Remember this clip from Scrubs? I still love that show. It is one of the only shows I own on DVD, so sometimes it comes up in conversation.Anyway, it’s summertime, so as much as I love the warm weather, when it gets REALLY hot (as in the heat index was about 108 degrees last week) I like to stay away from the stove, oven, and even the grill as much as possible. This is when I start breaking out the chicken salad recipes.
Brian likes chicken salad (is there anything he doesn’t like?), and he doesn’t mind eating it for lunch or dinner. I’m sharing two recipes that have been family favorites for years, and are perfect when you don’t want to be near anything hot, as I use precooked rotisserie chicken from the deli section of the grocery store. However, you can poach or cook your own too.
The first recipe is one I kind of adapted from a few other recipes based on likes and dislikes. The second recipe is one that my Mom used to make all the time.
Sweet Chicken Salad
3 cups cooked chicken chopped
1/2 cup dried cranberries
1/2 cup green grapes diced
1/2 cup celery diced
1/2 bell pepper diced
1/3 cup mayonnaise (more or less depending on taste)
Salt and Pepper to taste
Red Onion Slices
Lettuce leaves
Favorite sliced bread, wraps, or rolls
Mix first eight ingredients until well incorporated. Serve on bread/wrap/roll with lettuce and red onion slices.
Mom’s Chicken Salad
1/2 cup raw slivered almonds
2 1/2 cups cooked chicken chopped
3 medium size stalks of celery diced2 green onions diced
1/4 cup sour cream or plain green yogurt
1/2 cup mayonnaise
2 tbs fresh dill removed from stem and chopped
1/2 cup of seedless grapes cut in half
Salt and Pepper to taste
Lettuce leaves
Favorite bread, wraps, or rollsIn a small dry skillet over low heat, put in slivered almonds and heat until fragrant. This takes about 2 or 3 minutes (don’t burn), and set aside in large bowl until cool. Then in the same the with almonds, add chicken, celery, green onions, sour cream, mayonnaise, dill, and salt and pepper and combine thoroughly. Serve on bread, wrap or roll with lettuce leaves.
1/2 cup raw slivered almonds
2 1/2 cups cooked chicken chopped
3 medium size stalks of celery diced2 green onions diced
1/4 cup sour cream or plain green yogurt
1/2 cup mayonnaise
2 tbs fresh dill removed from stem and chopped
1/2 cup of seedless grapes cut in half
Salt and Pepper to taste
Lettuce leaves
Favorite bread, wraps, or rollsIn a small dry skillet over low heat, put in slivered almonds and heat until fragrant. This takes about 2 or 3 minutes (don’t burn), and set aside in large bowl until cool. Then in the same the with almonds, add chicken, celery, green onions, sour cream, mayonnaise, dill, and salt and pepper and combine thoroughly. Serve on bread, wrap or roll with lettuce leaves.
Enjoy!
