Lemon Hot Honey Chicken Salads
Lemon Hot Honey Chicken Salads are the perfect balance of sweet, spicy, and a little acidity from the lemon with crispy chicken made in the air fryer.
An easy homemade salad dressing takes a boring chicken salad and turns up the flavor to 100 🙂
Plus, it’s pretty easy because we are using store-bought frozen chicken bites, or you can fry your own chicken if preferred.
How to make Lemon Hot Honey Chicken Salads
First cook some frozen popcorn chicken in the air fryer or oven according to the package directions.
I air fried my chicken at 400 degrees for about 12 minutes.
While the chicken was cooking, I made the lemon hot honey dressing, starting with olive oil and hot honey.
Also some lemon juice, Dijon mustard, kosher salt, and pepper.
You can add a few dashes of hot sauce depending on how hot your hot honey is and how much spice you prefer.
Whisk the dressing until combined.
Then chop lettuce of choice, I went with romaine lettuce.
Transfer the chicken from the air fryer to a container with a lid.
Add some of the dressing, close the lid, and shake so the chicken is coated.
Then place the chicken on your bed of lettuce, add feta cheese crumbles, and more of the lemon hot honey dressing.
I also added fresh parsley only because I have some in my garden.
Lemon Hot Honey Chicken Salads were the perfect easy lunch for us, or would be a nice light dinner idea 🙂
The feta combined with the sweet dressing was a magical combo!
If you like Lemon Hot Honey Chicken Salads, you might also like these recipes…
Sushi Salad with Wasabi Vinaigrette
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Lemon Hot Honey Chicken Salads
Lemon Hot Honey Chicken Salads is an easy lunch or dinner recipe with air fryer crispy chicken and a homemade lemon hot honey dressing!
Ingredients
- 2 to 3 cups frozen (plain) boneless chicken bites
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 1/2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1 1/2 tablespoons hot honey
- 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
- kosher salt, pepper
- Optional: a few dashes of your favorite hot sauce
- 4 to 6 cups salad mix or chopped lettuce of choice
- 1/3 cup crumbled feta cheese
Instructions
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Cook the chicken in the air fryer or oven according to package directions.
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While chicken cooks make the salad dressing by putting the olive oil, lemon juice, hot honey, Dijon mustard, kosher salt, pepper, and hot sauce (if using) in a bowl and whisk until combined.
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Divide lettuce between two plates and top with chicken, feta cheese, and lemon hot honey dressing.
Note: You could toss the chicken in some of the dressing to coat them before adding to the salad, then pour remaining dressing over salads.
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