Slim Chickens Salads

Slim Chickens is not a salad chain, and the menu does not pretend otherwise. There is one full size salad, the Slim’s Salad, and it is built properly: fresh greens, your choice of grilled or fried tenders, shredded cheese, tomatoes, cucumbers, carrots, crispy fried onions and croutons, served with a drink. The only other salad is the Side Salad, a smaller garden salad meant to sit next to a tender meal in place of fries. Dressing choices come from the wider sauce and dressing list, which includes Ranch, Cayenne Ranch, Blue Cheese, Honey Mustard, Balsamic Vinaigrette, Lite Italian and Raspberry Walnut Vinaigrette at many locations.

Items and typical prices

• Slim's Salad$13.49

  Fresh greens with tenders (grilled or fried), cheese, tomatoes, cucumbers, carrots, fried onions and croutons, with a drink. Published calories: 400 cal.

• Side Salad$5.49

  A smaller garden salad with fresh greens, tomatoes, cucumbers and cheese.

Good to know

The grilled versus fried choice is the main decision on this page. With grilled tenders, the Slim’s Salad is the lightest full meal on the menu. With fried tenders it becomes a hearty meal that happens to include greens, and published calorie figures reflect that gap: one public source lists the salad at 400 calories while another lists the fried tender build at 499 calories, before dressing. Creamy dressings add a lot on top of either figure, so if calories are the reason you ordered a salad, pick a vinaigrette and ask for it on the side. On price, the Slim’s Salad sits with the mid range meals, and delivery listings price it noticeably higher than stores do, so it is one of the items where ordering in person saves the most.

Dressing guide

Dressing choice decides what kind of meal the Slim’s Salad turns out to be. Ranch and Cayenne Ranch are the house defaults and the most popular; both are creamy, and Cayenne Ranch adds gentle heat that suits the fried tender version especially well. Blue Cheese is the richest option and pairs with buffalo style chicken. Honey Mustard lands in the middle, sweet and tangy. The vinaigrettes, Balsamic and Raspberry Walnut, plus Lite Italian where offered, are the lighter route and the right call with grilled tenders if you ordered the salad for lighter reasons. Whatever you choose, asking for dressing on the side costs nothing, keeps the greens crisp on a takeout run, and lets you use half as much without noticing much difference.

About these prices

Prices at Slim Chickens are set by each franchise location, so the figure you see in a restaurant in Arkansas can differ from the figure in Texas or Colorado. Delivery apps add their own markup on top, which is why the same meal can look one to three dollars higher on a delivery listing than it does on the board in the restaurant. On this site we publish a typical price for every item: a mid figure taken from several public listings across different states, checked in October 2026. Use these figures to plan your order and compare items with each other, then confirm the exact price at your local restaurant or in the official app before you pay. That habit will save you from surprises, because limited time items, featured items and seasonal items can change price or leave the menu without much notice.