Chicken salad with blue cheese, dried cranberries, and walnuts is a quick and easy lunch idea or light dinner. It’s a great way to use up leftover cooked chicken and keeps well in the refrigerator for easy meals during the week.

a spoonful of chicken salad being spooned into a lettuce leaf.

How to Make Them

I love chicken salad during the summer. It’s a great way to use leftover grilled chicken, or I’ll pick up some rotisserie chicken at the store to make it even easier. The combination of blue cheese, cranberries, and walnuts is so delicious. You can use the chicken salad to make sandwiches, but I like it wrapped in lettuce leaves – it makes for a light lunch or dinner when the weather’s warm. Give them a try, and check out my other lettuce wrap recipes, too!

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a spoonful of chicken salad being added to a lettuce leaf.

Chicken Salad Lettuce Wraps

If you have cooked chicken on hand, these lettuce wraps are a great way to use it. Add in a few more ingredients, mix them up, and spoon the chicken salad into lettuce leaves for an easy lunch or dinner.

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Author: April Anderson

Servings: servings

Prep Time: 10

Total Time: 10

Ingredients

3 cups seasoned cooked chicken cubed or shredded (see note)
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1/4 cup blue cheese crumbles
1/4 cup chopped walnuts
1/4 chopped dried cranberries
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper
Lettuce leaves see note

Instructions

Combine all of the ingredients, except the lettuce, in a medium-sized bowl and stir until well combined.
Spoon the chicken salad into the lettuce leaves for serving.

Notes

Rotisserie chicken works great, but leftover grilled or roasted chicken is great, too. This recipe also works great with roasted turkey.

I like to use butter lettuce for wraps. It’s tender and easy to wrap, but I usually double up the leaves for each wrap. Try romaine or iceberg lettuce leaves if you prefer sturdier/crisper lettuce.

You can make the chicken salad ahead of time and store it in the refrigerator. It will keep for several days. Store the lettuce leaves separately so they don’t wilt.

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Course: Wraps

Cuisine: American

Keyword: blue cheese chicken salad

When I make these for lunch, I love them with potato chips on the side. For dinner, they pair great with my 10-minute easy tomato soup! I hope you give this recipe a try soon – enjoy!

Happy lettuce-wrapping,