Best Smoky Hawaiian Chicken Salad Recipes

HAWAIIAN CHICKEN SALAD

Steps:

• Mix together Marinade ingredients, marinate chicken for minimum 3 hours, preferably overnight.
• Shake Dressing ingredients together in a jar, set aside for at least 15 minutes.
• Heat oil in a non stick skillet over high heat (or BBQ). Add chicken and cook each side for 3 minutes or until golden. Remove and cover loosely with foil for 5 minutes, then slice thickly.
• Sear 1/2 cup pineapple pieces and corn in the skillet until golden.
• Pile salad ingredients on a platter and top with sliced chicken. Drizzle over Dressing. Serve and pretend you're in Hawaii!

SMOKY CHICKEN SALAD

Steps:

• Preheat a grill to high. Toss the chicken with 1 tablespoon olive oil, the paprika, 1/2 teaspoon salt and a few grinds of pepper in a medium bowl. Grill the chicken until marked and cooked through, about 7 minutes per side. Let cool slightly, then thinly slice.
• Meanwhile, make the dressing Combine the garlic and the remaining 3 tablespoons olive oil in a small microwave-safe bowl; microwave until the garlic is softened, about 1 minute. Transfer the garlic and oil to a blender; add the 2 whole piquillo peppers and puree until smooth. Transfer to a bowl and whisk in the mayonnaise, lemon juice and 2 tablespoons cilantro; season with salt and pepper.
• Divide the sliced chicken among the lettuce leaves; drizzle with the dressing. Top with the celery, almonds, the remaining sliced piquillo pepper and 1 tablespoon cilantro.

HAWAIIAN CHICKEN SALAD

Steps:

• 1. Chop chicken into chunks. I use leftover smoked or grilled chicken from the barbecue, but rotisserie is also fine.
• 2. Stir chicken up with the rest of the ingredients and serve.

HAWAIIAN CHICKEN SALAD

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, beat cream cheese until fluffy. Mix in salad dressing and 2 tablespoons reserved pineapple juice. Stir in the pineapple tidbits, chicken, almonds, and grapes until evenly coated. Chill until serving.

SMOKY CHICKEN SALAD

Steps:

• Boil chicken breasts in a pot filled with water until no longer pink in the centers and juices run clear, about 40 minutes.
• While chicken finishes boiling, preheat an outdoor charcoal grill for medium-high heat and lightly oil the grate. Place approximately 10 coals off to one side and light; coals are ready when they have some white dust.
• Add hickory chips to a container or on aluminum foil on top of coals. Place chicken breasts onto the preheated grill as far away from the heat as possible.
• Smoke chicken just until a light smoke is apparent, no more than 15 minutes. Transfer chicken to a plate to cool, about 10 minutes.
• Dice each chicken breast; sprinkle with pepper and celery salt. Place diced celery and red onion in a large bowl; add chicken 3 breasts at a time, sprinkling with 1 pinch caraway seeds and mixing well after each addition. Stir in mayonnaise. Cover and refrigerate until ready to serve.

HAWAIIAN CHICKEN SALAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the first 10 ingredients. Combine the dressing ingredients; pour over salad and toss to coat. Cover and refrigerate for 4 hours or until ready to serve.

SMOKY HAWAIIAN CHICKEN SALAD

Steps:

• Toss the first five ingredients together until the almond chips coat all of the ingredients.
• Fold in the Miracle Whip and blend well.
• Chill for a minimum of an hour before serving in order to let the flavors develop (cooking time is actually chill time).
• Serve a large scoop on a bed of lettuce with buttery crackers.

HAWAIIAN CHICKEN SALAD

Steps:

• Combine chicken, pineapple and celery.
• Add salad oil, lemon juice and salt.
• Mix well.
• Marinate salad for 1 hour.
• Add mayonnaise and mix well.
• Serve on a bed of lettuce and sprinkle almonds over top.

SMOKED CHICKEN SALAD

Steps:

• Combine chicken, celery, grapes, pecans, and scallions in a medium bowl.
• Stir mayonnaise, vinegar, paprika, and pepper together in a small bowl until well blended. Pour over chicken mixture and stir until well combined.
• Serve immediately or refrigerate until ready to serve, up to 2 days.

HAWAIIAN CHICKEN SALAD

Steps:

• Drain meat well and blot on paper towels to dry meat and drain pineapple well. Bring cream cheese to room temperature to soften and chop celery and onion, med to fine. Mix meat, pineapple, celery, onion and cream cheese in large bowl,mix well with fork. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Cover and chill several hours or overnite is better. To serve cut the center out of the bread and stuff with salad. Chop the center bread that was removed into cubes. Garnish with coconut or pecans.(I prefer pecans)serve on party crackers and bread cubes.

HAWAIIAN CHICKEN SALAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the chicken, celery, mayonnaise and almonds and mix well.
• Gently fold in the mandarin oranges, pineapple tidbits, green and purple grapes and mango.
• Refrigerate for 1 hour to let flavors incorporate a little.
• Place on a bed of lettuce and serve or serve as an appetizer on individual lettuce cups.

QUICK HAWAIIAN CHICKEN SALAD

Steps:

• In a bowl, combine the first seven ingredients. Fold in oranges. Cover and refrigerate until chilled. Just before serving, fold in bananas and sprinkle with peanuts.