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Cold Chicken Salad

Bobbieg — Tue, 16 May 2017 15:40:10 GMT

What is your favorite easy cold Chicken or Tuna Salad?

Re: Cold Chicken Salad

jaxs mom — Tue, 16 May 2017 16:54:48 GMT

Mine is really basic, just enough mayo to very lightly coat the chicken, celery, salt, pepper, fresh tarragon and roasted red peppers.

Re: Cold Chicken Salad

Lost in Yonkers — Tue, 16 May 2017 17:03:09 GMT

1 16 oz box of Rotini

4 cups cubed cooked chicken

1 20 oz. can pinapple tidbits or chunks

3/4 cup thinly sliced green onions

1 cup seedless red grapes

1 cup seedless green grapes

1 cup ranch dressing

3/4 cup mayo

2 cups salted cashews

cook pasta according to package.

in large bowl compine chicken, pineapple, celery, onion and grapes.

drain pasta, rinse in cold water and stir into chicken mixture.

whisk together ranch dressing and mayo. pour over salad. toss to coat. cover and refrigerate at least one hour.

add cashews just before serving.

Re: Cold Chicken Salad

Lost in Yonkers — Tue, 16 May 2017 17:06:26 GMT

A fun way to serve chicken salad (whatever your favorite version is ) is to cook some jumbo shells, rinse them and let cool, then stuff them with the chicken salad. Serve on a lettuce leaf and sprinkle with paprika.

I like my chicken salad with candied pecans ( Emerald Pecan Pie flavored pecans, if you can find them ) If you do this, you could also sprinkle ground pecans on top.

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Nomorebirthdays — Tue, 16 May 2017 17:24:21 GMT

For chicken I add salt, pepper, miracle whip, celery, a little onion, halved red grapes and salted cashews. Grapes and cashews give it sweet-salty taste.

If I don't have celery in the house I use celery seed.

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Nomorebirthdays — Tue, 16 May 2017 17:25:05 GMT

For chicken I add salt, pepper, miracle whip, celery, a little onion, halved red grapes and salted cashews. Grapes and cashews give it sweet-salty taste.

If I don't have celery in the house I use celery seed.

Re: Cold Chicken Salad

noodleann — Tue, 16 May 2017 18:28:11 GMT

@Bobbieg wrote:
What is your favorite easy cold Chicken or Tuna Salad?

Mine was following the directions on the packet of Swanson's Chicken Salad Seasoning mix. That produced my Holy Grail of chicken salads, so of course, it was discontinued. I have one lone packet left, which I won't use. I keep hoping to find a replacement, but no such luck.

I do like the chicken salad at Subway, though.

Re: Cold Chicken Salad

windfall — Tue, 16 May 2017 19:15:19 GMT

I like my chicken salad simple. Hellmans's mayo to lightly dress, very finely chopped celery, salt and pepper. That's it! Lately though I've been mixing in some mashed avocado or guacamole. So good.

Re: Cold Chicken Salad

DiAnne — Tue, 16 May 2017 19:57:30 GMT

I use rotisserie chicken shredded, Best Foods mayo mixed with a splash of white wine or champagne vinegar, chopped celery, sliced green onion, chopped fresh tarragon and of course salt and pepper to taste. Good for sandwiches and with crackers.

If I am going to use it as a salad I add red seedless grapes cut in half and candied nuts (pecans or walnuts).

Re: Cold Chicken Salad

Chicagoan — Tue, 16 May 2017 23:44:28 GMT

So simple, but, so delicious... I have been making this for 40 years!

PINEAPPLE CHICKEN SALAD... robin

4 cooked chicken breast or Rotisserie Chicken
4 -5 celery sticks chopped
can pineapple tidbits, drained
salt and pepper to taste
Mayonnaise - around 3/4 cup
add until desired consistency

Refrigerate several hours before serving

Serve in Hawaiian bread bowl/ or Hawaiian rolls for sandwiches

Re: Cold Chicken Salad

lOVETOSHOP — Wed, 17 May 2017 01:55:38 GMT

My chicken salad changes according to my mood!

If I want a more basic chicken salad to put on bread for sandwiches, I mix about 6 cups of chicken chunks, (mostly white meat with a little dark thrown in), chopped celery, chopped green onion, about 1/2 TBSP of red wine vinegar, and Hellman's mayo until I feel it's moist enough. Then I add a little honey to taste...you just want a "hint" of sweetness. Last, salt/pepper to taste.

If I want a chicken salad to serve on greens as a main dish salad, I make it the same as above, except I add some dried cranberries (craisins), some chopped walnuts and some halved red grapes. Salt/pepper to taste.

Tuna salad is always the same for me: albacore tuna, Hellman's mayo, finely minced celery, finely minced green onions, a little fresh minced dill and salt/pepper to taste. I also find that when I make tuna salad at least 3 hours in advance and give the flavors a chance to meld, it's always better!

Re: Cold Chicken Salad

ECBG — Wed, 17 May 2017 02:19:29 GMT

Our grocery store deli makes really good chicken salad from the rotessiere chickens. One with and without grapes. I like to add more celery.

Re: Cold Chicken Salad

Bluffbaker — Wed, 17 May 2017 15:08:26 GMT

This is the best chicken salad I've ever eaten! I've been making it ever since I found the recipe on margaretsmorsels.blogspot.com

Chicken Salad

8 Servings

4 chicken breast halves

1 onion, quartered

1 stalk celery, halved

1 (8 oz.) can water chestnuts, drained and chopped

1/4 cup sweet pickle relish, drained

1 (2 oz.) jar diced pimentos, drained

1/4 cup chopped pecans

1/2 cup chopped celery

3 hard-boiled eggs, peeled and chopped

mayonnaise (enough to moisten)

salt to taste

pepper to taste

Cover chicken with water; add salt, onion and stalk of celery. Bring to a boil; reduce heat. Cover and cook until chicken is tender, about 1 hour. Discard onion and celery. Skin and debone chicken; chop into small chunks. Add remaining ingredients; mix well. Keep refrigerated.

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151949 — Wed, 17 May 2017 17:18:28 GMT

I loved the shredded chicken salad at a local diner here in town so I asked the waitress how it was made and the cook came out and told me it was shredded chicken in a can, and mayo - that's all. Not even salt. He said the tuna is the same - canned tuna , mayo. Now I use that same shredded chicken in a can , mayo, and add my favorites of celery and raisins, and serve it on a small plate of lettuce, shredded carrots, chopped peppers and then around the edge I put a hard boiled egg and a chopped tomatoe.