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    Chicken & Broccoli Salad

    by Mindy Boyd · Published: Jan 30, 2022 · Updated: Dec 9, 2024

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    Chicken & Broccoli Salad is healthy and delicious, perfect for a quick lunch or dinner. 

    We usually use a rotisserie chicken for this Chicken & Broccoli Salad, but you could use chicken nuggets or tenders from your favorite restaurant to make this dish.

    I love salads like this!

    I love the fresh veggies, the fruit, and especially the meat. 

     

    Chicken & Broccoli Salad uses leftover chicken or you can use nuggets or tenders from your favorite restaurant to make this even faster.

     

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    Chicken & Broccoli Salad uses leftover chicken or you can use nuggets or tenders from your favorite restaurant to make this even faster.

     

    What kind of chicken to use on this Chicken & Broccoli Salad?

    The whole idea of this meal is to make it as easy and quickly as possible. 

    Lee and I both work full time, and while I wish I had time to make elaborate meals that take quite a bit of time to make, it just isn’t doable for us.

    So, we use a store-bought rotisserie chicken, or my Crockpot Whole Chicken.

    What you see in the photos is a store-bought rotisserie chicken.

    We did not use the entire chicken for this recipe.

     

    Chicken & Broccoli Salad uses leftover chicken or you can use nuggets or tenders from your favorite restaurant to make this even faster.

     

    The recipe from Southern Living, that inspired me to make this recipe, uses fried chicken tenders.

    You could pick some up to make this, or use leftovers. 

     

    Chicken & Broccoli Salad uses leftover chicken or you can use nuggets or tenders from your favorite restaurant to make this even faster.

     

    We wanted to make this as good for us as possible and that is why we chose to use a rotisserie chicken and homemade dressing.

    I have found that making simple changes like this, here and there, results in the dish being healthier overall. 

    We do this with many dishes and it has helped us to lose weight.

     

    Chicken & Broccoli Salad uses leftover chicken or you can use nuggets or tenders from your favorite restaurant to make this even faster.

     

    This isn’t the only change we made though.

    We basically changed everything – the way we eat, drink, sleep and exercise. 

    Baby steps though, first one change, then another and another.

     

    Chicken & Broccoli Salad uses leftover chicken or you can use nuggets or tenders from your favorite restaurant to make this even faster.

     

    Some other homemade dressing recipes you might like:

    Creamy Italian Dressing (Olive Garden Copycat)

    3 Ingredient Orange Vinaigrette

    Avocado Lime Ranch Dressing

     

    Chicken & Broccoli Salad uses leftover chicken or you can use nuggets or tenders from your favorite restaurant to make this even faster.

     

    More salad recipes you might like:

    Salmon Beet Orange Salad

    Southwest Ranch Salad with Chicken

    Healthy Cranberry Tuna Salad

     

    Chicken & Broccoli Salad uses leftover chicken or you can use nuggets or tenders from your favorite restaurant to make this even faster.

     

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    Chicken & Broccoli Salad

    Mindy Boyd
    Chicken & Broccoli Salad uses leftover chicken or you can use nuggets or tenders from your favorite restaurant to make this even faster.
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    Prep Time 10 minutes mins
    Cook Time 0 minutes mins
    Total Time 10 minutes mins
    Course Main Course
    Cuisine American
    Servings 2 meal sized salads

    Ingredients
      

    • 2 1/2 cups broccoli crowns
    • 2 cups cooked chicken rotiserrie, nuggets or tenders
    • 3/4 cup grapes cut in half
    • 1/2 cup shredded cheese
    • 1/4 cup red onion thinly sliced
    • 3 tbsp sliced almonds
    • 1/2 cup Buttermilk Honey Mustard Dressing or your favorite store-bought
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    Instructions
     

    • Layer the ingredients onto two dinner plates.
    • Top each salad with 1/4 cup Buttermilk Honey Mustard Dressing

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    Nutrition Facts

    Calories: 590kcal | Carbohydrates: 38g | Protein: 50g | Fat: 28g | Saturated Fat: 9g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 5g | Monounsaturated Fat: 12g | Trans Fat: 0.01g | Cholesterol: 141mg | Sodium: 500mg | Potassium: 1025mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 27g | Vitamin A: 1153IU | Vitamin C: 105mg | Calcium: 312mg | Iron: 4mg
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    Chicken & Broccoli Salad uses leftover chicken or you can use nuggets or tenders from your favorite restaurant to make this even faster.

     

     

     

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