Cracked Out Hot Chicken Salad – baked chicken salad loaded with cheddar, bacon, and ranch! Chicken, mayonnaise, celery, lemon juice, cheddar cheese, Worcestershire, bacon, ranch dressing mix, potato chips. SOOO good! Can make ahead of time and refrigerate until ready to serve. Great for a quick brunch, lunch, or dinner. #casserole #chicken #brunch #lunch #dinner #chickensalad
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Pin This RecipeChicken Salad is one of our favorite quick lunches. I will whip up a batch, and we will eat it for a couple of days. I was looking for something a little different for lunch the other day and decided to “crack out” our favorite chicken salad recipe and bake it. OMG! SOOOO good. We loved the addition of the cheddar, bacon, and ranch.
This chicken salad casserole is very easy to make. Simply mix together cooked chicken, ranch dressing mix, lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce, celery, mayonnaise, bacon, and cheddar cheese. Spread the mixture into a baking dish, top with crushed potato chips, and bake.
You can make the chicken salad mixture ahead of time and refrigerate it until you are ready to bake the dish. You may need to add a few minutes to the cooking time if you are baking it straight from the refrigerator.
This “Cracked Out” Hot Chicken Salad was a fantastic change to our usual chicken salad sandwiches. It was so delicious baked and topped with potato chips! We served this with some fruit and croissants. This is perfect for brunch, lunch or dinner! It is guaranteed to your new favorite chicken salad recipe.
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Cracked Out Hot Chicken Salad
Equipment:
Ingredients:
- 2½ cups cooked chopped chicken
- 1 Tbsp ranch dressing mix
- 2 tsp lemon juice
- 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
- ½ tsp salt
- ¼ tsp onion powder
- 1 cup chopped celery
- 1 cup mayonnaise
- 3 Tbsp cooked bacon
- ½ cup shredded cheddar cheese
- 1 cup crushed potato chips
Instructions:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly spray a 8×8-inch pan with cooking spray.
- Combine chicken, ranch mix, lemon juice, Worcestershire, salt, onion powder, celery, mayonnaise, bacon and cheddar cheese. Spread into prepared pan. Sprinkle with crushed potato chips.
- Bake uncovered for 25 minutes.
Notes:
- Here is our recipe for homemade Ranch Dressing Mix: https://www.plainchicken.com/homemade-ranch-dressing-mix/
- If you are sensitive to store-bought Ranch dressing mix, adjust the amount to your personal preference.
- I used rotisserie chicken for the cooked chicken in this dish.
- I used Ruffles potato chips.
- Can assemble casserole ahead of time and refrigerate overnight.
- Can omit potato chips or substitute crushed pork rinds for a low-carb/keto-friendly/gluten-free dish.
Steph
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Do you eat this on a bun?
we just ate it as is, but you can try it on a bun if you want. Sounds good
Curious why it’s called ‘hot’ chicken salad? I see nothing in the ingredients that would add heat to it, such as spices. ??
because it is served hot and not cold since it is baked in the oven ????
Can you freeze this? Would you cook it first and then thaw and reheat?
No need to bake first, just freeze and bake when you’re ready.
Can I substitute raw onion for onion powder?
Sure
Is there a substitute for Worcestershire sauce?
Going with a oriental dish, I would use soy sauce and use chowmein crispy noodles as a topper.
This stuff is so good I've made it twice this week! And it's only Wednesday.(smile) Thanks Stephanie. Happy Holidays!
Can you post your recipe for Chicken Salad? I've been craving some recently. I'm adding this version to this week's menu! Yum.
what do you mean with ranch mix? Living in The Netherlands, this sounds unfamiliar for me.
The most common ranch mix hear in that states is Hidden Valley Ranch mix. It is a dry packet mix, but you can use any brand, but I am not sure you have it in the Netherlands.
thanks, but no, we have no dry packet mix like ranch mix. is it more like herbs, more like garlic, or more like italian seasoning? Because those 3 dry salad mixes we do have 😉
Is this raw chicken?
It is cooked chicken – I'll adjust the directions.