Chicken Salad with Croutons and Cheese
An ideal choice for lovers of fresh vegetables and tender meat! This salad with chicken, croutons, and cheese works for both weekdays and holidays. Baked chicken fillet, napa cabbage, hard-boiled eggs, croutons, and tomatoes with a sour cream-mayonnaise dressing make it a hearty meal.
Updated : 30 January, 2026
Easy
About 30 min.
Ingredients
300 grams
Chicken fillet
150 grams
Cherry tomatoes
150 grams
Chinese cabbage
80 grams
Hard cheese
50 grams
Croutons
2
Eggs
to taste
Salt
Sauce
30 grams
Mayonnaise
30 grams
Sour cream
Table
Table of volume measurements:
- teaspoon - 5 ml
- dessert spoon - 10 ml
- tablespoon - 20 ml
- glass - 200 ml
Preparation
Step 1
How to make a chicken, cheese, and crouton salad? Start by preparing the ingredients from the list. Napa cabbage can be replaced with other salad greens (romaine, frisée, iceberg, etc.) or a ready salad mix. You can add or swap the vegetables to your taste. You can also replace chicken with another meat. Tomatoes can be regular or cherry.
Step 2
Rinse and pat dry the chicken fillet. Lightly season with salt and pepper. Wrap the fillet in foil and bake in the oven at 180°C (356°F) for about 25 minutes, until done. You can bake, boil, or pan-fry the chicken instead. Smoked chicken also works.
Step 3
Cool the cooked chicken fillet and cut into small pieces or pull into shreds.
Step 4
Rinse, pat dry, and cut the napa cabbage into medium pieces. You can slice the whole head or separate it into individual leaves. For a more tender salad, cut off the thick white ribs in the center of the leaves.
Step 5
Hard-boil the eggs, cool, peel, and cut into thin strips or slices.
Step 6
Rinse and pat dry the cherry tomatoes, then cut in half. Slice regular tomatoes into wedges. Use juicy but firm tomatoes - soft ones won’t hold their shape and can ruin the salad’s appearance.
Step 7
Grate the cheese on a coarse grater or a Korean-style carrot grater.
Step 8
For the dressing, mix sour cream with mayonnaise in a bowl. Add your favorite spices if desired.
Step 9
Combine the chicken, eggs, cherry tomatoes, cheese, and salad leaves in a bowl. Gently mix.
Step 10
Mound the salad (with napa cabbage, tomatoes, chicken, and cheese) onto a plate and drizzle with the dressing. Enjoy!
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