Chicken Salad Exotique

Name: Chicken Salad Exotique
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 237 milliliters diced celery; 946 milliliters diced cooked chicken; 1 Tbsp chopped fresh tarragon; 118 milliliters mayonnaise; 473 milliliters halved seedless red grapes; 2 Tbsps minced shallots; 237 milliliters slivered almonds, toasted; 118 milliliters sour cream

Chicken Salad Exotique might be a good recipe to expand your main course collection. Watching your figure? This gluten free recipe has 473 calories, 19g of protein, and 38g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 6. Head to the store and pick up cream, slivered almonds, mayonnaise, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the sour cream you could follow this main course with the Sour Cream Apple Pie as a dessert.

Instructions

Whisk together first 4 ingredients in a large bowl; stir in chicken and next 2 ingredients.

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Whole Chicken

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Whisk

Bowl

Add salt and pepper to taste. Chill 3 hours. Stir in almonds just before serving.

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Salt And Pepper

Almonds

Curried Chicken Salad: Omit shallots, tarragon, grapes, and almonds.

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Shallot

Tarragon

Almonds

Whole Chicken

Grapes

Whisk 1/4 cup finely chopped green onions, 1 Tbsp. grated fresh ginger, and 2 tsp. curry powder into mayonnaise mixture. Stir 3/4 cup each golden raisins and diced yellow bell pepper into chicken mixture. Stir in 3/4 cup toasted sweetened flaked coconut and top with 1/2 cup chopped lightly salted roasted peanuts just before serving.

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Sweetened Coconut Flakes

Yellow Pepper

Roasted Peanuts

Golden Raisins

Curry Powder

Fresh Ginger

Green Onions

Mayonnaise

Whole Chicken

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Whisk

Poppy Seed Chicken Salad: Omit tarragon and grapes.

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Poppy Seeds

Tarragon

Whole Chicken

Grapes

Whisk 2 Tbsp. chopped fresh basil, 1 Tbsp. orange zest, 3 Tbsp. honey, and 1 tsp. poppy seeds into mayonnaise mixture. Stir 1 cup sweetened dried cranberries into chicken mixture. Stir in 1 cup chopped toasted pecans just before serving.

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Dried Sweetened Cranberries

Fresh Basil

Orange Zest

Poppy Seeds

Mayonnaise

Whole Chicken

Pecans

Honey

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Whisk

Mango Chicken Salad: Omit shallots, tarragon, grapes, and almonds.

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Shallot

Tarragon

Almonds

Whole Chicken

Grapes

Mango

Whisk 1/4 cup diced red onion; 2 jalapeo peppers, seeded and minced; 3 Tbsp. chopped fresh cilantro; and 1 Tbsp. lime zest into mayonnaise mixture. Stir 1 1/2 cups diced fresh mango into chicken mixture just before serving.

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Fresh Cilantro