Homemade Chicken Salad

Homemade Chicken Salad Recipe

My elder sister used to make the best chicken salad. Those chicken salads were yummy and delicious. I learn few of the recipes from her. Here I mention about one of the chicken salad recipe that I actually learnt from my sister.

Ingredients

• 3/4 lb (2-3 cups) of cooked chicken meat, skin on, coarsely chopped
• 2 stalks celery, chopped
• 1/2 red bell pepper, seeded and chopped
• 4-6 green olives, pitted and minced
• 1/3 head of iceberg head lettuce, sliced and chopped
• 5 Tbsp mayonnaise
• 1/4 cup of chopped red onion
• 1/2 to a whole apple, cored and chopped
• 1 Tbsp plum preserves, or any sweet berry preserve (or a lesser amount of honey)
• 2 teaspoons fresh squeezed lemon juice
• Salt and pepper to taste

How to make chicken salad

1. Prepare all of the salad ingredients and mix them in a large salad bowl.

2. Prepare the dressing separately. Combine the mayonnaise, preserves, and lemon juice. Taste before you serve. Make sure the dressing is not too sweet or too sour. Adjust the ingredients until you have achieved the right mixture and balance you want. Add salt and pepper to taste.

3. Mix the dressing in with the salad ingredients. Add Salt and pepper to taste.

Your yummy delicious chicken salad is ready.