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BBQ Chicken Salad Lunch Prep by Lindsey's Table

BBQ Chicken Salad Lunch Prep

Lindsey Cochran
Prep Time 30 minutes
Servings 6 salads

Equipment

  • 6 glass pyrex containers
  • 6 small condiment containers with lids
  • Cling Wrap
  • 6 snack size ziplocks

Ingredients
  

  • 2 (6-7 ounce) bags of butter lettuce or iceberg lettuce
  • 1 Rotisserie chicken or 1 pound of cooked and shredded chicken
  • 1 (15 ounce) can of black beans
  • 1 (15-16 ounce) can or bag of frozen corn
  • 1 bottle of favorite barbecue sauce
  • 1 bottle of favorite ranch dressing
  • 1 (5 ounce) bag of tortilla chips
  • 1 (8 ounce) bag of shredded cheese

Instructions
 

  • Clean the meat off of the rotisserie chicken and shred it using two forks.
  • Add desired about of barbecue sauce to the shredded chicken and mix together.
  • Drain the can of black beans.
  • Set out all ingredients and lunch containers on the kitchen counter, creating an assembly line.
  • Lay out 6 slices of cling wrap onto the kitchen counter.
  • Evenly divide the barbecue chicken, black beans, and corn into 6 portions and lay a row of each onto the cling wrap. (see example in blog post)
  • Roll up the barbecue chicken, black beans, and corn in the cling wrap, set aside.
  • Next, evenly divide the lettuce into 6 portions and add it to the side of each lunch container.
  • Place a chicken/bean roll beside the lettuce in each lunch container.
  • In 6 small condiment containers with lids, add 2 tablespoons of ranch dressing to each container.
  • Place the lids on the ranch dressing containers and set them beside each of the chicken/bean rolls in the lunch container.
  • May add desired amount of shredded cheese beside the chicken/bean roll to the opposite side of the lettuce.
  • Crush up a handful of tortilla chips and evenly divide them into 6 small snack size ziplock bags.
  • Place all six of the salads into the refrigerator until you're ready for lunch.
  • (Do not refrigerate the crushed up tortilla chips.)