Best Sheilas Chicken Salad Recipes

MY FAVORITE CHICKEN SALAD

Steps:

• Combine all of the salad ingredients in a large bowl.
• Whisk together all of the dressing ingredients until smooth.
• Pour the dressing over the salad ingredients and mix until evenly combined. Season to taste with additional salt and pepper, if needed.
• Refrigerate until ready to serve.
• Serve on lettuce, bread, croissants, or rolled up in tortillas or flatbread.

SHEILA'S CHICKEN SALAD

Steps:

• Simply add the amounts that best suit your taste. More or less of any one ingredient. It really it is that simple.Diced onions, artichoke hearts, diced cucumber, chop your olives, cut chicken into bite size pieces, pour your favorite Italian dressing over the top. All is to taste.
• Chill for a few hours or overnight. Enjoy.

SHELIA'S CHICKEN YASSA

Steps:

• Stir together lemon juice, oil, mustard, and garlic for marinade in a small bowl. Stir together black pepper, cayenne, lemon-pepper seasoning, and salt in another small bowl. Rub spice mixture all over chicken and transfer to a large zip-top plastic bag. Add lemon juice mixture. Seal the bag and turn to coat. Chill up to 8 hours or overnight.
• Prepare an outdoor grill for indirect grilling, lighting burners on one side only or pushing lit coals to one side. Heat grill to medium heat, 325 to 375 degrees F (165 to 190 degrees C). Lightly oil the grill grate.
• Transfer chicken to unlit side of grill, discarding marinade. Grill, turning once, until an instant-read thermometer inserted into thickest parts registers 165 degrees F (74 degrees C), 40 to 50 minutes.
• Meanwhile, grill lemon halves, cut-sides down, over lit side of the grill until grill marks appear, about 8 minutes.
• Heat 1/4 cup oil in a 12-inch cast iron skillet on the stovetop over medium-high heat until hot. Stir in onions, bell peppers, carrot, garlic, and lemon juice; cook, stirring occasionally, until liquid evaporates and vegetables are tender and starting to brown, 10 to 12 minutes. Add chicken broth; cook and stir for 1 minute. Remove from heat and stir in olives.
• Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Arrange grilled chicken over vegetables in the skillet.
• Cover and bake in the preheated oven for 20 minutes. Serve over cooked rice with grilled lemon halves.

CLASSIC CHICKEN SALAD

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients in a small bowl and mix well.
• Season with salt and pepper to taste.
• Serve as a sandwich or over salad.

CHICKEN SALAD

Steps:

• Mix the walnuts, cranberries, mustard, sugar, celery, scallions and some salt and pepper together in a large bowl. Let the flavors meld for 10 minutes.
• Add in the mayo and mix until incorporated. Adjust the seasoning if necessary. Add in the chicken. Let the mixture sit in the fridge for at least 1 hour before serving, overnight preferred.
• Serve on lettuce leaves and drizzle with balsamic reduction.

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.

SHEILA'S CHICKEN MILANESE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 200 degrees.
• In shallow dish, mix flour with garlic powder, salt, and pepper.
• In another shallow dish, beat eggs with garlic cloves and lemon zest.
• In still another shallow dish, mix bread crumbs with parmesan cheese and parsley.
• In large nonstick skillet, heat 1/4 cup of olive oil over medium heat.
• Meanwhile, coat chicken in flour mixture, then egg mixture, then bread crumb mixture. Fry half (about 4 cutlets) in skillet until golden brown and crisp, turning once. When cooked, drain on a plate lined with a paper towel to absorb any excess oil. Drizzle with 1 T. fresh lemon juice. Transfer to oven to keep warm.
• Heat remaining 1/4 cup of olive oil over medium heat and fry remaining chicken as previously directed. Drain on a plate lined with paper towel, then drizzle with remaining 1 T. lemon juice. Transfer to oven to keep warm until ready to serve.
• To make salad, whisk 2 T. olive oil with lemon juice, salt and pepper in a large bowl. Add remaining ingredients and toss.
• To serve, place chicken on plate and top with salad mixture.