Keto Barbecued Chicken Salad

When you want a quick, easy, and amazingly creamy and flavorful dish, this keto barbecued chicken salad will always satisfy!

This keto barbecued chicken salad comes together quickly and makes for a perfect lunch or dinner choice. Since we’re using keto barbecue sauce, the carb count is amazingly low. You also have some great low carb options for serving this chicken salad! I hope you’ll enjoy this dish as much as we do!

Let’s talk about our chicken!

You have some great options for the kind of chicken you use to make this chicken salad. I found a great deal on a whole chicken this week, so that’s what I used. I simply boiled the chicken, diced the meat, then used a combination of white and dark meat to make my salad. Alternately, you can use all white meat or all dark meat for your chicken salad if you’d prefer. You can use chicken breasts or chicken thighs to make this salad. Another awesome idea, and a great time saver, is to use rotisserie chicken. I diced my chicken, but you can roughly chop your chicken or even shred it if you’d prefer. To our chicken, we add diced red onions. If you’d like, you can substitute with a yellow or white onion. You can also add some diced celery to your salad if you want.

How do I make the dressing for this keto barbecued chicken salad?

The dressing for this chicken salad contains just two simple, but amazingly flavorful, ingredients. We combine keto mayonnaise and keto barbecue sauce to make this easy and delicious dressing. I used the Chosen Foods brand avocado oil mayonnaise for my dressing and it’s my go-to mayonnaise. When buying mayo, you’ll want to make sure there is no added sugar or oils you don’t want. You can also use homemade mayonnaise if you’d like. For the barbecue sauce, you can use homemade barbecue sauce, or your favorite no sugar added sauce. Again, when buying, you’ll want to check the ingredients and nutrition label to ensure you’re getting a low carb barbecue sauce without any added ingredients you want to avoid. I used ½ cup of mayonnaise and ¼ cup barbecue sauce which created a mild barbecue flavored dressing. If you’d like, you can add even more barbecue sauce.

What are some low carb options for serving this keto barbecued chicken salad?

Although this chicken salad is delicious served just as it is, you also have some wonderful low carb options for serving it. To make a more traditional sandwich, I like using keto biscuits, chaffles, or English muffins. If you have a favorite keto bread, that’s a great choice as well. Another fun option is to use this chicken salad and make a lettuce wrap. You can also serve this chicken salad as a dip. For low carb dippers, you can use raw vegetables, cheese whisps, keto crackers, or pork rinds. You can also chop or shred some lettuce and top it with this chicken salad along with any of your favorite salad toppers, such as diced bacon, shredded cheese, or tomatoes. For a pretty presentation, I like to top some iceberg or romaine lettuce leaves with this salad and serve it with sliced avocados or tomatoes.

Need some more delicious keto chicken salad recipes? Here are a few of our favorites!

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Mexican Keto Chicken Salad

Za’atar Keto Chicken Salad

Helpful Hints:

*You can use homemade keto barbecue sauce or your favorite sugar free sauce for your chicken salad.

*This chicken salad can be served immediately, or it can be made ahead of time and refrigerated until ready to serve.

Main Kitchen Equipment and Utensils:

• Mixing bowls
• Measuring cups

Splash of Encouragement:

***O victory in Jesus, my Savior, forever! He sought me and bought me with His redeeming blood; He loved me ere I knew Him, and all my love is due Him. He plunged me to victory beneath the cleansing flood.***