Best Girly Girl Chicky Chicken Salad Recipes

CHICKEN SALAD FOR A CROWD

Steps:

• Boil the chicken breasts until no longer pink. Cool completely and cube or shred.
• Peel and mince onion. Can use small to medium size.
• Clean and thinly slice celery.
• Combine mayonnaise, half and half, white pepper and Beau Monde. NOTE: *I add enough Beau Monde to see scant color in the mayonnaise, chill and let rest while the chicken is cooling. This will allow the flavors to blend.
• Combine all ingredients with the chicken and cover and refrigerate over night.
• Next Morning:.
• Taste test for additional Beau Monde.
• Add more half & half or milk to thin and make creamier if desired.
• OPTIONAL: Finely shred iceberg lettuce and add to the chicken mixture. This stretches the amount of chicken salad and makes it lighter in texture.

GIRLY-GIRL CHICKY-CHICKEN SALAD

Steps:

• With a hand blender,whip cream until it forms stiff peaks. Be sure to do it long enough or your salad will be runny.
• Carefully combine all other ingredients with whipped cream.
• Chill at least an hour; it's best chilled overnight.

ITALIAN CHICKEN SALAD

Steps:

• I use my mini-food processor to chop all of the ingredients except the chicken -- I just give them a few "pulses" per ingredient so they are not pureed in the food processor.
• Mix mayonnaise, and cream cheese together in bowl until creamy. Stir in chicken & remaining ingredients. Chill until ready to serve.
• *Can add more or less of the mayonnaise & cream cheese mixture according to taste/texture desired.
• Note: you can buy the chicken pre-cooked or make it ahead of time. I recommend using all white meat.
• Also, you can substitute the pinoli nuts with chopped almond slivers if budget-conscious.

ELLEN'S FAMOUS CHICKEN SALAD

Steps:

• Cut cooked chicken into small pieces.
• Add celery, salad cubes, grated apple, sugar, and mayonnaise. Mix well.
• Best when refrigerated overnight.

WENDY'S FAMOUS CHICKEN SALAD

Steps:

• Boil Chicken until fully cooked (I like to use cut up pieces of chicken on the bone. It makes the moistest chicken salad.).
• While Chicken is cooking prepare/chop Celery, Grapes (I find red seedless grapes sweeter), and Parsley.
• De-bone Chicken and remove skin and cartilage.
• Place shredded/diced chicken meat in bowl.
• In a preheated 350 oven, place Almonds in a single layer on a cookie sheet.
• Toast Almonds for approximately 10 minutes (or until slightly golden.) turning Almonds at least once in between. **Keep a close eye on these while cooking, they can over cook very rapidly!
• In a separate bowl, prepare and whip Heavy Whipping Cream until you achieve soft peaks (or according to package directions.).
• Combine Chicken, Celery, Grapes, Parsley, Salt and Mayonnaise.
• Gently fold in toasted Almonds and whipped/prepared Heavy Whipping Cream.
• Chill until ready to serve.
• Serve on large bakery sized Cresent Rolls or on a bed of lettuce or Pita Bread.

THE GIRLS' CHICKEN SANDWICHES

Steps:

• Combine chicken with green onions in a bowl; moisten with poppyseed salad dressing. Spread both cut sides of each Hawaiian roll with pineapple cream cheese. Place a lettuce leaf half on bottom half of each roll; top with 1/4 cup chicken mixture and about 2 tablespoons of strawberries. Place tops on sandwiches to serve.