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.
Ingredients for Southern Fried Chicken 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 (if you’ve ever wondered, here’s how to make the perfect hard boiled egg!) to make this amazing salad.
Making the Salad
Making the salad was a piece of cake. I started with a bowl of romaine lettuce. Then, I topped it with a sliced hard boiled egg (Photo 1) and sliced grape tomatoes (Photo 2).
Then I added a Southern Fried Chicken Strip that I had cut into pieces (Photo 3). Finally, I added some shredded cheddar cheese (Photo 4).
I finished the salad with a drizzle of my homemade Honey Mustard Dressing.
The Southern Fried Chicken Salad was restaurant quality, rivaling any salad that I had ordered at a restaurant. Yum!
Southern Fried Chicken Salad
Ingredients
Salad
- 2 ½ cups torn Romaine lettuce
- 1 hard boiled egg, sliced
- 7 or 8 grape tomatoes, sliced
- 1 fried chicken strip, sliced
- ¼ cup (1 ounce) shredded cheddar cheese
- Honey Mustard Dressing (See Tip 1)
Honey Mustard Dressing
- ½ cup (4 ounces) mayonnaise
- 2 Tablespoons 1.5 ounces) honey
- 1 ½ Tablespoons (0.75 ounces) yellow mustard
- 1 Tablespoon (0.5 ounces) fresh lemon juice
Instructions
Salad
- Place Romain lettuce into chilled bowl. Top with egg, tomatoes, chicken strip and shredded cheese. Drizzle with Honey Mustard dressing.
- Yield: 1 Salad
Honey Mustard Dressing
- Whisk together all ingredients. Cover and refrigerate. (See Tip 2)
- Yield: About ¾ cup.
Chula's Expert Tips
- Honey Mustard is my favorite dressing to use on this salad. However, use whatever dressing you prefer.
- If necessary add a bit more lemon juice to reach desired consistency.
I’m obsessed with this salad. The dressing is so good. Sometimes my husband and I just make the chicken tenders and the honey mustard if we aren’t in the mood for a salad.