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Super Contributor
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How do you make your chicken salad? Do you poach or bake the chicken? What herbs/spices do you add? Let me know what's your favorite way.

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any way is fine......poached, baked, even lightly sauteed. in a pinch a rotisserie chicken from the store works great.

in mine i like some spring onions, colorful bell peppers (red, yellow, orange), celery, fresh chopped parsley, some mayo (hellmanns or dukes), sea salt/freshly ground pepper, and a few squeezes of fresh lime or lemon juice.

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I smoke chicken breasts on the Cameron, chop it up and make it like tuna salad.

Celery, onions and green bell peppers

Hellmans, mustard, anchovy paste and poultry seasoning

I use mustard to lessen the mayo

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Super Contributor
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Registered: ‎03-10-2010

I don't make it and won't even buy it anymore because they don't break up the chicken, they leave it in clumps.

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I bake the chicken I use to make chicken salad. Use boneless, skinless breasts, half as many hard boiled eggs as breasts, celery seed to taste and mayo. Not fancy but good if in a hurry.

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I bake the chicken I use to make chicken salad. Use boneless, skinless breasts, half as many hard boiled eggs as breasts, celery seed to taste and mayo. Not fancy but good if in a hurry.

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Sorry duplicate post.

Respected Contributor
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I poach the chicken, then mince it. (I don't like chunky chicken salad). Mayo, sweet pickle relish, green onion, salt, pepper.
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Registered: ‎03-11-2010
Baked is fine, onions, celery, salt, pepper Hellmans and a little curry powder. Always serve with croissants.
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I poach the chicken breasts, also. Then chop it up and add finely chopped apple, chopped celery, red grapes cut in half, chopped pecans or walnuts, sometimes even a few chopped dried cherries or craisins (chopped). Mix in regular mayo sweetened slightly with a Stevia packet and serve on croissants.