Smoked Chicken Salad Recipe

This smoked chicken salad is my personal favorite. It is easy to assemble, and makes use of any smoked chicken leftovers that you might have. In fact, even if you don't have any smoked chicken or BBQ chicken leftovers, you can make this with store bought rotisserie birds, or poach a breast or two and use that.

This chicken salad can be great made in a large quantity for a ladies luncheon as this pile of greens has it all. The recipe below is directly scalable. Feel free to substitute ingredients. However, the lettuce you use should be somewhat "sturdy" like the romaine used below, and NEVER, NEVER use wet lettuce!

Smoked chicken salad ingredients:

- 5 oz. romaine lettuce cut

- 1/4 cup bacon bits

- 1/4 cup diced tomatoes

- 1/4 avocado, cut into chunks

- 1/4 cup black beans, black eyed peas, or other bean

- 4 oz. smoked chicken cut into cubes

- BBQ sauce

- 2 oz. ranch dressing

- Tortilla stings

Smoked chicken salad preparation:

Toss chicken with BBQ sauce until very moistened and loose. This sauce will serve to mix with the ranch dressing so yo need a bit extra.

Warm the chicken mixture.

Toss all of the ingredients except the chicken and strings. Put on a chilled plate. Top with chicken mixture. Make a "nest" of strings on top.