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Saturday, February 2, 2013

Jerry's Chicken Salad

I love chicken salad and this is some good chicken salad. This recipe came from a sweet friend of the family. I do believe she told me it is her husband's recipe.

What you need...
-5 c. cubed, cooked chicken
-3/4 c. slivered toasted almonds
-1 c. sliced celery
-2 c. seedless grapes green, red or mixed.. sliced in 1/2
-1 c. mayonnaise
-1 c. sour cream
-2 tsp. lemon juice (optional, we never use it)
-1/4 tsp garlic salt (Lawry's is the best)
-1/2 tsp Salt & pepper to taste (opt)

What you do...
Combine cooked cooled cubed chicken,to celery and grapes.
Mix together:
Mayonnaise, sour cream,garlic salt, lemon juice, salt and pepper. Add dressing to chicken mixture and toss gently.
Toast almonds and put in a dish to the side. Let those that like almonds add them if they want. Adding them before serving make them soggy.

Always play with it. If it's to dry add a little more sour cream.

This makes a lot, so you may want to cut down the size, maybe 1/2.


KFC Coleslaw

Ingredients:
-8 cups finely diced cabbage (about 1 head)
-1/4 cup diced carrot
-2 tablespoons minced onions
-1/3 cup granulated sugar
-1/2 teaspoon salt
-1/8 teaspoon pepper
-1/4 cup milk
-1/2 cup mayonnaise
-1/4 cup buttermilk
-1 1/2 tablespoons white vinegar
-2 1/2 tablespoons lemon juice

Directions:
-Cabbage and carrots must be finely diced. (They used a fine shredder disc on food processor) .
-Pour cabbage and carrot mixture into large bowl and stir in minced onions.
-Using regular blade on food processor process remaining ingredients until smooth. (I didn't do this)
-Pour over vegetable mixture and mix thoroughly.
-Cover bowl and refrigerate several hours or overnight before serving.

(I didn't use a food processor at all and was in hurry, so I bought bagged coleslaw mix (used 1/2 bag cabbage only, 1 whole bag with carrots) and chopped finer using a Salad Shooter. Food processor will do fine or just a good ol' knife.)