Chicken salad recipe :
Ingredients:
1 lb boneless skinless, chicken breast
1 stalk celery chopped
Red bell pepper, seeded and chopped
1 small chopped red onion
1 whole apple cored and chopped
1 celery lettuce sliced and chopped
Spring onion
Black pepper
Dressing:
6 tablespoon mayonnaise
1 tablespoon plum preserves, like berry, jelly or jam or teaspoon honey
2 teaspoon lemon juice
Salt (optional)
Directions:
Boil the chicken and dice into small cubes, prepare the chicken salad, dressing, in a large bowl. Mix together the mayonnaise, jam, lemon juice, taste for the proper balance of sweetness and acidity. The dressing should not be too sweet or too sour
Add more preservatives or lemon juice until you have reached the balance you want. Add salt and pepper to taste
Mix in the chopped celery, bell pepper, red onion, apple, spring onion
Add the diced chicken, mix with dressing and vegetables, add chopped lettuce to mix and fold it in. Chill and serve!
Cajun chicken salad:
Follow the instructions for the chicken salad the additional ingredients are
Cajun seasoning
3 hard boiled eggs chopped
3 teaspoon paprika
2 tablespoon tabasco hot sauce
Add the additional ingredient in the mix, chill in the fridge
Serve on sandwich bread and enjoy
Avocado Chicken salad:
Follow the instructions for the chicken salad, the additional ingredient is the avocado. Peel and mash the avocado and mix with the other vegetables
Serve on toasted or untoasted sandwich bread.