Recipe Chicken salad

Chicken salad

Chicken salad is any salad that comprises chicken as a main ingredient. Other common ingredients may include mayonnaise, hard-boiled egg, celery, onion, pepper, pickles and a variety of mustards.

In the United States, "chicken salad" refers to either any salad with chicken, or a specific mixed salad consisting primarily of chopped chicken meat and a binder, such as mayonnaise or salad dressing. Like tuna salad and egg salad, it may be served on top of lettuce, tomato, avocado, or some combination of these.

It may also be used for sandwiches. Typically it is made with leftover or canned chicken. It may also refer to a garden salad with fried, grilled, or roasted chicken (usually cut up) on top.

The American form of chicken salad was first served by Town Meats in Wakefield, Rhode Island, in 1863. The original owner, Liam Gray, mixed his leftover chicken with mayonnaise, tarragon, and grapes. This became such a popular item that the meat market was converted to a delicatessen which still stands to this day.

Ingredients

3/4 lb (2-3 cups) of cooked chicken meat*, coarsely chopped

2 stalks celery, chopped

1/2 red bell pepper, seeded and chopped

4-6 green olives, pitted and minced

1/4 cup of chopped red onion

1/2 to a whole apple, cored and chopped

1/3 head of iceberg head lettuce, sliced and chopped