Pimento Cheese Chicken Salad Recipe

This Pimento Cheese Chicken Salad is the ultimate Southern shortcut dish—creamy, tangy, and packed with sharp cheddar flavor. Blending homemade pimento cheese with tender rotisserie chicken creates a hearty, versatile spread that works for sandwiches, crackers, or a party‑ready appetizer board. It comes together in minutes using simple ingredients, yet tastes like something you’d find at a cozy Southern café. Perfect for meal prep, entertaining, or upgrading lunch, it even doubles as an incredible grilled pimento cheese sandwich filling. Store‑bought pimento cheese can be swapped in for an even faster prep.

Pimento Cheese Chicken Salad

This Pimento Cheese Chicken Salad is the ultimate Southern shortcut dish—creamy, tangy, and packed with sharp cheddar flavor.

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Total Time 20 minutes mins

Servings: 6

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: American

Ingredients Equipment Method Notes

Ingredients

  

• 3 cups sharp cheddar cheese, grated *see notes*
• 4 oz pimento peppers, drained and chopped
• 3/4 cup mayonnaise
• 1/2 tsp red pepper flakes
• 1/4 tsp Worcestershire sauce
• salt and pepper to taste
• 2-3 cups rotisserie chicken, chopped
• bread or crackers for serving

Equipment

• 1 food processor optional

Method

 

1. In a food processor, combine the cheese, pimento peppers, mayo, red pepper flakes, Worcestershire, salt, and pepper. Pulse until well combined, then blend to desired consistency, stopping to scrape down the sides occasionally to make sure everything is mixing well.
2. Empty this mixture into a large bowl. Add chopped rotisserie chicken and stir well to combine them. Serve on bread or with crackers.
Next level: use this as a filling to make a grilled chicken pimento cheese sandwich!
3. Plate it up with sides- a veggie tray with Ranch, chips, a big salad, or some broccoli.

Notes

*For an extra short cut, use a tub of store bought pimento cheese instead of making it.*