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Stress-Free Picnic Packing: Easy Picnic Basket Recipes

Here are the Best Picnic Basket Recipes for a fun and relaxing summer picnic. I’m sharing a refreshing Rotisserie Chicken Salad served in a toasty croissant.

It’s time for us to reveal our Supper Club Menu for our Summer Picnic. My Supper Club Friends are also sharing their best Picnic Basket Recipes.

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Picnic Basket Rotisserie Chicken Salad

Do you like rotisserie chicken? Using a precooked chicken in the salad really helps to cut down on the time. Plus, it’s super easy when you have extra hands in the kitchen.

Brad shredding a chicken for chicken salad.

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Simple Recipes Ingredients

This is such a simple recipe to make. First, shred your chicken into small pieces. Then, chop your onion, celery, and pecans finely. Lastly, wash and halve your seedless grapes.

Ingredients for Rotisserie Chicken Salad

Place all the ingredients into a large mixing bowl and stir together until all ingredients are well coated in the mayonnaise mixture.

Mix ingredients
I also have a delicious Hot Chicken Salad Recipe and it goes wonderfully with this Best Fresh Squeezed Lemonade.

Fill your Picnic Basket

This delicious recipe is perfect alone, but I filled some flakey croissants and added them to our picnic basket for our picnic.

Fill flakey croissants with chicken salad

I crinkled some parchment paper to cover the croissants and keep them fresh.

Wrap flakey croissant chicken salad with parchment paper

Refreshing Rotisserie Chicken Salad

Easy, simple recipe great on a croissant.

  • 2 cups Rotisserie Chicken Breast (Shredded and Skin Discarded)
  • ½ cup Mayonnaise
  • ¼ tbsp Spicy Mustard
  • 1 Lemon Juiced
  • ¼ tsp Garlic Salt
  • ½ cup Celery (chopped fine)
  • ½ cup Chopped Pecans
  • ½ cup Onion (chopped fine)
  • ½ cup Seedless Grapes (Halved )
  • ¼ tsp Dill Weed
  1. Remove Skin & Shred Rotisserie Chicken

  2. Chop onion, celery, pecans

  3. Halve grapes

  4. Mix all ingredients together

  5. Cover and chill

Serve with fruit or on a flakey croissant. 

Option:  You can cook or roast your own chicken breast.

Recipe is easy to double.  

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Perfect for a summer picnic by the pool. You can see the full Picnic Table Setting Ideas here.

croissants  and grapes on botanical plates.

More Delicious Goodies to Fill Your Picnic Basket

Next up from Midwest Life and Style is Jen’s Creamy Broccoli Salad. YUM.

Brocoli sald

You are going to love Simply 2 Mom’s No Bake Lemon Bars in a Jar. Perfect for a picnic.

Lemon Bar in jar

Michele at Vintage Home Design is sharing this yummy Citrus & Rosemary Cocktail.

Lemon and rosemary cocktail

Stacy at Bricks N Blooms – Delicious Cucumber Sandwich appetizers

cucumber sandwiches

Thanks so much for stopping by today. I look forward to sharing my next adventure with you.

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Rotisserie Chicken Salad for a summer picnic
Rotisserie Chicken Salad for a summer picnic

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Sunday 10th of April 2022

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Kim | Shiplap and Shells

Sunday 8th of August 2021

This looks amazing Rachel! And the croissant pretty much sealed the deal!

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Tuesday 10th of August 2021

Yes, I love them too.

Linda+Johnston

Thursday 5th of August 2021

Chicken salad is a favorite and so versatile in ingredients. I'm going to try this one, sounds yummy.

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Friday 6th of August 2021

Linda It's a new to me recipe and it was delicious. Hope you try it.

CoCo

Tuesday 3rd of August 2021

Rachel this looks amazing! I love chicken salad so I'm super excited to try this recipe. We're able to enjoy picnics well into October so I'm sure this is going to become a staple in our picnic basket. Hugs and thank you for the recipe, CoCo

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Tuesday 3rd of August 2021

CoCo, Thanks so much and I look forward to hearing how you like it.

Michele Howell

Saturday 31st of July 2021

This sounds so good! I love chicken salad and can’t wait toy try your recipe.

I never think to serve them on croissants, so I’m definitely doing that too.

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Saturday 31st of July 2021

Michele, Thanks so much for your sweet compliments.