Basic Chicken Salad RecipeBasic Chicken Salad Recipe This is the best chicken salad sandwich recipe or great for stuffing tomatoes, followed by some flavorful ideas for variations. Combine 3 Cups diced or cooked Chicken and 2 cups diced celery.To ½ cup mayonnaise or salad dressing such as Miracle Whip, add ¼ cup chopped pickle, 3 tablespoons lemon juice, 1 teaspoon seasoned salt, and ¼ teaspoon pepper. Pour the dressing mixture over the chicken and celery, stir. Let this chill for 1 hour.You can serve it in sandwiches, on lettuce cups or in tomatoes trimmed with ripe olives or hard cooked eggs. Now that you have the Basic Chicken Salad Recipe how about we jazz it up a bit with one of these ideas. You can also use canned chicken or turkey with any of these recipes. Chicken Curry Salad Add 1 teaspoon of curry powder to the Basic recipe. Tennessee Chicken Salad Add ¼ cup each chopped ripe olives and green pimento stuffed olives; ¼ cup sweet pickle; 1 cup slivered almonds. Hawaiian Chicken Salad Add 1 to 2 cups fresh or drained canned pineapple chunks. Try using this with ½ chicken and ½ chopped ham. Delicious! Exotic Chicken Salad Add 2/3 cup slivered, toasted almonds, or chopped toasted walnuts or pecans; add 2 cups halved, seeded green grapes. Chicken Fruit Buffet Salad Add 1 cup slivered almonds, or toasted almonds. Arrange the salad on half of a large serving dish; on the other half, place chilled honeydew melon strips, grapefruit and orange sections, and cranberry balls made from chilled canned jellied cranberry sauce. Or serve this salad on fresh or canned pineapple slices, avocado slices or canned peach halves. Chicken Waldorf Salad Add 2 cups diced un-pared red apples and 2/3 cup chopped walnuts or peanuts. You get the idea right, small alterations will make the basic recipe seem new and different. I hope you’ll try all of these Easy Chicken Salad Recipes, your family and friends will be impressed at your creativity.
Chinese Chicken Salad Recipe
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