Chicken salad is a delicious, refreshing, and filling meal that makes for the perfect snack for afternoons. It is full of tender juicy chicken, refreshing cucumber, creamy mayonnaise, and fruits such as apples and grapes. Chicken salad tastes heavenly served on a bed of lettuce. The beauty of the chicken salad is that any fruit can be added to it and thus have a different new taste every time.
Trivia
Mayonnaise is one of the essential ingredients in the chicken salad. It was invented by French chef of the Duke of Richelieu, in the year 1756. While creating a victory feast for the Duke to celebrate his victory over the British, the Chef realized that he had run out of cream to make sauce. He improvised and used olive oil in place of cream in the sauce. The new sauce was named ‘Mahonnaise’ to commemorate the Duke’s successful siege of the capital of Minorca, ‘Mahon’!
Ingredients
cups chicken chopped: 2
cup mayonnaise: 1/4
tbsp yogurt (curd): 2
medium onion finely diced: 1
tbsp lemon juice: 1
red pepper finely chopped: 1/2
tbsp cilantro finely chopped: 1
cup almonds finely sliced: 1/2
tsp ground black pepper : 1/4
cucumber thinly sliced lengthwise: 1
lettuce leaves: 4
apple: 1/2
tsp olive oil: 1
tsp salt: 1/2
How To Make Chicken Salad
- Add oil to a pan and introduce the chicken pieces. Cook the chicken for 5-8 minutes, stirring in between.
- Remove the chicken from the flame and allow it to settle to room temperature. Peel the apple and slice into thin pieces.
- Take a bowl and mix yogurt and lemon juice to get an even texture.
- Add salt, ground black pepper, mayonnaise, red pepper, cucumber, and onion to the mixture.
- Transfer the cooked chicken to the bowl and mix well so that the chicken is evenly coated.
- Place lettuce leaves on a plate and spread chicken salad over them.
- Sprinkle the sliced almonds and cilantro on the top.
Trivia
Mayonnaise is one of the essential ingredients in the chicken salad. It was invented by French chef of the Duke of Richelieu, in the year 1756. While creating a victory feast for the Duke to celebrate his victory over the British, the Chef realized that he had run out of cream to make sauce. He improvised and used olive oil in place of cream in the sauce. The new sauce was named ‘Mahonnaise’ to commemorate the Duke’s successful siege of the capital of Minorca, ‘Mahon’!