Classic Southern Chicken Salad
A great classic chicken salad based on an old recipe from Southern Living Magazine.
Ingredients
- 3 chicken breast
- chicken broth to cover
- 1 1/2 cups celery
- 1 cup toasted almonds
- 1/4 cup minced white onion
- 1 cup good mayonnaise
- 1/4 cup heavy whipping cream
- 2 TBSP lemon juice
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp pepper
Instructions
- Put chicken breast in a pot and cover with chicken broth
- Optional: Put in aromatics such as a bay leaf, thyme, onion, celery, carrot
- Bring mixture to a simmer
- Simmer gently for 15 - 20 minutes depending on the size of the chicken breast that you have used
- Turn off heat and let chicken cool in broth for 30 minutes
- Remove chicken and let cool completely
- Turn oven on to 350 degrees
- While chicken is cooling toast almonds
- Place almonds spread out on a cookie sheet and put into a 350 degree oven
- Toast almonds for 6 minutes, stirring half way through cooking time.
- Let almonds cool
- Chop chicken breast into small pieces
- Chop celery and mince onion
- Mix mayonnaise, minced onion, celery, whipping cream, and lemon juice into chicken.
- season with salt and pepper to taste
- Gently fold in cooled, toasted almonds
