Looking for another chicken salad recipe

tigerwife

Mon, Dec 28 2015, 2:49 pm

Any ideas? I usually make a caesar dressing or Italian dressing and toss with grilled or breaded chicken pieces, but I am so bored of it. Any new ideas that are more of a fuller meal? I haven't made the chicken yet, but I do have an open bag of lettuce that needs to be used ASAP.

(Other filling lettuce-based salads welcome, too!)

TIA!

Amarante

Mon, Dec 28 2015, 2:54 pm

What about a Chinese Chicken salad dressing. If you don't have a recipe, I can post it.

Here's a tahini based dressing which you can adapt.

Grilled Chicken and Romaine Salad with Tahini Lemon Dressing
Adapted from Sunset.com

Serves 4

1-1/4 pounds boned, skinned chicken breast, halved lengthwise
1 tablespoon plus 1/4 cup olive oil
1 teaspoon salt, divided
1 teaspoon pepper, divided
4 cups of chopped romaine lettuce
3 tablespoons tahini (sesame paste)
Zest and juice of 1 lemon
1 tablespoon honey
1 garlic clove, minced
2 small firm, crisp apples, cored and chopped
1/4 cup chopped toasted almonds
4 Medjool dates, pitted and chopped (1/4 cup)

Heat a grill or a grill pan to medium-high (about 450°). Brush chicken with 1 tablespoon oil and season with 1/2 teaspoon salt and pepper. Grill chicken, turning once, until just cooked through, 4 to 5 minutes total. Transfer to a plate.

Whisk remaining 1/4 cup oil in a small bowl with tahini, lemon zest and juice, honey, garlic, and remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt and pepper.

Chop chicken into bite-sized pieces, and place into a large salad bowl. Add apples, almonds, and dates. Add dressing and toss and serve.

simcha2

Mon, Dec 28 2015, 4:23 pm

How about lettuce, chicken, peaches (canned ok), avocado, hearts of palm, cucumber, tomato, glazed walnuts. For the dressing I do balsamic vinaigrette. (3/4c oil, 1/4c balsamic vinegar, IT chopped garlic, 2t Brown sugar, salt and pepper)

abs

Mon, Dec 28 2015, 4:51 pm

My favorite salad:
Iceberg lettuce salad (with carrots and red cabbage)
colored peppers, diced
sliced mushrooms
grape tomatoes, halved
black olives, sliced
baby corn nuggets (or sliced)
canned chick peas

Dressing:
2-3 cloves garlic, crushed
1 cup mayonnaise
1/4 cup vinegar
1/4 cup water
2-3 Tbsp. sugar
salt, to taste

You can add or subtract veggies according to what you like/have in the house. For a light meal I add either grilled chicken pieces or chunks of deli meat.

Mrs Bissli

Tue, Dec 29 2015, 7:05 am

Coronation chicken!

It's basically chicken salad with subtle curry-flavoured mayo and with some fruity bits. If it's good for Her Majesty, it's certainly good for us too...

Poach 2 whole poached chicken supreme (skinless, boneless breasts) with 1 stalk celery, 1/2 onion. Once cool to handle, cut both chicken and vegetables in bite-size (1.5") cubes. Save cooking liquid for chicken soup/broth/other cooking.

1/2 cup mayonnaise
2 teasp mild curry paste or powder
2 tbsp apricot jam
2 teasp tomato concentrate/tomato puree
6-8 pieces dried apircot, cut in small pieces

Mix first 4 ingredients, and toss with chicken/veggies/apricots.

Garnish with toasted almond flakes.
You can also add cubed fresh mango.
Serve on top of beds of lettuce.

Mrs Bissli

Tue, Dec 29 2015, 7:16 am

Here's another Chinese recipe: Liang Bang chicken (not to be confused with Bang Bang chicken)

2 whole chicken supreme, poached
1 cucumber, cut in fine julienne (best done with food processor or hand-held shredder), remove seeds first if necessary
3-4 stalks salad onion (scallion), both green and white parts chopped finely

Dressing:
A generous pinch of salt
3 tbsp plain tehini (full strength ones sold in a jar/tin at room temp, not pre-made ones in fridge section)
2 tbsp soy sauce
1 tbsp vinegar (cider or grain)
1 tbsp orange juice or sherry or dry white wine
1 tbsp honey
a bit of grated ginger and/or minced garlic
chili peppers (or chili oil or chili paste if you have one)

Shred poached chicken. Add cucumber and salad onion, and sprinkle a generous pinch of salt. Combine all dressing ingredients (best to incorporate other liquids gradually into tehini, which will first emulsify). If too thick, dilute with a small amount of poached liquid. Dress chicken and cucumber, serve on its own, or over bed of lettuce or over cold glass noodle. Garnish with toasted sesame seeds and/or fried shallots/onion.

Mrs Bissli

Tue, Dec 29 2015, 7:23 am