There is a spider in my house! Where is my brother when I need him?! My wife has this crazy idea since I am the man of the house I am also the chief exterminator and crusader against of all things creepy. But that isn’t what I had planned growing up. I remember once seeing a garden spider sitting in my parent’s raspberry bush, I quickly informed my older brother about the marauding invader and dispatched him to mow down the entire raspberry bush in my defense. He did so without hesitation, and to my parent’s credit they never once questioned where their raspberry bush went.
For me, stories like this conjure fond memories of summers gone by.
Playing football in the yard with my brother, late night games of Ghost in the Graveyard, racing bikes around the neighborhood… Great memories can be made any time of year, but there is just something special about the summer.
Can you believe a full month of summer is in the bag already?! It goes too fast, doesn’t it? Have you gotten a chance to get outside and grill up some food, and more importantly make some memories with your family? I grilled up some exceptionally flavorful chicken on my charcoal grill the other day and now I am left with the great conundrum of what to do with the leftovers… Enter stage left, grilled chipotle chicken salad with lime and cilantro!
Seriously, the smoky grilled goodness of chicken off the Weber and the distinctive deep flavor of chipotle peppers married together by mayo and a myriad of crunchy vegetables… it is everything that is good about summer smashed between a bun!
Some people chop the chicken for their chicken salad, while personally, I like it shredded. I’ve seen a fascinating social media video of someone shredding a large batch of chicken with a hand mixer. I think that sounds like an ingenious idea. If anyone has tried it, please let me know if it works!
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Grilled Chipotle Chicken Salad with Lime and Cilantro
Ingredients
- 4 cups Shredded Grilled or Rotisserie Chicken
- 1 Celery Stalk diced
- 2 Green Onions chopped
- 1/4 cup diced Red Onion
- 1/4 cup chopped Fresh Cilantro
- 2 in Chipotle Peppers Adobo minced
- 2 teaspoons Adobo Sauce
- 3/4 cup Mayo
- 1 tablespoon Lime Juice about half a lime
- Salt and Fresh Ground Pepper to taste
- Buns
Instructions
- Shred the chicken and place in a large bowl.
- Add vegetables to the bowl with chicken.
- In smaller bowl add wet ingredients and seasonings and combine thoroughly.
- Pour mayo mixture over shredded chicken mixture and toss to evenly coat.
- Serve on top of buns with additional cilantro as desired.
Notes
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olivia giovanni says
Anything that has cilantro in it I’m going to give it a try!
Fox Valley Foodie says
I’m with you!
Razena says
I love chicken salad and this looks delicious!
Sarah says
I always try to make my husband get the spiders in our house but a) he’s as bad as I am about getting them and b) he is too afraid to hurt them to try moving them…sigh.
That sandwich looks like summer in a bun – it would be perfect for picnics!
Fox Valley Foodie says
People always say spiders are more afraid of you than you are of them, but I have never voluntarily decided to hang out in a spider’s home.
Byron Thomas says
I want TWO of these right now! Looks so delicious!
Fox Valley Foodie says
Two of them coming right up! Though, my delivery fee is fairly steep!
Marissa @ OMG FOOD says
Aww, yeah. I pretty much love chipotle anything, so this post definitely has my attention!
Also, I hate spiders too. =/ Over the years, I somehow learned to not be scared of certain ones? And it also depends on where they are in the house. For example, those small yellowish “house” spiders – I’m not afraid of those or Daddy Long Legs anymore, but only if they’re in places that are not the shower. I will not share a shower with any bug, I don’t care who or what you are! All other spiders, I’m like, “HELL NO” and would probably run away and/or burn my house down if no one else is around to dispose of it for me. 🙂
Fox Valley Foodie says
Haha! Yes, I completely can relate. I have always said I could never get a pet trantula because if it ever got loose I could NEVER sleep in that house again!
Christine says
I love chipotle peppers so darn much. This takes lunch to a whole new level. Love it.
Fox Valley Foodie says
Me too! I could eat chipotle peppers on my cherrios! Well, maybe not, but you know…
Sam @ SugarSpunRun says
This might just be the best chicken salad I’ve ever seen, looks amazing!
Fox Valley Foodie says
Thanks so much!
Levan @ MyWifeMakes.com says
So happy to be revisiting your page – just in time to catch this amazing chicken salad. Love the lime flavors too! FIVE STARS!
Fox Valley Foodie says
Thank you so much! Always happy to have return guests!
Fareeha says
yummy and delcious.. looks fabulous with all the chicken in it
Oana @AdoreFoods says
You had my full attention when I read chipotle in the title 🙂 I am obsessed with it…just cannot stay away! Your chicken salad looks great! Have to make it soon.
Fox Valley Foodie says
Thank you so much! There is just something addicting about chipotles!
Donna says
This sounds absolutely delicious!! I am so obsessed with chipotle since moving to the states – best flavour ever!
Fox Valley Foodie says
I completely agree! It has become a staple in my fridge!
Amy @ Accidental Happy Baker says
1) I have totally done the chicken shredding with a mixer. It is a game changer for sure. Do it! It will make you proud and then you’ll crow. (Sorry, Hook quote.)
2) This summer I have finally convinced my husband that chicken salad is amazing. Of course, I always knew it was, but he had this stubborn idea that meat+salad was just wrong. I finally have righted this wrong in his brain. Your combination sounds like a winner pure and simple to me. I love cilantro so much. Probably to a fault. I bought deodorant once because it smelled like cilantro. Yeah, now I’m rambling. Anyway, pinning, yumming, and making soon!
Fox Valley Foodie says
I would totally wear Cilantro deoderant!!
Charlene @ That Girl Cooks Healthy says
I could seriously eat the whole darn burger…..YUM!
Fox Valley Foodie says
Don’t tell anyone, but I had two in a sitting. 😉
Meaghan | Cook. Craft. Love. says
I’m a real purist when it comes to chicken salad and tend to stick to my grandma’s old family recipe. But you had me at chipotle!
Debra @ Worth Cooking says
I love chicken salad! I usually chunk because I think it tends to look better, but this looks incredible! I haven’t tried the mixer but my sister has and said it worked really well, so I should try it.
Mary (The Godmother @ Goodie Godmother) says
I’ve done the chicken shredding thing with my stand mixer, but I actually kind of prefer the texture of hand pulled or hand cubed. The mixer is really easy though.
This recipe looks amazing! The next time my husband fires up the grill, I’m going to have to remember to have him grill a chicken for me so we can try this salad. Preferably with no spiders around… ick.
Jamie kobyluck says
My husband used to cook for a senior center and meals on wheels so when cooking for 600-800 people you need many shortcuts and he always shreaded his chicken (,or turkey or beef ) with his bid stand mixer. The first time I saw him do it I was amazed.I think you need to cook for a crowd in order to make it worth washing the mixer though. But hey, give it a try.