Chicken Salad Recipe
An Original Recipe by Lorraine Elliott
Chicken Salad Recipe Overview
Preparation time: 5 minutes
Cooking time: 0 minutes
Makes just over 2 cups or 500g/1.1lb of chicken salad
Ingredients Needed
- 2 chicken breasts, warm, around 500g/2.2lbs total, poached or from a rotisserie chicken*see above for poaching instructions
- 160g/5.6ozs mayonnaise
- 1 tablespoon/15ml0.5floz lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 1/2 teaspoon smoked paprika
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- 2 tablespoons chopped parsley
- 80g/2.8ozs celery
Step-By-Step Instructions
Step 1 - Chop the chicken breast up, each roughly into large chunks and then place in a mixer bowl with a beater attachment. Set to medium speed for 10 seconds for rotisserie chicken or 40 seconds for poached chicken breasts.
Step 2 - Add the mayonnaise, lemon juice, salt, garlic powder, onion powder, smoked paprika, black pepper and parsley. Grate the celery in. Set the mixer to beat on medium speed for 10 seconds. Taste for seasoning and serve on crackers, on sandwiches, on toast or slices of tomato.
Personal Note
I have to be honest and say that I knew almost nothing about Bethenny Frankel before this but I find her videos really entertaining and she seems down to earth for someone that really has no reason to be. I once met another Real Housewife at a function. My first impression of her what that she was very intense and quite paranoid. I suppose that happens when you don't really know who your friends are and I think that was the case here, especially if the show is any indication.
"Let me follow you! You seem like such a nice, normal person and I need some real friends," she said making a big show of following me on Instagram so I followed her back. She and her husband have a jewellery business in the city. I tried to be supportive liking her posts and leaving nice messages because she did seem a bit hurt. She never responded or reciprocated but I didn't think much of it.
A couple of days later I met up with another friend who also met her on the same day. She brought the Real Housewife up and rolled her eyes, "Oh her! She unfollowed me the second I followed her back," she said waving a hand dismissively and making a loud "Pffft!" sound. "She has probably done the same to you!" she said and sure enough, my "friendship" with this real housewife was over before I even knew it was!
So tell me Dear Reader, do you watch any real housewives shows? And what would you serve this chicken salad with?