Hot Chicken Salad is a retro favorite that makes a quick and easy family meal. This is southern comfort food at its best with a creamy chicken filling and crunchy potato chip topping.
What Is Hot Chicken Salad?
This chicken salad is more of a casserole than a chicken salad. It has a creamy mayonniase base and is served warm rather than cold.
Diced Cooked Chicken
It only takes a few minutes to get this casserole prepped for the oven. Start with 4 cups of cooked chicken. You can use all chicken breast meat or use the meat off of 1 rotisserie chicken for ease. You could also use turkey instead of chicken. This is a great recipe for using up leftover Thanksgiving turkey. Baked, grilled or poached chicken all work well.
The chicken gets mixed with a cup of mayonnaise, a can of condensed cream of chicken soup, a tablespoon of fresh lemon juice to perk the flavors up, celery, grated onion, chopped water chestnuts, shredded cheddar cheese, and slivered almonds. It’s super creamy but the celery, almonds, and potato chips add lots of crunch.
What I love about this recipe is it turns one of my favorite lunches, chicken salad, into a warm, comfort food meal that’s perfect for fall weather.
Variations
Use leftover turkey instead of chicken.
Add some diced pimentos.
Add 2 sliced green onions for extra onion flavor.
Add some French-fried onions to the topping.
Use Dill Pickle-Flavored Chips for the topping.
Use cream of mushroom soup in place of cream of chicken soup.
How To Serve Hot Chicken Salad
Hot Chicken Salad is a super creamy and rich casserole so you’ll want to keep the portions small and serve it with a green salad. It is a great chicken casserole for when you need to bring a casserole to someone who is unwell or grieving.
How To Store
Leftovers will keep in an airtight container in the refrigerator for 3 days but the potato chip topping will get soggy. It also freezes well. You can make a double batch and freeze half of it. Freeze without the potato chip topping. When ready to eat, let it thaw in the refrigerator overnight and then add 5 to 10 minutes to the bake time. Place the potato chip topping on just before baking.
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Hot Chicken Salad
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Notes
If you want to make it spicy, add half a teaspoon of crushed red pepper flakes.
Nutritional info is provided as an estimate only. Not to be used for specific dietary needs.
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Originally posted September 5, 2017.
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