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Chicken Salad

Chicken Salad
  • Category

    Salad

  • Cusine

    American

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How to make?

Ingredients

1 pound boneless, skinless

2 stalks celery, chopped

1/2 red bell pepper, seeded and chopped

4 to 6 green olives, pitted and minced

1/4 cup chopped red onion

1/2 to 1 whole apple, cored and chopped

1/3 head iceberg head lettuce, sliced and chopped

5 tablespoons mayonnaise

1 tablespoon plum preserves, or any sweet berry preserve

2 teaspoons fresh squeezed lemon juice

Salt and pepper to taste

Directions

Bring a pot with 2 quarts of well salted water to a boil. Add the chicken breast and return the water to a simmer. Then turn off the heat, and cover the pot. Let the chicken sit for 15 minutes or more while you prepare everything else.

Prepare the chicken salad dressing in a large bowl. Mix together the mayonnaise, preserves, and lemon juice. Taste for the proper balance of sweetness and acidity. The salad dressing should not be too sweet, nor too sour. Add more preserves or lemon juice until you have reached the balance you want. Add salt and pepper to taste. Mix in the chopped celery, bell pepper, olives, red onion, and apple.

Remove the chicken from the poaching water and dice it. Mix it in with the dressing and vegetables.

At this point you can make ahead. When ready to serve, fold in the sliced and chopped iceberg lettuce.