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BBQ Chicken Salad

BBQ Chicken Salad with Healthy Ranch

Natalie Mitchell
The most refreshing and flavorful BBQ Chicken Salad that is made with gluten free Crounons from Carrington Farms! This is the best summer salad and it gets an upgrade with the easiest healthy ranch dressing.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 6 hours
Course Main Course, Salad
Servings 4 servings

Equipment

  • Crockpot

Ingredients
  

BBQ Chicken

  • 1 lb chicken breast
  • 1 cup BBQ sauce I used Primal Kitchen (gluten free, Whole30, paleo)

Salad

  • 8 cups mixed greens or lettuce
  • 1/2 cup corn
  • 1/2 cup cucumber diced
  • 1 cup sweet potatoes diced and roasted
  • 1/2 cup shredded carrots
  • 1/4 cup pickled onions sub raw red onions, sliced
  • 1/2 cup roasted chickpeas see notes
  • Carrington Farms Crounons

Healthy Ranch Dressing

  • 1/3 cup plain Greek yogurt
  • 1/4 cup milk of choice
  • 1/4 tsp dried dill weed
  • 1/4 tsp garlic powder
  • 1/4 tsp onion powder
  • 1/4 tsp dried parsley
  • 1/4 tsp dried cilantro
  • 1 dash salt and pepper

Instructions
 

BBQ Chicken

  • Add 1/2 the BBQ sauce into a crockpot, then the chicken breasts and the remaining BBQ sauce on top. Cook on high for 6 hours or low for 8 hours
  • Once the chicken is cooked, take two forks to shred the chicken and mix with the remaining liquid. Let sit for 10 more minutes to soak up the remaining juice.

Sweet Potatoes

  • Preheat the oven to 400°F
  • Peel the sweet potato and dice into cubes. Coat with Carrington Farms Avocado Oil, salt and pepper
  • Roast at 400°F for 45 minutes, flipping halfway. Let cool before adding to salad

Salad

  • In a large mixing bowl, combine the greens/lettuce, cucumber, shredded carrots, corn, pickled onions, roasted chickpeas, sweet potatoes and Carrington Farms Crounons. Mix well and store until ready to eat. You will add the chicken and dressing when time to eat!

Healthy Ranch Dressing

  • Add the Greek yogurt, milk of choice, dried dill weed, garlic powder, onion powder, dried cilantro, dried parsley, salt and pepper into a bowl. Whisk together until smooth and add water to get desired consistency.

Notes

  1. You can use rinsed chickpeas in place of roasted chickpeas. If you want to roast them, coat in the same avocado oil, salt and pepper as the sweet potatoes and put in the oven alongside of them.
  2. See blog post for full list of substitutions 
  3. Feel free to half this recipe or double it!
  4. Make sure you store the chicken and dressing separate from the salad so that it does not get soggy. 
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