Chicken Salad - Page 2

OkeyDokey · ‎06-04-2010

I love chicken salad with grapes, pecans, and celery. I rarely make it because I meticulously make certain that each and every bit of gristle is removed from the chicken and the chicken is well shredded with forks. My mother makes good chicken salad...until you get gristle. Her eyesight isn't good and a little gristle doesn't bother her. Needless to say...I choose from her other delicious, non-gristle containing eats. LOL!

DiAnne · ‎09-22-2010

I make chicken salad using Costco rotisserie chicken. I shred the chicken using two forks. Add diced celery, diced scallions and fresh tarragon if I am using for a spread or sandwich. If I am using as a salad I usually add red grapes and toasted pecans to it.

BigOrangeKitty · ‎04-24-2012

DiAnne, about how much tarragon do you use? I'd like to try that. Oh, and those Costco chickens are DELICIOUS!

DiAnne · ‎09-22-2010

On 1/1/2015 BigOrangeKitty said:
DiAnne, about how much tarragon do you use? I'd like to try that. Oh, and those Costco chickens are DELICIOUS!

I don't really measure. I usually pull the leaves of a couple of stems and mince. It is very potent so be careful!

PS: I always throw the chicken carcass into the freezer to use for homemade chicken stock.

Tique · ‎08-03-2013

Does anyone have a recipe for Curried Chicken Salad? I could google but I'd like one that's tried and tested. TIA.

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wildcat fan · ‎03-23-2010

My local grocery sells Napa Chicken Salad in the deli. I like it because it contains pecans and grapes.

Nickname1 · ‎03-17-2010

I'll poach if I'm making the chicken for salad, but if I have left overs from a chicken I've bake or a rotisserie I'll use that.

Campion · ‎10-21-2011

I poach the chicken, and I often put chopped fresh tarragon in the salad--which some people really like when I do it that way. If I'm not using tarragon (which is hard to find) I sometimes use curry powder and make a curried chicken salad.

DiAnne · ‎09-22-2010

On 1/2/2015 Tique said:
Does anyone have a recipe for Curried Chicken Salad? I could google but I'd like one that's tried and tested. TIA.

I make curried chicken salad sometimes but I don't really have a recipe. I use the Costco rotisserie chicken - add chopped celery, sliced green onion. Mix curry powder into mayo and add to the chicken salad. The amount depends on how strong you want it. I also sometimes add currants and don't forget salt and pepper!