Chicken Salad Chick - Classic Carol
Made famous by Chicken Salad Chick. The Classic Carol is the base for most all of the other salads. See the notes for additional recipes.
Servings 4
Ingredients
- 1 ½ lbs chicken raw
- ½ cup Duke's mayonnaise
- 2 tbsp celery finely minced
- 2 tsp dry Ranch salad dressing
- ½ tsp salt omit if too salty from dressing mix
- ½ tsp black pepper
- 1-2 tbsp green bell pepper finely minced (optional)
Instructions
- Steam chicken in a steamer per the directions or, cook the chicken in a pot of water. Once cooked thru, remove from water/steamer.
- In a medium sized bowl add celery, mayonnaise, dry Ranch dressing mix, salt and black pepper. Stir until well blended.
- Add shredded chicken and mix in well. Store chicken salad in an air tight container.
Notes
The chicken salad tastes better if prepared a couple of hours before it is consumed.
Says fresh in an airtight container for 4 days after preparation.
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Fancy Nancy: 3/4 cup mayo, 3/4 cup red seedless grapes, 1/2-3/4 cup Fuji apple and 1/2 cup chopped pecans. Mix in the grapes last as you don't want them crushed too much.
Kickin' Kay Lynne: 5 tbsp Buffalo sauce, 2 tbsp Ken's ranch, 5 strips of cooked bacon crumbled, 1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese, 2 tsp Sriracha sauce, and 2 tbsp chopped jalapeño.
Buffalo Barclay: Omit ranch seasoning. Add 5 tbsp of Buffalo Wing Sauce, and 5 tbsp of sour cream.
