Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Chicken Salad w/ Grape Tomatoes


I love chicken salad in all forms...well I love potato and tuna salad too...oh and egg salad. I think I just love adding mayo to things to be perfectly honest. It does need to be the right mayo though...I'm not big on things like miracle whip or "sweet" mayos. I like my Hellman's and there is another brand that use to be sold by the Winn Dixie grocery chain called Blue Plate Mayo that I liked too.

Anyway-this is not a blog about mayo its about Chicken Salad! You can make chicken salad 1843 different ways and its pretty hard to screw up. Throw what you like in a bowl and add mayo and you've got a great sandwich filler or lettuce topper.

This is a nice refreshing easy recipe that sounds somewhat similar to this Ina Garten recipe that I've yet to actually try. She has broccoli in hers and tarragon. YUM.

I used two boneless skinless chicken breasts that I baked in the oven in a mixture of olive oil, white wine black pepper, kosher salt and thyme.

Chicken Salad w/ Grape Tomatoes

-2 cooked boneless skinless chicken breasts, rough chopped or shredded
-1/2 cup halved grape tomatoes
-a pinch of fresh thyme leaves
-1 tsp spicy or whole grain mustard
-1-2 tbsp of mayo (depending on how moist you like it)
-about a tbsp of minced onion or chives

Mix all of the ingredients together and serve on bread, wrapped in a tortillas or lettuce leaves, or over some mixed greens.

4 comments:

Just Me said...

This sounds really good & easy, I think I'll put this on my grocery list for next week! Thanks!

Anonymous said...

Dang, that sounds gooooood.

Anonymous said...

Oh this looks SO good! I'm so loving (anything) salad right now too... tuna salad, chicken salad, etc. Such an easy, simple but tasty way to make lunch :-)

cwalker3 said...

That chicken salad one looks pretty good. That makes a high protein low fat meal.