's for a fun and unique texture. Try it rolled up into a wrap or all in its own!

Green Chile Chicken Salad is a fun twist on your "normal" chicken salad. it's loaded with amazing flavors like green chilies, tender chicken, onion, and garlic.

Curry Chicken Salad with Dried Cranberries and Toasted Walnuts is such an elevated recipe. The grapes balance the heat of the curry spice perfectly.

This easy Cranberry Almond Chicken Salad features a tangy, lightly sweet poppy seed dressing. Delicious on sandwiches or wraps!

Tasting just like a jalapeno popper, this low carb recipe uses cottage cheese instead of mayo for even more protein. It comes with a tangy sour cream and cilantro lime dressing that ties all the ingredients together.

I'll spare you the chicken and the egg joke, but just know that this simple and easy recipe has shredded chicken, hard-boiled eggs, apples, and walnuts for a delicious, protein-packed recipe.

The slightly sweet apricots, tangy thyme and crunchy almonds in Apricot Almond Tarragon Chicken Salad are a delicious and refreshing combination.

Pesto adds big flavor to this creamy Pesto Chicken Salad. Best of all, it's ready in 10 minutes if you use rotisserie or leftover chicken.

Not your average chicken salad recipe, this Loaded Chicken Salad is loaded like a baked potato, with sour cream, bacon, chives and cheddar for a decadent treat.

Fresh, plump blueberries add a sweet element to this delicious chicken salad made with cooked chicken breast, celery, red onion, and coated in a sweet poppy seed dressing.

Asian Chicken Salad is filled with ginger soy chicken, crunchy almonds, red cabbage, and more, then stuffed inside in crunchy baked wonton cups for a fun and easy appetizer.

This iconic chicken salad with homemade mayonnaise originated at the Marshall Field's department store in Chicago, Illinois.

Two of your favorite recipes combined into one! These keto coleslaw chicken salad roll-ups are wrapped in a crispy cheese wrap that takes it to a tasty new level.

Creamy Lemon and Fresh Basil Chicken Salad is a fresh twist on traditional chicken salad. Fresh basil and fresh squeezed lemon juice compliment the chicken nicely.

Zesty Sliced Cucumber Chicken Salad us filling, hearty, packed with protein, and filled with fiber-rich veggies. The dill sauce is the best part!

A quick and easy Thai chicken salad with canned chicken. It's simple to prepare and made with budget-friendly ingredients.

Inspired by Panera’s famous Napa Almond Chicken Salad, this homemade version is just as delicious. Panera may have taken it off the menu, but you can still enjoy it at home.

Blackberry Cottage Cheese Chicken Salad uses cottage cheese instead of mayo for a refreshing high protein, low protein recipe. Such a unique version!

Bacon Ranch Chicken Salad is a chunky chicken salad made with ranch dressing and crumbled bacon thrown in for so much extra flavor!

This chicken salad is filled with grapes, apples, pecans and chicken, and identical to the Fancy Nancy Chicken Salad from Chicken Salad Chick!