Southern Fried Chicken Salad with Honey Mustard

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Southern Fried Chicken Salad is the perfect blend of fresh vegetables, crispy fried chicken strips, hard cooked eggs and shredded cheese topped with yummy honey mustard dressing. It’s the ultimate in southern comfort that will have you coming back for more.

Of all the salads out there, this salad is my absolute favorite. Often it is the my choice from luncheon menus on the rare occasion that I actually go out to eat for lunch.

Here’s How I Made The Honey Mustard Dressing

The ingredients for the Honey Mustard Dressing are pretty basic. I used mayonnaise, honey, yellow mustard and fresh lemon juice.

Ingredients used to make honey mustard dressing.

To make the honey mustard dressing, I whisked together the mayonnaise, honey, mustard and lemon juice. Then, I refrigerated the dressing until I was ready to use it.

It’s that easy!

Honey Mustard Dressing whisked together.

Here’s How What I Used To Make the Salad

I had some leftover Southern Fried Chicken Strips in the refrigerator along with Honey Mustard Dressing. I also had some romaine lettuce, little grape tomatoes and shredded cheese.

All that I needed was a hard boiled egg to make this amazing salad. If you’ve ever wondered, here’s how to make the perfect hard boiled egg!

Ingredients used to make the southern fried chicken salad.

Here’s How I Made the Salad

Making the salad was a piece of cake.

I started with a bowl of romaine lettuce and added a sliced hard boiled egg.

Sliced hard boiled egg on bowl of romaine lettuce.

Next, I added some sliced grape tomatoes.

Sliced grape tomatoes added to the salad.

After that, I added the fried chicken strip that I had cut into bite-sized pieces.

Fried chicken strip cut into pieces added to the salad.

I finished building the salad by adding some shredded cheddar cheese.

Shredded cheddar cheese added to the salad.

I finished the salad with a drizzle of my homemade Honey Mustard Dressing.

Pouring honey mustard dressing on the Southern Fried Chicken Salad.

The Southern Fried Chicken Salad was restaurant quality, rivaling any salad that I had ordered at a restaurant. Yum!

Frequently Asked Questions

Can Dijon mustard be used for the Honey Mustard Dressing?

Feel free to substitute Dijon mustard for the yellow mustard when making the Honey Mustard Dressing

Is there a substitute for the grape tomatoes?

You can actually use any tomatoes you desire in this Southern Fried Chicken Salad. I like the appearance of the grape tomatoes, but any small tomato will work. Alternatively you can use a diced tomato.

Can iceberg lettuce be substituted for the Romaine lettuce?

If you prefer, you can definitely use iceberg lettuce, or really any lettuce of your choosing.

Can store-bought fried chicken strips be used in this recipe?

Store-bought fried chicken strips work perfectly in this recipe.

What other dressings work well with this salad?

I personally really like Honey Mustard Dressing. However, feel free to use the dressing of your choice.

Other Salad Recipes

If you’re a fan of salads like I am, you should check out these amazing recipes:

Caesar Salad

Cucumber Dill Salad

Mardi Gras Salad

Tex Mex Layered Salad

Classic Southern Seven Layer Salad

Tomato Vidalia Onion and Cucumber Summer Salad

I first posted this delicious salad on November 1, 2020. Since then, it’s my go-to salad. The recipe is unchanged.

However, I updated the text and added new photographs. In addition, I added a web story showing how I made this salad.

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