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Chicken salad

Chicken salad is a great treat for lunch, dinner or to take to a potluck. There are many variations of chicken salad you can make from the basic recipe.

Ingredients

1 1⁄2 cups chicken (cooked chicken chunks, diced small)
1⁄2 cup celery (chopped)
1⁄2 cup onion (thinly sliced or chopped)
1⁄2 cup raisin (or seedless grapes, white or purple)
1⁄4 cup mayonnaise (or mayonnaise based sauce)
  seasoning (to taste)

Instructions

Mix all the ingredients, except the diced chicken, in a bowl - add your own condiments and extra ingredients here.

Add the chicken and mix to coat in the dressing. Check the seasoning.

Chill until needed.

Yield
4 servings
Preparation time 15 minutes
Cooking time 0 minutes
Total time
15 minutes

Notes

Substitute mayonnaise with curried mayonnaise, thousand islands, Marie Rose sauce, or a simple salad dressing.

Substitute raising or grapes with apple pieces, or mango. 

You can add almond slices or pecans for a crunchy treat, cheese, hard boiled sliced egg, or lemon juice to the mixture for added flavor.

Source

International cuisine

A chicken salad can be served with bread for sandwiches, on a leaf of lettuce for a nice summertime treat or as a side dish with dinner or at a potluck.

Chicken salads can be really varied, this tropical fruit and chicken salad is just an example.

very easy, chill, food for a crowd
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