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.
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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.
Place all the ingredients into a large mixing bowl and stir together until all ingredients are well coated in the mayonnaise mixture.
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.
I crinkled some parchment paper to cover the croissants and keep them fresh.
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
Remove Skin & Shred Rotisserie Chicken
Chop onion, celery, pecans
Halve grapes
Mix all ingredients together
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.
Perfect for a summer picnic by the pool. You can see the full Picnic Table Setting Ideas here.
More Delicious Goodies to Fill Your Picnic Basket
Next up from Midwest Life and Style is Jen’s Creamy Broccoli Salad. YUM.
You are going to love Simply 2 Mom’s No Bake Lemon Bars in a Jar. Perfect for a picnic.
Michele at Vintage Home Design is sharing this yummy Citrus & Rosemary Cocktail.
Stacy at Bricks N Blooms – Delicious Cucumber Sandwich appetizers
Thanks so much for stopping by today. I look forward to sharing my next adventure with you.
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Ok you had me at croissant! I love this recipe and can’t wait to try it!
Stacy,
It’s a new recipe for me and I loved it.
Looks so good Rachel. Have a great time at the beach!
Ann,
Thanks so much for stopping by.
Oh, yum! Chicken salad is one of my absolute favorites, but I always manage to forget about it. I will be making this ASAP when we get home from vacation. Thanks for sharing!
Jen,
I hope you like it.
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.
Michele,
Thanks so much for your sweet compliments.
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
CoCo,
Thanks so much and I look forward to hearing how you like it.
Chicken salad is a favorite and so versatile in ingredients. I’m going to try this one, sounds yummy.
Linda
It’s a new to me recipe and it was delicious. Hope you try it.
This looks amazing Rachel! And the croissant pretty much sealed the deal!
Yes, I love them too.