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Aunt Lindas Chicken Salad Recipe

Add Step-by-Step Photos	Jimrug1 / All my dishes 1 year, 3 months ago This recipe was given to me by my cousin Judy. It was hand written by her mother on and index card. This was her Chicken Salad of choice to serve when she was catering. I made this twice now with some left over grilled chicken and I am hooked on t... More Prep:20m Servings:6	Jimrug1
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Ingredients

3 Cups Cooked Chicken, cut into chucks approximately olive size

1 Tbls Minced Red Onion

1 Tsp Salt

2 Tbls Lemon Juice

1 Cup Celery, thinly sliced

1 Cup Seedless Red Grapes

1/3 Cup Mayonnaise

1 Cup Tangerine segments or 1 11oz Can Manderin Orange Segments

½ Cup Slivered Almonds, toasted

6 -8 Lettuce Leaves

8 – 10 Kalamata or Black Greek Olives, pitted

Directions

In a bowl, combine Chicken, Onion, Salt, Lemon Juice, and Celery. Cover and refrigerate several hours to marinate stirring occasionally.

When ready to serve, toss Chicken mixture with grapes, Mayo, and all but a few of the Almonds, Olives and Mandarin or Tangerine Segments.

Line a serving bowl with Lettuce Leaves, arrange Chicken Salad on Top and garnish with reserved Olives, Almonds, and Orange Segments. Or line a Pita with Lettuce, spoon in the salad and sprinkle with Almonds, Orange segments and Olives.

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22566 1 year, 3 months ago said:
A great summer salad,or anytime.Thank-you for the recipe.

wynnebaer 1 year, 3 months ago said:
Always looking for something new to do with chicken...Sounds yummy...:)

meileen 1 year, 3 months ago said:
Thanks for sharing a family recipe and it sounds very simple!

mamat 1 year, 3 months ago said:
This looks so easy and good i love chicken salads.thanks

turtle66 1 year, 3 months ago said:
I know this is good...I Always add fruit to my chicken salads and sometimes olives and fruit like your Aunts recipe here...love the stuff.

lunasea 1 year, 3 months ago said:
Wow Jim sweetie - this sounds really great! I know this is going to be delicious - but I really like the various textures going on here. Plus, it has to be stunning to serve, given all those gorgeous colors. Thanks so much to you, Cousin Judy and Aunt Linda for such a great recipe! I'm printing this out to put together this weekend. ;-)~ Hugs ~ Vickie

lunasea 1 year, 3 months ago said:
I'm back....and posting raves - and pictures.;-)~

This was so good! First of all, I doubled the recipe. I grilled the chicken (bone-in, skinless breasts) that I had marinated for about 10 hours with olive oil, minced garlic, a healthy dose of cracked black pepper and thin lime slices from two limes.

I made half of the recipe with the listed mayo and I made the other half with Jim's alternative dressing...3 tbsp. mayo, 2 tbsp. yogurt and 1 tbsp. tahini. Oh wow! Both versions were wonderful and the mayo allowed the fruit to really shine. However, there was that oooh-la-la something about that tahini/mayo/yogurt dressing that really made me swoon. It subdues the fruit a bit, but the sesame flavor gives the salad a whole different and delicious wonder. I preferred that latter version a bit - but both will knock your socks off. Guaranteed...

Ohh, and I did add three thinly sliced serranos and some cracked black pepper to the marinating mix and I really liked that subtle layer of heat in the background. No surprise there....heh.

Bravo Jim baby - you are THE man!! Thanks again! ;-)~ Vickie

sas 1 year, 2 months ago said:
Excellent chicken salad. Served the salad inside of huge carved-out tomatoes and put mini croissants on the side with shredded baby spinach. The girls loved them. The olives, mandarins and almonds absolutely made it. Thanks Jim

plain0me63 1 year, 1 month ago said:
Mmmmm my oldest daughter loves making chicken salad..maybe she'll makeme some of this..

linda2230 11 months, 3 weeks ago said:
Hi Cuz, I was finally able to log into this website. Thank you for sharing my mom's chicken salad recipe. She was a wonderful cook and very creative. This one is my favorite chicken salad recipe of course. Thank you everyone who have given this recipe such a great rating. I will be sharing more of my mom's recipes and some of my own.
Peace & Love
Judy

jett2whit 10 months ago said:
Thanks to your cuz for the recipe and thank you for posting! High 5

juels 10 months ago said:
Saved this, the combo of ingredients is really good here; love the addition of tangerine segments and olives here! Thanks, Vickie, for shocasing this one!

krumkake 9 months, 4 weeks ago said:
And I'm back in summer again, sippin' on your limoncello lemonade and enjoying a plateful of this delicious chicken salad - love the dressing variation Luna mentioned, too. Jim, how have I missed these wonderful posts? I have been "absent" a lot the past year, but I can't believe I've missed these...so glad I have found them now! Krum

juels 9 months, 1 week ago said:
I made this salad last night, and my picture joined the others. Very nice salad, we served it with pitas and it was all gone in one meal! Will definitely make again and again, thanks!!!

lilliancooks 9 months, 1 week ago said:
What a beautiful sounding and looking recipe! I just want to dig right in!!!

lori4flavor 9 months, 1 week ago said:
This sounds marvelous, Jim! Bursting with flavors and colours too! Bookmarking this one for a special luncheon. And I also like Vickie's prep suggestion of marinating and grilling the chicken. Thanks so much for sharing this special family gem :) ^5

*And thanks to Vickie for recommending it to us :)

ambus 9 months ago said:
Jim,you are making me hungry with all the yummy recipes.Thanks for sharing this with us.

leebear 7 months, 1 week ago said:
ANOTHER GREAT RECIPE!!!!I LOVE THE MIX OF FLAVORS AND TEXTURES!!!
CAROL LEE

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