Best 7 Gourmet Chicken Salad Recipes

GOURMET CHICKEN SALAD

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, whip cream to soft peaks.
• Combine meat, celery, grapes, dried fruit and nuts (or Salad Pizazz), parsley, salt and mayonnaise with whipped cream. Chill.
• Note: Instead of using the dried fruit and the nuts, I always use Salad Pizazz which is a gourmet salad topping that can be found in grocery stores and comes in a variety of flavors. For this salad I like to use the Cherry Cranberry Pecano, the Orange Cranberry Almondine or the Raspberry Cranberry Walnut Frisco.

GOURMET CHICKEN SALAD

Steps:

• Mix together chicken, grapes, nuts, celery, oranges, and dressing. Chill.

GOURMET CHICKEN SALAD II

Steps:

• Place chicken in a skillet, and sprinkle with lemon juice and 1/2 the rosemary. Pour broth into the skillet. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, and simmer 25 minutes, or until chicken juices run clear. Drain, cool, and dice chicken.
• In a large bowl, toss chicken with lemon zest, remaining rosemary, walnuts, celery, blue cheese, mayonnaise, brown mustard, salt and pepper, and garlic powder. Chill in the refrigerator at least 1 hour before serving.

GOURMET CHICKEN SALAD SANDWICH

Steps:

• 1. First, clean chicken breast and remove excess fat and bits.
• 2. Then, cut into small pieces. About 1 inch cubes.
• 3. Marinate chicken cubes with garlic and ginger paste, and salt and pepper (or soy sauce.) I use soy sauce when I can because I feel it adds more depth to the flavor.
• 4. Heat a tablespoon of oil in a saucepan over the stove on medium heat.
• 5. Add the stock to the pan.
• 6. Next add the marinated chicken cubes.
• 7. Boil the chicken in the stock until the chicken is fully cooked through. I like to start breaking apart the chicken at this stage. It helps in two ways: first it tells me that the chicken is cooked; and second, it give me a head start in the shredding process.
• 8. Take the pan off the heat and begin to shred the chicken using two forks. Keep any remaining liquid in the pan as you will need for your mixture.
• 9. Leave chicken to cool in its own juices.
• 10. In a seperate mixing bowl, add yoghurt and mayo and mix.
• 11. Chop up the spring onions and the avacado.
• 12. Add chopped avacado and spring onions ot the mixing bowl. I always throw in the pit of the avacado in the mixture to keep the chopped avacado from turning brown.
• 13. Add dried cranberries and mix.
• 14. Finally add the room temperature shredded chicken along with any residual juices from the saucepan. Should not be that much, about a tablespoon or so.
• 15. Mix it all up and finally add cracked black peppercorns, salt, and sugar to taste!

GABBY GOURMET'S RANCH-STYLE CHICKEN SALAD SANDWICHES

Steps:

• In large mixing bowl, prepare and combine first 6 ingredients, mixing well to blend.
• In a smaller bowl, combine the next 5 ingredients and blend well.
• Pour second mixture over the chicken mixture and again mix well (more mayo can be added if desired).
• Slice the croissants (warm slightly if desired) and fill with a couple of rounded tablespoons of the chicken salad mixture.
• Garnish with sprouts, peppers, etc.

JOSEPHINE'S GOURMET CHICKEN SALAD

Steps:

• 1. In a medium bowl, all ingredients togather, mix well, cover and chill.

GOURMET CUCUMBER CHICKEN SALAD

Steps:

• In a salad bowl combine the chicken, grapes, pecans/almonds, celery, oranges and salad dressing. Toss to coat and serve!