Chicken Salad Recipes

LIGHT CHICKEN SALAD

3/4 c. light mayonnaise
1/2 tsp. ginger
1/2 tsp. salt
3 c. cooked chicken
1 1/2 c. red seedless grapes
1 c. sliced celery
1/3 c. sliced green onion
1/2 c. broken walnuts
Combine mayonnaise, ginger and salt. Stir in chicken, grapes, celery, green onion and
walnuts. Makes 5 1/2 cups. Serve on lettuce leaf.

HOT CHICKEN SALAD

1 1/2 c. cooked chicken, diced
1 c. diced celery
3 diced boiled eggs
1/2 tsp. salt
1 sm. jar pimentos
2 tbsp. chopped green onions
1 1/2 c. bread crumbs
1/2 c. slivered almonds
3 tbsp. lemon juice
3/4 c. mayonnaise
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 stick oleo
Mix everything together except breadcrumbs, and oleo. Butter casserole dish (10 x 12
inch). Put complete mixture in dish. Put breadcrumbs on top. Melt butter and sprinkle
over the breadcrumbs. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes or until breadcrumbs are
brown.

CHICKEN AND ALMOND SALAD

1 1/2 c. cooked chicken
3/4 c. diced celery
1 1/2 tbsp. lemon juice
1/2 c. seedless white grapes
1/2 c. almonds
1/2 tsp. dries mustard
3/4 tsp. salt
1/16 tsp. pepper
1/8 c. light cream
1 hard boiled egg, sliced
1/2 c. mayonnaise
Mix cream and mayonnaise together with mustard, lemon juice, salt and pepper. Pour
over other ingredients.

CHICKEN SALAD

1 can chicken, chopped (or 5 oz. cooked chicken)
1/2 c. chopped celery
1/3 c. chopped sweet pickle
1 boiled egg, chopped
1/2 c. salad dressing
Mix and serve.

CHICKEN SALAD SUPREME

2 lg. chickens (3 to 4 lb. each to make 6 to 8 c. cooked meat)
4 tbsp. salad oil
4 tbsp. orange juice
4 tbsp. vinegar
2 tsp. salt
3 c. mandarin oranges
2 c. pineapple chunks
3 c. green grapes
Slivered almonds
3 c. diced celery
2 1/2 c. raw rice
1 qt. mayonnaise
Cut chicken into pieces and boil until tender with no seasonings. Remove skin and fat
first. Remove meat from bones and cut into cubes. Mix together oil, orange juice,
vinegar, salt, marinate chicken in this mixture in refrigerator overnight. Drain fruit well,
add to nuts and celery the next day; add to chicken mixture. Cook rice until tender in
boiling water, drain, blanch with cold water, drain well; add to chicken mixture. Add
mayonnaise, mix well. Serve with crackers and lettuce or in pocket bread.

CHINESE CHICKEN SALAD DRESSING

2 tsp. sesame oil
2 tbsp. sesame seeds, roasted
2 tbsp. sugar
2 tbsp. mayonnaise
2 tbsp. lemon juice
2 tbsp. oil
2 tbsp. shoyu
Combine all ingredients and mix well. Drizzle over salad just before serving. This is
also a good marinade to pour over skinned chicken the night before grilling it.
For the salad, prepare a green salad, with shredded cooked chicken.
Sprinkle top with dry chow mein noodles.

MARINADE FOR CHICKEN

1/2 c. shoyu
1/4 c. water
1/3 c. salad oil
2 tbsp. dried minced onion
2 tbsp. sesame seeds
1 tbsp. sugar
1 tsp. ground ginger
1/8 tsp. dried red pepper
3/4 tsp. garlic powder
Mix together all the above ingredients. Marinate chicken parts overnight, turning once,
or twice to insure complete marinate. Bake in 350-degree oven for 1 hour. If you intend
to use a charcoal grill, bake in oven first for 45 minutes and on grill for 15 minutes.
Place marinade in a Ziploc bag with chicken parts. This makes turning easier.