About Our CAJUN RANCH CHICKEN SALAD
- 1 Serving Backpacking Meal
- Dietary Considerations: meat dish (chicken); gluten-conscious
- all-natural dehydrated & freeze-dried ingredients
- 420 calories
- 41 g protein
- equivalent to 1/3 lb of fresh chicken
- Meal Net Weight: 2.8 oz | 90 g
- Meal Includes: seasoned chicken salad mix with veggies & fruit; mayonnaise packets
- Required: cool water
- Recommended: long-handled spoon; 2-3 tortillas
Remove
condiment packet and natural desiccant.

Add
2/3 cup (5 oz / 147 ml) of cool water to the pouch and stir.

Press
air from pouch; seal and lay flat.

Steep
for 10 minutes - flipping over occasionally.

Stir
in mayo.
STEEP
an additional 5 minutes.

ENJOY!
your Cajun Ranch Chicken Salad on its own or as a wrap in a BYO-tortilla!
Ingredients & Nutrition
Ingredients:
Cage Free Chicken (white meat), Mayonnaise (soybean oil, water, eggs, vinegar, egg yolks, lemon juice, salt, sugar, dried onions, dried garlic, paprika, natural flavor, calcium disodium), Cranberries (cranberries, sugar, cellulose powder, sunflower oil), Parmesan Cheese (partially skim milk, cultures, salt, enzymes, disodium phosphate), Green Bell Pepper, Blackened Spice (spices, salt, onion, garlic), Spices, Ranch Dressing (buttermilk, garlic, onion, salt, pepper, yeast, chives, guar gum, dill, parsley), Red Pepper Spice (salt, spices, garlic, silicon dioxide), Onion Powder, Sea Salt, Lemon Juice (corn syrup, lemon juice, lemon oil), Celery, Diced Sweet Onion, Diced Red Shallots, Bell Pepper Granules, Organic Chives, Green Onions, Parsley
Special Notes:
CONTAINS: Egg, Milk, Soy
PROCESSED IN A FACILITY THAT HANDLES WHEAT, EGG, MILK, SOYBEAN, PEANUT AND TREE NUT PRODUCTS.
This meal includes two optional packets of mayonnaise. Our mayonnaise is packaged in a separate pouch so that customers are able to opt out of consuming the following ingredients:
Mayonnaise (soybean oil, water, eggs, vinegar, egg yolks, lemon juice, salt, sugar, dried onions, dried garlic, paprika, natural flavor, calcium disodium)
Press Articles
My favorite by a mile. I honestly don’t know what they do down there in Texas but their food wins all the awards in my book. These are the kind of meals I could actually eat at home. My personal favorites are the All-American Burger Wrap, the Cajun Ranch Chicken Salad, the Texas Mesquite Chicken Salad and the Big’un Burrito. The two drawbacks to Pack-it: Several aren’t that light (the Shepherd’s Cottage Pie weights 10.4oz!) and secondly they aren’t cheap (as a believer in getting what you pay for, I’m alright spending the extra dime). Keep in mind that they make these meals as the orders roll in so be sure to order in advance.
— ModernHiker.com
Reviews (16)
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Thumbs up great cold soak meal
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Wow! Loved the chicken and cranberry flavor profile. If you are not a fan of mayonnaise, I let mine sit a little longer (so it wasn’t too dry) and it worked great. I appreciated that this can be prepared only using cold water. I scooped it with Fritos, which gave a good crunch for lunch. I’m glad I bought two!
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To say I was impressed was an understatement. I am not a cold poultry fan but this was a terrific meal to take with to Isle Royale. I would have put the water in before we went on a hike but it was still a convenient lunch to enjoy on the island.
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A staple.
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Delicious! Different than a lot of lunches. Miles better than a tuna or chicken packet. The cajun was not too spicy - quite mild actually. Good portion size. Rehydrated perfectly!
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Complex flavor. Something I would even eat off trail !!! Spectacular! Even used cool water instead of hot . A+++
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Outstanding trail lunch. I made wraps with two tortillas and a small 2.5oz bag of Oscar Mayer bacon bits, bringing it up to about 1000 kcals.
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Sooo good! Two things are worth highlighting. The product can be easily divided into two, in the sense that you eat half a day and the other later. And no need to heat water, which can come in handy depending on the circumstances.
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I didn't fight off bears or goats on the High Divide in Olympic National Park. I had to beat back my companions who scraped the steeping packet and were just as wowed as me over the Cajun Ranch Chicken Salad.
Cooking Method
just add water
Water Required
5 ounces
Temperature
cool water
Cook time
15 minutes
Serving
8 Ounces
Bring Your Own
tortillas or hearty crackers