Name: Nashville Hot Chicken Salads
Prep time: 10 min
Ingredients: 1/2 cup cottage cheese; 3 tablespoons pickle juice; Nashville Hot seasoning blend, kosher salt, pepper; 4 to 6 cups lettuce or salad mix of choice; 1 1/2 cups cooked, shredded chicken (see notes below for a crispy chicken option); 1/2 cup sliced pickles; 1/2 cup shredded cheese of choice

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Nashville Hot Chicken Salads is a simple, healthy recipe with a high protein easy to make salad dressing for lunch, dinner, or meal prepping!

The salad dressing only has 3 ingredients!

If you double the dressing recipe, you also have a great dipping sauce or chicken tenders or sauce for a chicken sandwich.

How to make Nashville Hot Chicken Salads

Put some cottage cheese, pickle juice, Nashville Hot seasoning, kosher salt, and pepper in a blender or food processor.

Blend until smooth, which does take about a minute.

Taste for seasoning and add more seasoning if needed, and more pickle juice if it’s too thick.

Divide some lettuce or salad mix of choice between two bowls or meal prep containers.

Top each with chicken, pickles, and cheese.

I used cooked, shredded rotisserie chicken, but you could air fry some crispy chicken tenders and chop them up to add instead.

Drizzle the dressing over top right before serving.

If you have extra dressing it’s really good as a dip for chicken tenders.

Nashville Hot Chicken Salads are delicious… all the Nashville Hot flavors with none of the guilt 🙂

YUM!

If you like Nashville Hot Chicken Salads, you might also like these recipes…

Nashville Hot Chicken Flatbreads

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Nashville Hot Chicken Salads

Nashville Hot Chicken Salads is a simple, healthy recipe with a high protein easy to make salad dressing for lunch, dinner, or meal prepping!

Course Main Course

Cuisine American

Keyword Chicken Recipes, Chicken Salad, High Protein, Nashville Hot, Pickles, Recipe, Salad, Salad Dressing

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 0 minutes

Servings 2

Calories 322 kcal

Author Cheri Renee

Ingredients

1/2 cup cottage cheese
3 tablespoons pickle juice
Nashville Hot seasoning blend, kosher salt, pepper
4 to 6 cups lettuce or salad mix of choice
1 1/2 cups cooked, shredded chicken (see notes below for a crispy chicken option)
1/2 cup sliced pickles
1/2 cup shredded cheese of choice

Instructions

Put the cottage cheese, pickle juice, Nashville Hot seasoning, kosher salt, and pepper in a blender or food processor. Blend until smooth. Taste for seasoning and add more seasoning if needed, and more pickle juice if it's too thick.
Divide the lettuce between two bowls or meal prep containers. Top each with chicken, pickles, and cheese. Drizzle the dressing over top right before serving. If you have extra dressing it's really good as a dip for chicken tenders.

Recipe Notes

I was trying to make these salads on the healthier side, but you could also air fry some frozen chicken strips or cook in the oven according to the package directions. Chop them once cooled slightly and add to the salads.

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