I recently traveled to St. Petersburg, Florida, to attend the lovely wedding of my cousin James’s son, Christopher, and his bride Elizabeth. At the end of my trip, I had time at the Tampa airport to get some lunch before my flight. I found a nice restaurant and ordered a chicken salad sandwich. It could have been with french fries, but I opted instead to have a side salad. The chicken salad was delicious, and the salad had a wonderful vinaigrette dressing with sliced radishes. After I returned home, I saw an episode of “Barefoot Contessa” in which Ina Garten was showing how she makes chicken salad. Those two experiences were my inspiration for this recipe.
Wash the lettuce and wrap relatively wet in a long paper towel. Roll up and place in an opened baggie (do not close) in the refrigerator.
Let the rotisserie chicken cool. Remove the skin from the breast meat. Slice off the breast meat. Keep the rest of the chicken for another meal. Chop up the chicken into small-bite sized cubes and place in a large bowl.
Add the chopped pecans, grapes, parsley, red onion and celery.
In a separate bowl, make the dressing by combining the mayonnaise, sour cream, and garlic seasoning.
Add the dressing to the chicken mixture and stir well. Taste and salt and pepper to your liking.
Place the chicken salad on individual leaves of bibb lettuce. I like to serve these with potato chips and fruit salad. Makes 4 servings.
Ingredients
Directions
Wash the lettuce and wrap relatively wet in a long paper towel. Roll up and place in an opened baggie (do not close) in the refrigerator.
Let the rotisserie chicken cool. Remove the skin from the breast meat. Slice off the breast meat. Keep the rest of the chicken for another meal. Chop up the chicken into small-bite sized cubes and place in a large bowl.
Add the chopped pecans, grapes, parsley, red onion and celery.
In a separate bowl, make the dressing by combining the mayonnaise, sour cream, and garlic seasoning.
Add the dressing to the chicken mixture and stir well. Taste and salt and pepper to your liking.
Place the chicken salad on individual leaves of bibb lettuce. I like to serve these with potato chips and fruit salad. Makes 4 servings.