This recipe for chicken salad submarine sandwich is a great idea for lunch, dinner, or a picnic. Also, it’s part of our Sandwiches, Main Dishes, Chicken, and Game Day Categories. And it’s listed in our Good Super Bowl Food Ideas article.

Chicken Salad Sub Sandwiches

This chicken salad sub recipe is one of the simplest to pull together. And it's a great change-of-pace for fresh or leftover chicken salad.

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Prep: 5

Total: 5

Servings: servings

Calories: 817kcal

Author: Jeff Baygents

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Ingredients

2 each sub rolls
2 slices provolone cheese
4 Tbsp mayonnaise optional
2 Tbsp Italian dressing optional

Chicken Salad for Subs INGREDIENTS

½ lb cooked chicken diced or cubed
1 stalk celery diced
⅓ cup carrots diced or shredded
3 Tbsp mayonnaise
½ tsp lemon juice
¾ Tbsp parmesan cheese, grated
⅓ tsp Ground Black Pepper

Instructions

Cut the sub rolls in half, lengthwise. Remove excess interior breading to allow for adding sub ingredients.
2 each sub rolls
If not using leftover chicken salad, combine the "Chicken Salad for Sub Ingredients" and set aside.
½ lb cooked chicken, 1 stalk celery, ⅓ cup carrots, 3 Tbsp mayonnaise, ½ tsp lemon juice, ¾ Tbsp parmesan cheese, grated, ⅓ tsp Ground Black Pepper
Option: Spread on the mayonnaise.
4 Tbsp mayonnaise
Add on the chicken salad
Cut the provolone slices in half and add 2 halves to each sub.
2 slices provolone cheese
Option: Add lightly the Italian dressing.
2 Tbsp Italian dressing
Fold the subs closed and (optionally) cut in half to serve.

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SOURCE: DarnGoodRecipes.com™

How To Make Recipe for Chicken Salad Submarine Sandwich

To start, you’ll need to slit a sub roll in half but do this along the long side. Pull out any extra bread from each half to make a holding place for adding contents.
Then, you’ll spread mayo on the bread cavities on both halves.
After that, make the chicken salad and add to the open sub roll.
Then, top the meat side with Italian dressing and the other sub roll side with a provolone cheese slice (cut in half).
Finally, close it up and cut the sandwich in half, cross-ways. Serve with chips and a pickle spear.

removing excess bread for recipe for chicken salad submarine sandwich

Step 1. Slit open a sub roll lengthwise. Then, remove excess bread down the centers of each half. This makes a bread cavity ready to receive bulky chicken salad.

Step 2. Spread mayo on both sub roll halves.

adding mayo to sub roll recipe for recipe for chicken salad submarine sandwich

adding meat mixture to recipe for chicken salad submarine sandwich

Step 3. Make chicken salad and add to one side of sub roll.

Step 4. Top with Italian dressing on one side and Provolone cheese on other side.

adding cheese and italian dressing to recipe for chicken salad submarine sandwich

cutting recipe for chicken salad submarine sandwich in half to serve

Step 5. Close up chicken salad sub and cut in half. Serve with chips and pickle spear.

Ingredients of Recipe for Chicken Salad Submarine Sandwich

The main ingredients are the sub roll and chicken. The other items are for making the chicken salad or as condiments and topper for the sub.

So, you can get sub rolls from the grocer or make your own homemade Italian sub roll.
Use either leftover chicken, chicken salad, or just make chicken salad quick and fresh with the shown ingredients.
The chicken salad has great crunch veggies like diced celery and carrots.
The special subtle flavorings in the chicken salad are going to be the lemon juice, black pepper, and a small touch of parmesan cheese.
The sandwich condiments are going to be Italian dressing and a bit of mayo. Although the mayo is optional since it’s already in the chicken salad.
Finally, top off the sand with a slide of provolone cheese. This adds a great flavor that surprises everyone.

Nutritional Values of Chicken Salad Sub

To begin with, this chicken salad sub is about 817 calories. Following this, more detailed nutritional values are in the <Print Recipe> option.

Learn About The History of Chickens

So, take a break and read this interesting article about the “History of Chickens“. Surprisingly, they’re a terrestrial bird ancestor from the dinosaur era.

Conclusion of Recipe for Chicken Salad Submarine Sandwich

Now, you’ve seen how easy it is to make this recipe for chicken salad submarine sandwich. It basically just needs to be added to a sub roll, along with its dressings and cheese. And you saw a link to make your own sub rolls even! Also, when cut in fourths, it’s great for all kinds of holidays, picnics, events, and game days. And it’s a perfect use for leftover chicken. Leave me a comment how you made yours.

Recipe for CHICKEN SALAD SUBMARINE Sandwich