Best Napa Valley Chicken Salad Recipes

Napa Valley Chicken Salad image

Provided by Melissa d'Arabian : Food Network

Time 2h35m

Yield 4 servings

Number Of Ingredients 7

1/2 cup Hidden Valley® Original Ranch® Dressing
1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
8 ounces cooked chicken, diced
1 cup seedless red grapes, halved
1 cup diced celery
1/2 cup chopped toasted pecans
2 green onions, white and green parts, finely chopped

Steps:

In a small bowl, combine the dressing and mustard and stir until well blended.
In a large bowl, the chicken, grapes, celery, pecans and green onion. Add the dressing to the salad and toss until evenly coated. Chill covered for two hours before serving.

NAPA VALLEY CHICKEN SALAD image

Yield 2

Number Of Ingredients 25

5 oz Chicken Breast marinated
Marinade:
1 oz California Merlot
1 ea lime zest and juice
1 tsp cracked black pepper
1 tbsp grapeseed oil
1 tsp kosher salt
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
3 oz Smoked goat cheese
4 oz red seedless grapes
2 oz grape tomatoes yellow if available
2 oz Bulls blood or baby red radicchio
2 oz red leaf lettuce thin ribbon cut
2 oz green leaf lettuce thin ribbon cut
2 oz baby frissee hand torn
4 oz romaine leetuce thin ribbon cut
corn tortilla chiffonade fried crisp
wonton chiffonade fried crisp
Merlot Dressing
1 tsp dijon mustard
1 ea fresno or red jalapeño stem and seeds removed
1 oz soy sauce
2 oz fine California merlot
2 oz grapeseed oil
salt and fresh ground pepper to taste

Steps:

Mix marinade ingredients and add chicken. Allow to marinate for 4-24 hours. Char-broil until cooked thru then slice, cross grain, into thin strips. Mix all dressing ingredients except oil well then drizzle oil slowly while mixing to incorporate, set aside in cooler to bloom. Slice grapes in half Slice grape tomatoes in half Mix greens, grapes, and tomatoes with dressing place in bowl and top with remaining ingredients