One up your chicken salad game with this yummy street corn chicken salad recipe made with shredded chicken and ingredients from street corn salad!
Festive Chicken Salad
Not only is this street corn chicken salad a fun, festive chicken salad recipe, but it’s so flavorful and great meal prep too!
We love making chicken salad at the beginning of the week for an easy grab-and-go lunch and this recipe is no exception.
Made with shredded chicken, tons of veggies, corn, and a street corn sauce, you are going to swap classic for street corn chicken salad year-round!
Why you’ll love it!
Excellent meal prep
Super flavorful
High protein
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Cast Iron Pan
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What You Need
- Shredded Chicken: shredded chicken is very accessible these days. Buy it from the grocery store or make your own shredded chicken.
- Veggies: veggies in this recipe include tomatoes, bell pepper, and onion.
- Corn: this recipe calls for frozen corn, but you’re more than welcome to use canned or fresh corn on teh cob.
- Street Corn Sauce: the street corn sauce in this recipe is delightful. You’ll need Greek yogurt, mayo, cotija cheese, lime juice and paprika.
4-Ways
Chicken Salad
We’re sharing our go-to chicken salad recipe + 4 different chicken salad recipes for you to try using shredded chicken, a Greek yogurt sauce, and different add-ins.
Serving Suggestions
Chips: we loved eating this with tortilla chips kind of like a dip.
Tortilla: wrap it up in a tortilla for a street corn chicken salad wrap.
Toast: toast a piece of sourdough and top it with this chicken salad.
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Storage
Store leftover chicken salad in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 5 days.
Ingredients
Pickled Jalapeños
- 2-4 tablespoons white vinegar*
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 jalapeno thinly sliced
Salad
- 2 cups halved cherry tomatoes
- 1 green bell pepper diced
- ½ large red onion minced
- 3 tablespoons red wine vinegar
- 1 teaspoon coarse salt
- 1 lb. cooked shredded chicken ~4 cups
Other Ingredients
- 1 large avocado pitted and diced
- ½ cup fresh chopped cilantro
Tips & Notes
- How much vinegar you use depends on how large your jalapeño is. You can prepare chicken on your own or buy pre-shredded chicken or use a rotisserie chicken.
Nutrition facts
Calories: 334kcal Carbohydrates: 24g Protein: 21g Fat: 18g Fiber: 4g Sugar: 3g
Photography: photos taken in this post are by Ashley McGlaughlin from The Edible Perspective.
