The Best Rotisserie Chicken and Egg Salad

This is the best chicken salad recipe EVER! This classic rotisserie chicken and egg salad recipe combines simple seasonings, mayo, Miracle Whip, and mustard with pecans and shredded cheese for a quick, easy no-cook meal that takes less than 10 minutes. Easy meal prep for lunch or dinner. Serve on bread or croissants for easy chicken salad sandwiches, fill a lettuce wrap, or just serve it as a dip for crackers. Chicken salad made with rotisserie chicken is the easy, healthy meal your family will crave!

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My mom and sister served this delicious chicken salad at my wedding shower almost two decades ago. They thought it was my favorite sandwich recipe (?!?) but I'd never eaten it before that day. I fell in love though (they knew me so well), and I've been making it ever since.

If you give it a try, I think you're going to fall in love with it too!

Why this is the best rotisserie chicken and egg salad

This recipe is super easy. Mix the dressing, mix the salad, combine and serve. That's all there is to it!

This is not a 5-ingredient chicken salad recipe, which means it has a rich and complex flavor. You need seasonings to make a decent dressing, and this recipe has just the right combination.

This recipe uses standard pantry ingredients. I didn't even have to go to the store to make this recipe because I already had everything on hand. You probably do too!

Kids love this recipe because there's no raw celery, onion, or bell pepper in it. Kids often hate raw vegetables (and I do too which is why they're not in my chicken and egg salad recipe!) and turn their noses up at them.

What you need to make this rotisserie chicken egg salad recipe

Ingredients

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See the printable recipe card at the bottom of the page for all measurements and nutritional information.

• Spicy brown or horseradish mustard - I love horseradish mustard and use it almost exclusively. You can use any spicy or dijon mustard. You could probably even use yellow mustard, although I haven't tried that and can't speak to how well the dressing tastes with it.
• Miracle Whip - I like to use both Miracle Whip and mayonnaise for the ultimate in salad perfection. The two flavors blend to make the perfect creamy, rich, and tangy dressing. You can't replicate the taste of the two mixed with just one or the other.
• Real mayonnaise - See above
• Garlic powder - I think fresh garlic is overpowering in this recipe, so stick to a bit of garlic powder.
• Celery salt - If you like crunchy bits in your chicken salad, by all means, cut a stalk of celery. I both hate fresh celery and hate crunchy stuff in my chicken and turkey salad, so I stick to the celery salt for the flavor. Don't leave this out completely though. Your salad will be flat without it.
• Black pepper - To taste, as needed
• Onion powder - See above note about raw celery. I hate to bite into a raw onion, so onion powder does the job. Also, do not leave this out.
• Hard-boiled eggs, cut into cubes - See this post for how to cook perfect hard-boiled eggs every single time (no green yolks!). It includes instructions for the stove top and the Instant Pot.
• Leftover rotisserie chicken, shredded or cubed - You could use a store-bought rotisserie chicken like I did, or you could roast your own chicken or even use canned chicken from the grocery store.
• Chopped pecans - I know I said I hate crunchy stuff in my turkey salad, but pecans don't count. They're like a soft crunch, and I love the texture that the pecans give to the salad.
• Shredded cheddar cheese - This is the little extra thing that sends this recipe over the top in amazing-ness.
• Croissants, sturdy bread, or brioche buns - These are not included in the nutritional information, but some kind of bread is essential for a turkey salad sandwich. I prefer croissants, but you can use whatever you like. You can even use a crisp lettuce leaf (such as butter lettuce or bibb lettuce) and make it into a lettuce wrap for a low carb meal.

How to make classic leftover chicken salad

1. Mix together the mustard, Miracle Whip, mayonnaise, garlic powder, celery salt, and onion powder in a medium bowl.
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2. Whisk together until well-blended.
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3. Shred the chicken and add to a large bowl.
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4. Add the egg, pecans, and cheese to the chicken in the bowl.
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5. Stir the salad ingredients together.
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6. Pour the dressing over the salad.
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7. Mix well.
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8. Garnish with fresh parsley. Serve cold on a bed of lettuce with crackers.
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9. Or make this a chicken salad sandwich recipe with lettuce leaves and a slice of cheddar cheese.
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How to serve rotisserie chicken and egg salad

My favorite way to enjoy rotisserie chicken salad is on top of Ritz crackers. I just love it.

You could also put a scoop of chicken and egg salad on a sandwich with regular or gluten-free bread, on a croissant, in a tortilla as a wrap, or in a lettuce leaf as a lettuce wrap. You can also put your sandwich in a panini press and eat it hot.

I like to serve this salad with other cold salads like cucumber pasta salad, macaroni salad, or potato salad because it reminds me of a summer picnic. You could also serve the sandwich with homemade air fryer potato chips or sweet potato fries.

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Rotisserie chicken salad variations

You could substitute roast turkey for the rotisserie chicken in this recipe for a delicious turkey salad. Diced ham would also be good.

If you don't have a leftover rotisserie chicken, you could use plain cooked chicken breasts or chicken thighs. Precook them, shred the meat, and then make the salad.

You could add crumbled bacon to the salad with the pecans and eggs.

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Some people like to add chopped dill pickles or pickle relish. (I do not, but it's worth a try if you really like pickles.)

This salad is also really good with halved grapes, dried cranberries, or pomegranate seeds mixed in with the pecans. Use a handful or two.

Avocado goes with everything, so this salad is really nice with some diced avocado thrown in with the pecans and cheese.

In place of the pecans, you could use any nuts including walnuts or almonds.

As stated above, if you like crunchy bits in your salad, you could add fresh celery, green onions, and/or red onions in place of the celery salt and onion powder.

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How long can you keep rotisserie chicken salad?

Store leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3-4 days. Don't let it sit out for longer than an hour or two as the mayo could spoil.

This is a great meal prep recipe as you can make it on the weekend and put the salad in small containers to eat for a quick lunch each day.

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I would not recommend freezing chicken salad. The mayo would most likely separate, and the pecans would get soggy, and it would generally be bad news.

Try these other delicious chicken recipes:

• Cheesy Chicken Hashbrown Casserole - This is a great recipe for rotisserie leftovers.
• Mild Frank's RedHot Buffalo Chicken Dip - This is another great recipe for rotisserie leftovers.
• Jerk Chicken Sheet Pan Nachos - This is another great recipe for rotisserie leftovers.
• Mexican Layered Chicken Casserole - You could also use rotisserie chicken in this one.
• Instant Pot Cheesy Chicken and Rice
• Balsamic Mushroom Chicken
• Baked Parmesan Crusted Chicken Breasts - Longhorn Steakhouse Copycat
• CrockPot Chicken and Potatoes
• Chicken Bryan at Home - Copycat Carrabba's Recipe

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