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Satay roast chicken salad.

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20 refreshing salads using a supermarket roast chicken

Too hot to cook? A supermarket roast chicken plays a starring role in these cool throw-together salads for a quick and easy meal.

20 recipes
Adam Liaw's chicken nicoise salad.

Adam Liaw’s roast chicken nicoise salad

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
This herb-strewn soba noodle salad with chicken and edamame is ideal for hot nights.
EASY

Sarah Pound’s soba noodle salad with chicken, edamame and Vietnamese mint

  • < 30 mins
  • Sarah Pound
Cordon bleu salad.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s chicken cordon bleu salad

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Satay roast chicken salad.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s satay roast chicken salad

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Make your own furikake seasoning (or buy it ready-made).

Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s chicken soba salad with sesame dressing and furikake

  • < 30 mins
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Gochujang chicken bibimbap bowl.
EASY

Shredded chicken bibimbap bowl of sorts, with quick spicy barbecue sauce and slaw

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
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Chicken salad
EASY

Adam Liaw’s chicken noodle salad

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Sriracha dressing gives this salad a good kick.
EASY

Poached chicken and cold soba noodle salad with chunky nut Sriracha dressing

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Roast chicken with tofu and avocado salsa.
EASY

Roast chicken with tofu and avocado salsa

  • < 30 mins
  • Neil Perry
Neil Perry's chicken, avocado and witlof salad with walnut vinaigrette.
EASY

Neil Perry’s chicken, avocado and witlof salad with walnut vinaigrette

  • < 30 mins
  • Neil Perry
Peanut butter noodles with roast chicken.
EASY

Peanut butter noodles with roast chicken

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Picnic-friendly noodle salad with nuoc cham dressing.
EASY

Vietnamese rice noodles with nuoc cham

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Chicken salad with cranberries and raisins.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s chicken salad with cranberries and raisins

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Picnic cobb salad.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s picnic cobb salad

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Barbecue chicken, corn and baby cos salad

Neil Perry’s barbecue chicken, corn and baby cos salad with ranch dressing

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry
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Chicken, halloumi and quinoa provide the fuel while mango and avocado bring the summer vibes.
EASY

Chicken, mango and halloumi salad

  • < 30 mins
  • Sarah Pound
Green goddess egg salad open sandwich.

Green goddess caesar salad

  • Victoria Black, Gen Davidson and Professor Krista Varady
Satay chicken salad.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s satay chicken salad

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Chicken pasta salad with creamy dill dressing.
EASY

Chicken pasta salad with creamy dill dressing

  • < 30 mins
  • Sarah Pound
This herb-strewn chicken and noodle salad is perfect in hot weather.
EASY

‘Ghost chicken’ noodle salad

  • < 30 mins
  • Rosheen Kaul