CHICKEN SALAD (Grandmother's 60+ Year old Recipe) w/ Pecans, Apple, Grapes & Pecans MUST TRY! |
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I believe that I shot this video around first part of July. around the same time that I made the BBQ. I hope you will give it a try. My Grandmother Gertie used to make her chicken salad this way. SO GOOD! Great picnic food, family gatherings and days when you just don't want to cook. You can make your chicken up ahead of time and freeze it.
3 cups of Chicken Breasts - cubed to bite size or cut how you prefer. (I happened to have grilled this chicken as shown in a previous video. You can cube it up and cook and make in a skillet. You can use baked chicken, you can use crock pot chicken. Just whatever you like. Heck, you could I guess get a rotisserie chicken from the grocery store and use that. 1 apple cored and chopped 1/2-1 cup chopped pecans 1 cup SEEDLESS grapes cut in halves or quartered depending on size. Use whatever grapes you prefer. I actually used 1/2 cup black and 1/2 cup red 1 cup minced celery 2-3 Tablespoons of orange juice 1/4 up to 1 cup of mayonnaise, enough to make it "stick" as my Auntie Allene used to say. I ended up using close to a cup of mayonnaise. Sometimes you need to add a little more after refrigerating the next day. Salt and Pepper to taste Optional Ingredients: diced or minced onion (I prefer to add fresh right before serving, so they stay crunchy and if you add in the beginning they can overpower the chicken) Y dehydrated minced onion to taste. green onions (Spring) sliced A tiny bit of Dijon or Creole mustard to taste (or just add mustard of your choice on one side of your bread when making sandwich) A touch of paprika Cajun seasoning You may substitute fresh lemon juice for the orange juice Mix thoroughly and best when chilled for a few hours in the refrigerator. Eat on bread of your choice adding lettuce or just eat in a bowl on a bed of lettuce. Stays good in refrigerator for 2-3 days. (I personally do not care to keep anything like this for more than 3 days)This is very good. I hope you will give it a try. Enjoy! *NOTE: you may add whatever you enjoy in your chicken salad with caution, you do NOT want to overpower the flavors already there, this salad is EXCELLENT just as I made it on camera. Make it first and see how you liked it and then if you wish, tweak it the next time around. This is so good, it stands on its one without 3 million additional ingredients. |