Cajun Chicken Salad

Name: Cajun Chicken Salad
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Creole, Cajun
Ingredients: 454 grams skinless, boneless chicken breasts; 1 serving Salt; 118 milliliters mayonnaise; 2 Tbsps mustard; 1 Tbsp cider vinegar; 2 teaspoons paprika; 1 teaspoon Cajun or Creole seasoning; 1 teaspoon prepared horseradish; 2 hard-boiled eggs, chopped; 118 milliliters chopped celery; 118 milliliters chopped green pepper; 59 milliliters chopped green onion; 1 serving Tabasco or other hot sauce to taste

Cajun Chicken Salad is a main course that serves 4. Watching your figure? This gluten free, dairy free, and whole 30 recipe has 377 calories, 28g of protein, and 27g of fat per serving. This recipe covers 21% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have mustard, salt, green onion, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. Plenty of people really liked this Cajun dish. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 30 minutes.

Instructions

Poach the chicken: Set a 2-quart pot of well salted water over high heat. As the water heats to a boil, cut the chicken breasts into large (2 1/2-inch) chunks. When the water boils, add the chicken. Return to a simmer, then turn off the heat, and cover the pot.

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Chicken Breast

Whole Chicken

Water

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Pot

Let sit for 15 minutes (time it) or more while you prepare everything else.

Make the dressing, mix in the eggs and vegetables: In a large bowl, mix the mayo, mustard, vinegar, paprika, Cajun seasoning and horseradish together.

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Cajun Seasoning

Horseradish

Vegetable

Mustard

Paprika

Vinegar

Egg

Mayonnaise

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Bowl

Mix in the eggs, celery, green pepper, green onion.

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Green Pepper

Green Onions

Celery

Egg

Dice chicken, mix with salad: Using a slotted spoon, remove the chicken from the poaching water* and dice it.

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Whole Chicken

Water

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Slotted Spoon

Mix it in with the remaining ingredients.

Add salt and hot sauce to taste. Chill before serving.

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Hot Sauce

Salt

Serve over butter lettuce or between two pieces of bread for a sandwich.

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Butter Lettuce

Bread

*The resulting poaching liquid is a light, salted chicken broth. You can save it and pour it into a cup and drink it as a light soup if you want.

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Chicken Broth

Soup

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Pot

Bowl

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Servings:

454grams

skinless, boneless chicken breasts 1serving

Salt 118milliliters

mayonnaise 2Tbsps

mustard 1Tbsp

cider vinegar 2teaspoons

paprika 1teaspoon

Cajun or Creole seasoning 1teaspoon

prepared horseradish 2

hard-boiled eggs, chopped 118milliliters

chopped celery 118milliliters

chopped green pepper 59milliliters

chopped green onion 1serving

Tabasco or other hot sauce to taste

Recommended wine: Albarino, Rose Wine, Sauvignon Blanc

Cajun can be paired with Albarino, rosé Wine, and Sauvignon Blanc. These low-tannin, lower alcohol wines will complement the heat in spicy cajun dishes, instead of making your mouth burn more. The Torres Pazo das Bruxas Albarino with a 4.4 out of 5 star rating seems like a good match. It costs about 19 dollars per bottle.