Who loves chicken salad? I do! Which is why I had to try this recipe.
When I check out recipes, I usually save them to Pinterest and go back to them later if I ever think of them again. But sometimes, I find a recipe that I go ahead and print because I know I definitely want to make it. This was one of those.
Chicken Salad with Apricots, Celery and Blue Cheese
By Anna Stockwell at Epicurious.com (click here for the recipe)
I won't share the whole recipe. You can get it at the website. But quickly... I shredded a rotisserie chicken. Added sliced celery and salt and let it sit.
Then we made a dressing out of buttermilk, honey, vinegar, salt and pepper. I love my little salad dressing whisker from Pampered Chef.
Once all that is mixed together, we added the rest of the ingredients--fresh apricots, fresh mint, blue cheese, and celery leaves.
It made a really good salad with nice crunch! I think I might make it with feta cheese next time. As much as I love blue cheese, the cheese we bought was a little overpowering.
If you give it a try, I hope you enjoy it!
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This looks so good! I would ditch the celery for celery seed and use feta. Cheese with actual mold doesn't flip my trigger. I am going to be making more chicken salads since they make good wraps for a traveling man!
ReplyDeleteKatie, the celery makes up the bulk of the salad, so you might want to add something in its place to give the crunch. I think fennel would work great if you like that.
DeleteBTW, my husband doesn't like celery at all but was able to eat this. :)
DeleteI love that you've got a travlin' man, Katie! :) And good wraps are a wonderful thing.... and remember the women used to make pasty pies, meat pies that could be hand-held.
DeleteI want one right now. With cherry pie filling, LOL!
I am so proud of how well you and the big guy are adjusting to your new normal. Seize the day!
Oooh, a cherry fried pie sounds amazing right now!
DeleteI love all kinds of chicken salads - I'll have to try this one. And Katie had a great idea to put it in a wrap!
ReplyDeleteJan, I agree a wrap would be good with this! It would tone down the blue cheese. :)
DeleteHa -- not a chicken fan for obvious reasons but the apricots have thrown me for a loop. lol Yucky fruit to begin with but in a chicken salad? This lack of imagination and a discerning palate is the reason I don't write cookbooks. lol
ReplyDeleteLOL, Kav! That made me laugh out loud. :)
DeleteKav, you made me laugh. The apricots threw me too, but mainly because I'm only used to eating them dried, so the photo looked more like peaches - which would probably also taste great with a chicken salad.
ReplyDeleteMissy, did the rotisserie chicken have any flavorings to begin with?
Mary Cate, I'm more used to dried apricots as well. But these were good! Very peach-like.
DeleteWe bought a plain rotisserie chicken, so no flavoring other than the roasted flavor.
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ReplyDeleteOh my stars, I would love this. I love fruit and meat and I love nuts thrown in, too... but the celery crunch is a must. What a great recipe, Missy!!!!
ReplyDeleteRuthy, I think nuts in this would have really been good. Wish I had thought of that!
DeleteSounds amazing. I love everything in the recipe. Certainly will try this. Thank you
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