Red onion, cucumber, and chicken are combined with ranch-style delight. Anyone who tries it falls in love with it right away. Serve it alone or with chopped tomatoes and baby spinach on whole wheat tortillas.
| Prep Time: | 10 mins |
| Cook Time: | 15 mins |
| Total Time: | 25 mins |
| Servings: | 8 |
| Yield: | 8 servings |
Ingredients
- 1 pound skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
- ½ large red onion, chopped
- 1 cucumber – peeled, seeded, and diced
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 cup ranch dressing
- 1 pinch ground black pepper to taste
Instructions
- Place chicken in a saucepan; add water to cover. Bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until chicken is tender and no longer pink in the center, about 15 minutes. Remove chicken, let cool, and shred or cut into bite size pieces.
- Combine the chicken, red onion, cucumber, garlic, and ranch dressing in a large bowl. Season with pepper to taste.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 214 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 3 g |
| Cholesterol | 37 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 0 g |
| Protein | 12 g |
| Saturated Fat | 3 g |
| Sodium | 312 mg |
| Sugars | 2 g |
| Fat | 17 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
I guess I didn’t use a good dressing as the flavor was really flat. I would use celery instead of the cucumber as well as chopped almonds to add more crunch.
Added some mayo
I used a can of chicken, and cut the ranch down to 1/2 a cup. Love it! I live overseas and cannot get good celery at all so this is a great alternative to traditional chicken salad.
Mmmm this was good! Hubby and I were really hungry and were making chicken salad when we realized we didn’t have mayo!!! So we gave this a try. We added lettuce, Swiss cheese, and ate it on toasted spouted wheat bread. We used lots of pepper!
Good recipe. Although, like most people, I changed a few things. Instead of boiling the chicken, I roasted it in the oven. I added some crumbled bacon and used roasted garlic instead of fresh garlic. Also, I cut down the ranch a bit and added some honey mustard. I would make this again.
We liked this, and don’t normally like chicken salad. Tried this because we DO like Ranch dressing. I was pleased with the result, but wished I had used Hidden Valley as suggested, Kraft Light (which was all I had) didn’t have quite enough oomph in this case. Thanks for sharing your recipe!
I’m the author of this recipe and wanted to make a couple notes…. For the chicken, I do not simply boil the chicken as the recipe states. You need to add something to help flavor the chicken to the water…salt, pepper,celery,onion etc. A good recipe to try/look at for guidance is AR’s for Boiled Chicken…just add salt. The amount of pepper in the recipe should not be a pinch but it should be, fresh ground pepper, to taste. Some people like a lot (my dad) and others (my husband) not so much,lol I am also picky about the brand of Ranch Dressing I use as well, personally not all dressing’s taste the same..we like Hidden Valley. It’s also good with a bit of shredded cheese mixed in too;) Enjoy!
Simply Delicious Ranch Chicken Salad Haiku: “It’s simple to make. Not quite simply delicious. Still tasted okay.” I had some chicken that I’d shredded and frozen in portioned bags, so after thawing one, I followed this recipe, but it was only so-so. Definitely needed some salt and more than a pinch of pepper. Still, when crammed into a pita w/ lettuce, tomatoes, pepperoncinis, it was fairly tasty – just not a chicken salad that I’d scoop up and eat by itself.
This was very good and quick to make. I wanted chicken salad for lunch but didn’t have any celery to provide the crunch. The ranch dressing gives it a zing that’s missing in regular chicken salad. I will definitely make it again!