TurnKey Auto Call: 319-683-2850 Text: 319-331-8796
  • Home
  • Inventory
  • Recently Sold
  • About Us
  • Contact
  • Angie's Blog/Recipes

Go -To Chicken Salad With Some HEEEEEAT

3/11/2012

 
Anyone can make a Chicken Salad.
And there's sooooo many excellent recipes out there.
I especially like Chicken Salad with tarragon spice. YUM!



Today's chicken salad recipe however, does not have tarragon spice in it.



Picture
This Chicken Salad instead has some HEAT to it.

A little KICK shall we say.


A real BITE to it.



This Chicken Salad is excellent as a sandwich on a buttery croissant....
Picture

Or with crackers, it's exceptional for a party appetizer!!!
Picture
Look close. Do you see those little red dots? Cayenne pepper baby!


Even when it's a party of just one...yourself. *sigh*
Picture
Yeah right, like I stopped at five crackers and a 1/2 cup of chicken Salad. NOT! I literally had to subtract a ton of stuff off my plate to make it photo presentable.


So let's start with the recipe

and move on into the

easy directions.
Chicken Salad
Allrecipes.com
From Southern Living Magazine April 2005
Courtesy www.turnkeyqualitycars.com

Ingredients
3 pounds skinned and boned chicken breasts
1 (49 1/2-ounce) can chicken broth
1 cup finely chopped celery
1/2 cup finely chopped water chestnuts, rinsed and drained
1/2 cup finely chopped red bell pepper
1/2 cup finely chopped yellow bell pepper
1/2 cup finely chopped red onion
3 cups mayonnaise
1 teaspoon ground red pepper
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon white pepper

Preparation
Place chicken breasts in a large skillet; add chicken broth. Cover and bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat to medium low, and simmer, covered, 30 minutes or until chicken is done. Remove chicken from skillet, and let stand 15 minutes or until cool to touch. Shred chicken.

Combine shredded chicken, celery, water chestnuts, and next 3 ingredients in a large bowl.

Stir together mayonnaise, ground red pepper, salt, and white pepper until well blended; spoon over shredded chicken mixture, stirring to coat. Cover and chill at least 4 hours.

Shrimp Salad: Substitute 3 pounds chopped cooked shrimp for chicken breasts and broth. Do not cook. Reduce mayonnaise to 2 cups and salt to 1/4 teaspoon. Proceed with recipe as directed.
Picture


Here's the

fixins to

this

Chicken

Salad

with a

BITE to it.

It's the small amount of ground red pepper (cayenne pepper) as well as WHITE pepper that gives this salad a kick.
Also DO NOT DISCOUNT THE WATER CHESTNUTS! They bring a layered flavor and excellent crunch to this yummy salad!


So let's start by cooking those chicken breasts in chicken broth...
Picture
Then,

shred all

those

yummy

chicken

breasts

up.



Chop up your vegetables....
Picture
Those veggies up there look so pretty, I just want to shellac them or make them plastic, and keep them just like that for all eternity on my counter.


Picture
Photo Credit: Fake Food Decor business from Etsy.com


Kind of like that fake food decor in new furniture stores from back in the day.

Remember that?



Where there was always a fake spill or a real-looking bakery item strategically placed on dining tables in the dining showroom area?
Do you remember that it didn't matter how old you were....12 years old......or 22.......or 45, you just couldn't help picking at that fake plastic spill when the furniture staff wasn't looking!!??

Did I say 45??!!

I meant 4 or 5!  
Geeez Louise.



Moving on,
add the chopped veggies and water chestnuts to the shredded chicken.
Picture
And mix 'er all up.
Picture


Prepare the mayo with the red pepper, white pepper and salt.
Do not add too much salt!
The chicken was cooked in salty chicken broth so you really don't want to add much more salt. Trust me on this one.
Picture




Then add the tasty mayo to the chicken and veggie mixture.

Picture


The warm Chicken Salad is exceedingly tasty at this point.

Grab some crackers and start shoveling some on your plate.
OR
wait and let it chill several hours and the flavors will meld even more.



Intermission.............
Picture

HEY!


Question:
Why did the chewing gum cross the road?




Answer:
Because it was stuck to the chicken.

Cheesy Chicken Joke #1:

Diner: Do you serve chicken here?

Waiter: Sit down sir. We serve everyone here.



Cheesy Joke #2:

Diner:  I can't eat this chicken. Call the manager.

Waiter: It's no use. He can't eat it either.



Ba-dum!!

Picture


Anyhoo,

Shovel some of that chilled Chicken  Salad
on a buttery, buttery, but, but, buttery croissant.

Picture



Can you see it now? 

Those peppers?

Water chestnuts?

Spiced-up mayo?

Now remember...this makes a great party appetizer spread!


Hey, still haven't made the Naughty Brownies but will work on that soon as well as a Broccoli Cauliflower Casserole I have my eye on.
Now watch,
this Naughty Brownie recipe I keep talking about will probably turn out like
liver and onions. Or shoe leather.  Or dirt.

Okay, I'll shut up now.

See ya next time!!!!


Enjoy the weather kids!!!

Comments are closed.



    Author

    Angie Madsen
    One half of a team that blends their work and personal life together
    in fun ways.





    Recipes
    Picture
    Click here to access recipes featured on this blog. 




    Categories

    All
    Appetizers
    Beef
    Bread
    Breakfast
    Caring
    Car Stories
    Casserole
    Chicken
    Christmas
    Cooking Misadventures
    Decor
    Desserts
    Fish
    Foosball Okay Football
    Fun Times
    Hot Cars
    I Am A Dork
    Kitchen Stuff
    Pasta
    Pets Pets Pets
    Pork
    Potatoes
    Seasonal
    Side Dish
    Soup
    Special Occasion
    Turkey
    Vegan Or Could Be Vegan
    Vegetables
    Vegetarian



    Archives

    February 2019
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    January 2017
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    September 2013
    August 2013
    June 2013
    April 2013
    February 2013
    January 2013
    December 2012
    November 2012
    October 2012
    September 2012
    August 2012
    July 2012
    June 2012
    May 2012
    April 2012
    March 2012
    February 2012
    January 2012
    December 2011
    November 2011
    October 2011
    September 2011
    August 2011
    July 2011



Turnkey Auto - Twenty years of a friendly setting of quality vehicles, affordable prices and exceptional service.
Text: 319-331-8796
​Call: 319-683-2850


 1/2 mile west of Frytown on 500th St
1811 500th St SW, Kalona, Ia 52247