Cracked Out Hot Chicken Salad

Cracked Out Hot Chicken Salad

Cracked Out Hot Chicken Salad - baked chicken salad loaded with cheddar, bacon and ranch! Chicken, mayonnaise, celery, lemon juice, cheddar cheese, worcestershire, bacon, ranch dressing mix, potato chips. SOOO good! Can make ahead of time and refrigerate until ready to serve. Great for a quick brunch, lunch or dinner.

Chicken Salad is one of our favorite quick lunches. I will whip up a batch, and we will eat it for a couple of days. I was looking for something a little different for lunch the other day. I decided to "crack out" our favorite chicken salad recipe and bake it. OMG! SOOOO good. We loved the addition of the cheddar, bacon and ranch.

This "Cracked Out" Hot Chicken Salad was a fantastic change to our usual chicken salad sandwiches. It was so delicious baked and topped with potato chips! We served this with some fruit and croissants.  You can make the chicken salad mixture ahead of time and refrigerate it until you are ready to bake the dish. This is perfect for brunch, lunch or dinner! It is guaranteed to your new favorite chicken salad recipe.

Yield: serves 6

Cracked Out Hot Chicken Salad

prep time: 5 MINScook time: 25 MINStotal time: 30 mins

ingredients:

• 2-1/2 cups Cooked chopped chicken
• 1 Tbsp dry ranch mix
• 2 tsp lemon juice
• 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp onion powder
• 1 cup chopped celery
• 1 cup mayonnaise
• 3 Tbsp cooked bacon
• 1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese
• 1 cup crushed potato chips (Ruffles)

instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly spray a 8x8-inch pan with cooking spray.
2. Combine chicken, ranch mix, lemon juice, Worcestershire, salt, onion powder, celery, mayonnaise, bacon and cheddar cheese. Spread into prepared pan. Sprinkle with crushed potato chips.
3. Bake uncovered for 25 minutes.

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