13 Quick Salads for Chicken Casserole
A good homemade chicken casserole is like being wrapped up in a warm blanket. A flavoursome hot meal that needs a good salad to round it off. These quick salads make the perfect companion.
We love how the traditional chicken casserole of chicken, celery, potatoes, onions and carrots has evolved so much over time that the combinations of ingredients you can now put in your recipe is almost endless.
I love all the different recipes such as chicken, pancetta and barley, chicken, puy lentils and mushrooms or even the chicken, broccoli and jalapenos. But no matter the combinations, the beauty of a good chicken casserole is how easy it is to make.
Love being able to just add everything into the casserole dish or Dutch oven and in the oven it goes where all the hard work gets done.
As the glorious smell of your cooking wafts through the kitchen for the afternoon, it’s time to prepare a couple of quick salads to serve with it. As these salads take 20 minutes or less to make, you might like to try a few of these salad recipes.
This collection of quick salads include recipes which don’t require any cooking at all, salads with interesting ingredients such as tamarillos and also salads that include refreshing fruit to balance out the rich flavours of the chicken casserole.
If you have found too many quick salads that you like, you’ll just have to make more delicious dinners so you can try them all out. Enjoy!
Charred Truss Tomato Salad with Stracciatella
1/13
Classic pairings of truss tomato with Stracciatella di buffalo mingled with a deliciously fresh basil and mint pesto. Stunning to serve with chicken casserole and easy to make. Pretty good, hey?
Yellow Salad with Zucchini Flowers
2/13
Zucchini flowers are such special ingredients. Beautiful to look at and delicious when devoured. Let’s spoil your friends and family with this gold and yellow themed salad!
It just might outshine your chicken casserole though! Are you prepared for that?
https://thesidesmith.com/amish-broccoli-salad/Amish Broccoli Salad
3/13
It is usually the simplest of salad recipes that taste the best. Nothing fancy and made with easy to find ingredients, this Amish broccoli salad is a real crowd pleaser!
A really quick salads to whip up for your chicken casserole dinner!
Watermelon Apple and Mint Salad
4/13
A quick 4-ingredient salad that is super vibrant for those warm summer days with sweet watermelon, crispy apple, refreshing mint and buttery pine nuts.
The savoury tamari lime dressing adds depth and amplifies the sweetness of the salad, making it deliciously perfect for easy entertaining.
Edamame Pasta Salad with Asparagus
5/13
It’s the simplest of tastes that sometimes commands the most attention. This Edamame Pasta Salad makes for a wonderful quick salad companion for your flavour rich chicken casserole.
Classic Caesar Salad with Homemade Caesar Dressing
6/13
Bring the classic Caesar salad back into your kitchen as we show you how to recreate this delicious original salad recipe with a lip-smacking homemade creamy Caesar dressing.
Grilled Apricot Salad with Prosciutto
7/13
Sweet, salty and creamy! We absolutely love this simple to make Grilled Apricot Salad complemented by the salty and smoky flavours of prosciutto crudo.
Add some dollops of creamy goat’s cheese to round off the salad as it makes for the best side dish to have with chicken casserole.
Salad of Snake Beans and Grated Coconut
8/13
This Salad of Snake Beans, grated coconut and quintessential fresh Thai herbs is a wonderful showcase of Asian ingredients. Intertwined through the latticework of the snake beans is the ever so flavoursome turmeric and coconut milk dressing.
Just imagine how this quick salad would taste with your chicken casserole main fare! Perfect combination!
Salad of Dutch Carrots, Hummus and Soft-Boiled Eggs
9/13
Enjoy the creaminess of this Dutch Carrot Salad without the use of any dairy. The combination of the hummus and the oozing soft-boiled eggs provide for a velvety alternative.
Add in the crunch of the pistachios and you have a delectable side salad.
Tamari Seeds and Baby Gem Lettuce Salad
10/13
Would you like to create a piece of salad artwork in just 20 minutes flat? Yup, this quick salad for chicken casserole is exactly what you need!
We’ll show you how to do exactly that when you combine the crispness of the baby gem lettuce, the splatter of the tar-like black tahini and the ever so umami tamari seeds.
https://thesidesmith.com/kale-salad-recipe/Kale Salad with Avocado
11/13
Massaged kale salad with creamy avocado, tangy cranberries and nutty wild rice, this vegetarian recipe creates a delicious mouthful of textures. It’s a satisfying lunch or a wonderful side dish for chicken casserole!
Vegan Couscous Salad with Blistered Tomatoes
12/13
It’s incredible how such everyday ingredients such as tomato and basil can make for such a flavoursome salad recipe.
Complement the sweet blistered tomatoes with broth infused Israeli couscous for a quick and easy side salad for chicken casserole!
Quick Pickled Mushrooms Recipe
13/13
No more boring lunches with this easy-to-make marinated mushroom recipe.
Lightly roasted mushrooms tossed with a tangy parsley vinaigrette to create a flavoursome quick pickled mushroom salad. Perfect for charcuterie boards, antipasto, steak side dishes or easy lunches.
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All of these dishes look incredible!! I am excited to try the pickled mushrooms first!
Thanks so much! The mushroom salad sure is popular!
What great choices. I especially love the mushrooms.
We love the mushrooms too!
What a great round-up! I love the unique flavors going on here, always good to switch things up from my usual salads once in a while.
It sure is. And there is enough variety there to suit all taste buds and cravings.
I’m pretty excited about trying all of these. I’m especially curious about Tamari seeds. I don’t get nearly enough edible flowers in, either. We used to eat squash blossoms a lot, so I’m totally in for adding zucchini flowers to my salad.
Thanks Terra! Seeds, edible flowers, micro greens….. all fantastic and healthy additions to any salad recipe. Not to mention how healthy they are and how pretty they make to the presentation.