Easy to prepare and simple ingredients make this a favorite salad for any day all year long. Create a delicious sandwich to eat with soup, or use it as the main attraction on a luncheon plate and call in the troops.
Whisk all ingredients for dressing in a small bowl, cover and refrigerate.
Chop and mix all ingredients for salad in a large bowl. Pour dressing mixture over salad, and mix gently to distribute dressing into salad. Cover and refrigerate until serving.
Make sandwiches using bread of choice and add lettuce of choice. I like fresh young spinach leaves best or tender leaves of fresh mustard greens. Add a pretty bunch of grapes to plate and serve with a cup of hot soup.
If serving as a salad, place rounded scoops of salad on lettuce or greens of choice. Add thick slices of red-ripe tomato, and a few cucumber slices on the side, with a sprig or two of parsley or fresh mint.
Serve with basket of mixed crackers or hard crusty rolls.
Source: This was my Mother's favorite chicken salad, and because it was the only food she ever used curry in, the curry was always kept in the refrigerator along with the paprika. I was fascinated with those spices as a child and always wanted her to use them more often. Deviled eggs got sprinkled with paprika so of course, I "liked" them whether I did or not. LOL
By Julia from Boca Raton, FL
I am looking for the recipe to Arby's Chicken Salad or Bi-Lo Grocery Store's Chicken Salad.
Sarah from Chattanooga, TN
I don't have that one but I have another great one that is similar.
Fruited Chicken Salad
2 c. cooked chicken, diced
1/2 c. celery, diced fine
Mix all together. If you like your salad a bit "wetter" then add more miracle whip.
As to the amount of each ingredient, use your own judgement. But here is the list of ingredients for Arby's chicken salad sandwich (my favorite fast food sandwich!)
Diced grilled chicken, apples, red grapes, celery, toasted pecans and mayo. Served on honey wheat bread with green leaf lettuce.
i use to work for bilo here is the recipe
1 whole rotisserie chicken. any kind let cool
celery
mayo
1 red onion
salt
pepper
its very simple.most people think they use a whole lot of stuff in it but they don't the chicken is what gives it a good flavor
Years ago I used to make a chicken salad using cashews and I think a dry package of ranch dressing and it was stuffed in a tomato shell. It made a beautiful presentation especially if served on a black plate with green lettuce. Does anyone have this recipe or something similar?
By Kathy from Sylvania, OH
I haven't seen that, but what about chicken salad with cashews or pecans and chopped seedless grapes? This could be put into large pasta shells or served with crackers or in a flaky croissant.
Hello all! I'm having a great time at this site! It's awesome to be able to share some of my vegetarian ideas.
A few years a go at my daughters baby shower, we served a chicken salad on mini croissants that was wonderful. My youngest daughter will be getting married soon and she is wanting to have the same food served at the reception. The problem is that I can not find the recipe anywhere.
I am not sure if this is the recipe that you are looking for but it is really good and can be made with or without pasta.
Mandarin chicken Salad
Dressing
1 teaspoon finely chopped, peeled fresh ginger root
1 garlic clove, pressed
1/3 cup rice vinegar or white wine vinegar
&frac; cup orange juice
&frac; cup vegetable oil
1 teaspoon sesame oil
1 envelope Lipton Recipe Secrets Onion Soup Mix
2 teaspoons sugar
For Dressing, finely chop gingerroot, press garlic. Mix all ingredients above, cover, refrigerate until ready to eat.
Salad
8 ounces uncooked bow tie pasta
&frac; cucumber, scored, seeded and sliced
&frac; cup diced red bell pepper
&frac; cup chopped red onion
1 package (6 ounces) fresh baby spinach leaves
1 can (11 ounces) mandarin orange segments, drained
2 cups diced cooked chicken (I buy precooked, marinated and cut up ready to use)
&frac; cup sliced almonds, toasted
i was looking to see if I might fill in the "&frac;" for the last recipe. Anytime a symbol is used for a fraction, our system doesn't translate it so it looks like that. They should be 1/4, 1/2 or other fractions.
I couldn't find the recipe that Ellen posted but did find a few more:
Here are a couple of really different recipes for Mandarin Chicken Salad:
salad.allrecipes.com/
www.razzledazzlerecipes.com/
and some other Chicken Salad recipes:
www.better-chickenrecipes.com/
Hopefully Ellen comes back and notices that the ingredients have the funny "&frac;" so we an find out the actual fractions for the ingredients.
Susan from ThriftyFun
Jazz up your favorite chicken salad recipe with bacon! Fry bacon crisp. Serve a scoop of chicken salad on a bed of lettuce, top with crumbled bacon for an elegant summer dinner!
This is a recipe my daughter passed onto me. It is quick and easy and tasty! A good summertime recipe too.
This delicious salad uses the balsamic vinegar mixture to marinate the chicken, as the dressing, and also as the finish for the caramelizing of your onion topping. Serve up this fancy, but easy to make, chicken salad soon.
For a nice change of pace, add some curry the next time you make chicken salad. Penzeys makes a mild curry, called sweet curry, which I enjoy.
This delicious chicken salad is fresh with Asian herbs and seasonings. This is a page about making Vietnamese chicken salad (goi ga).
The slightly peppery sweet flavor of basil lends itself to pairing with chicken for a tasty salad. This is a page about basil chicken salad recipes.
