Copy Cat CPK BBQ Chicken Salad

An Easy – No Cook Meal

When I was first married and learning to cook, I would re-create this tasty salad at homeIt has been a favorite meal at our house for years and years and years.  There is no cooking involved – just chopping and tossing.  

All you need is:

• iceberg lettuce
• black beans
• corn
• tomato
• avocado
• cooked chicken
• bbq sauce
• ranch dressing
• chives or green onions
• tortilla strips

How To Chop Lettuce

This recipe is a chopped salad – which I much prefer to eating a regular salad.  In a chopped salad all of the ingredients are cut to the same size for easier eating and better dressing distribution.

For this bbq chicken salad I like to use iceberg lettuce.  Let me show you how to chop it.

1. First – remove the outter leafs of lettuce – usually about 2 or 3.

2. Second – remove the core by pressing the head of lettuce firmly against your cutting board.  It should break right off.

3. Third – Discard the core.

4. Fourth – Half head of lettuce, and slice half into 1/2 inch slices.

5. Fifth – Rotate head, and slice across into half inch slices.

6. Sixth – Repeat of second half of lettuce head. This produces half inch piece of lettuce.

 

Herb Ranch Dressing

• sour cream
• mayo
• milk
• white vinegar
• dehydrated onion
• dehydrated garlic
• dill
• parsley
• chives
• salt
• pepper

Pro Tip: Use the dressing mode on your Blendtec blender for a perfect dressing consistency.

 

Use Pre-cooked Chicken

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BBQ Chicken Chopped Salad

Prep Time

15 mins

Total Time

15 mins

 

A copycat for the BBQ Chicken chopped salad from CPK and Panera.

Course: dinner, Main Course

Cuisine: American

Keyword: bbq chicken salad

Servings: 4

Calories: 736 kcal

Author: Kadee

Ingredients

Salad

• 1 head iceberg lettuce chopped
• 8 oz can of corn drained
• 15 oz can black beans drained and rinsed, use about half
• 1 cup mozzarella cheese grated
• 1 avocado diced
• 2 tbsp basil minced
• 2 cups precooked chicken cubed or shredded
• 1/2 cup BBQ Sauce
• 1 large roma tomato diced
• 1 cup tortilla strips
• 1 cup herb ranch dressing recipe below

Herb Ranch Dressing

• 1/4 cup sour cream
• 3/4 cup mayo
• 1 tbsp milk
• 1 tsp white vinegar
• 1 tsp dehydrated onion
• 1/2 tsp dehydration garlic
• 1 tbsp fresh dill minced
• 1 tbsp fresh parsley minced
• 1 tbsp fresh chived minced
• pepper to taste
• salt to taste

Instructions

Salad

1. Combined lettuce, corn, beans, cheese, avocado, and basil. Toss together with ranch dressing. Transfer to a large serving platter. Sprinkle with tortilla chips.

2. Combine chicken and BBQ sauce. Place atop salad. Drizzle with extra BBQ sauce. 

3. Serve Immediately.

Herb Ranch Dressing

1. Combine all ingredients in a blender.

2. Blend until smooth.

Recipe Notes

PRESSURE COOKER: Place 2-3 chicken breasts with BBQ sauce in pressure cooker. Select poultry and cook frozen breasts for 10 minutes natural release and 5 minutes if thawed. Shred with forks and serve with salad.

Nutrition Facts

BBQ Chicken Chopped Salad

Amount Per Serving (1 cup)

Calories 736 Calories from Fat 468

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 52g 80%

Saturated Fat 13g 65%

Cholesterol 89mg 30%

Sodium 1212mg 51%

Potassium 718mg 21%

Total Carbohydrates 42g 14%

Dietary Fiber 6g 24%

Sugars 17g

Protein 24g 48%

Vitamin A 29.1%

Vitamin C 15%

Calcium 23%

Iron 15.3%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.