Grillo Green Goddess Chicken Salad
This green goddess chicken salad is the lunch that gets made on repeat once you try it. Shredded chicken thighs or rotisserie chicken tossed in a creamy, herby green goddess dressing made from cottage cheese, fresh basil, parsley, avocado, and Grillo pickle juice blended completely smooth. Served with sliced cucumbers and Grillo Firehook crackers for scooping. It’s bright and fresh and filling and the dressing is so good you’ll want to put it on everything else in your refrigerator too.
A Quick Look At The Recipe
- Recipe Name: Grillo Green Goddess Chicken Salad (Easy High Protein Recipe)
- Main Ingredients: The Green Goddess Dressing, container, fresh basil, fresh parsley, to 3 green onions, avocado, Juice of 1 lemon, olive oil
- Why You'll Love It: This Grillo green goddess chicken salad blends cottage cheese, fresh herbs, avocado, and Grillo pickle juice into a creamy green goddess dressing tossed with shredded chicken and served with cucumbers and Firehook crackers.
The Grillo pickle juice is the detail that makes this dressing taste like something you’d pay twelve dollars for at a nice lunch spot. It adds a tangy, slightly briny brightness that cuts through the richness of the cottage cheese and avocado and makes the whole dressing taste more complex and alive than a standard herb dressing would.
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- The cottage cheese base makes this dressing genuinely high in protein without tasting like a health food version of something good. Blended smooth it disappears completely into a creamy, rich, herb-forward dressing that nobody would ever guess has cottage cheese in it.
- Rotisserie chicken makes this a 15-minute recipe. No cooking, no waiting, just shred and dress.
- The dressing makes more than you need for one batch of chicken salad and it keeps in the refrigerator for days. Use it on salads, grain bowls, roasted vegetables, or as a dip for raw vegetables all week.
- Grillo Firehook crackers alongside turn this into a complete lunch that feels like something from a good deli.
Ingredients Needed
The Green Goddess Dressing
Cottage cheese blended smooth is the creamy, high-protein base that gives this dressing its body without any mayonnaise or sour cream. Fresh basil and fresh parsley add the classic green goddess herb flavor. Green onions add a mild, slightly sharp bite. Avocado adds richness and a smooth, slightly buttery texture. Fresh lemon juice adds brightness. Olive oil adds a slight richness. Garlic adds savory depth. CTH seasoning adds a slightly herby, Cajun-inspired complexity. Grillo pickle juice is the secret ingredient that ties everything together with a tangy, briny brightness.
The Chicken
Four to five cooked chicken thighs shredded or chopped produce the most flavorful, most tender result. Two rotisserie chickens shredded is the fastest, easiest option that still produces an excellent finished salad.
How to Make Grillo Green Goddess Chicken Salad
1
Add all the dressing ingredients to a blender. Blend on high for a full minute until completely smooth and creamy with no visible cottage cheese curds remaining. Taste and adjust ā more lemon for brightness, more pickle juice for tang, more salt if needed.
2
Shred or chop the cooked chicken and add to a large bowl. Pour the green goddess dressing over generously and toss until every piece is well coated. Taste and adjust seasoning.
3
Serve immediately with sliced cucumbers and Grillo Firehook crackers alongside or refrigerate covered until ready to eat.
Grillo Green Goddess Chicken Salad (Easy High Protein Recipe)
Ingredients
The Green Goddess Dressing
- 1 container 24 oz cottage cheese
- 1/2 cup fresh basil
- 1/2 cup fresh parsley
- 2 to 3 green onions
- 1 small avocado
- Juice of 1 lemon
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 small garlic clove or 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 1/2 tsp salt plus more to taste
- 1/4 tsp black pepper
- 1 tbsp CTH seasoning
- 1/4 cup or more Grillo pickle juice
- Grillo pickles optional, blended in
The Chicken Salad
- 4 to 5 cooked chicken thighs shredded or chopped (or 2 rotisserie chickens, shredded)
- For Serving
- Sliced cucumbers
- Grillo Firehook crackers
Instructions
- Add all the dressing ingredients to a blender ā cottage cheese, basil, parsley, green onions, avocado, lemon juice, olive oil, garlic, salt, pepper, CTH seasoning, and Grillo pickle juice. Blend until completely smooth and creamy. Taste and adjust salt, lemon, or pickle juice as needed.
- Shred or chop the cooked chicken thighs or rotisserie chicken into bite-sized pieces and add to a large bowl.
- Pour the green goddess dressing over the chicken and toss until every piece is generously coated. Taste and add more salt or lemon if needed.
- Serve immediately with sliced cucumbers and Grillo Firehook crackers alongside or refrigerate until ready to serve.
