Chicken Salad – Two Different Recipes
After eating slow roasted chicken last night for dinner, we had quite a bit of chicken leftover so we decided to make chicken salad for lunch today. We made it two different ways. Kemal wanted chicken salad the way my Mom makes it, but he instead of making it with lime pickles we used dill pickles because he was craving them. It’s a wonderful salad that we both really enjoy!I decided to try Vesna’s recipe for chicken salad and since I was in the mood for melon, I decided to serve it in part of a cantaloupe. It was a fantastic salad, and I’ll definitely make it again from time to time.
You can’t go wrong with either recipe! Give one or both a try the next time you have some leftover chicken. You can also used canned chicken if you prefer. 
Mom’s Chicken Salad with Pickles and Pimentos
Ingredients:
- 1 1/4 cups shredded chicken
- 1 green onion, diced (you can substitute with yellow onion)
- 1 jar (.4 oz.) sweet pimentos
- 6 baby dill pickles, diced (we normally use lime pickles)
- 2 heaping tbsp. The Ojai Cook’s Latin Lemonaise (Mom uses mayonnaise in her chicken salad.)
- Optional: 6 leaves Bibb lettuce
Instructions:
- Shred some leftover roasted chicken into pieces and put about 1 1/4 cups of it in a bowl.
- Dice the onion and pickles.
- Drain the water off the pimentos.
- Add the diced onions and pickles, as well as the pimentos, to the bowl with the chicken.
- Mix in the lemonaise or mayonnaise.
- Serve on a bed of Bibb lettuce, enjoy it plain, or with crackers or bread.
Vesna’s Fruit and Nut Chicken Salad
Ingredients:
- 1 1/4 cups shredded chicken
- 1 celery stalk, diced
- 1/4 cup walnuts, chopped
- 2 heaping tbsp. The Ojai Cook’s Latin Lemonaise (Vesna uses mayonnaise in her chicken salad.)
- 16 grapes, quartered
- Optional: 1/3 of a cantaloupe
Instructions:
- Shred some leftover chicken roasted chicken into pieces and put about 1 1/4 cups of it in a bowl.
- Dice the celery and chop the walnuts, and then add it to the chicken.
- Cut each grape into four pieces.
- Add the celery, walnuts, and grapes into the bowl with the chicken.
- Mix in the lemonaise or mayonnaise.
- Serve in 1/3 of a cantaloupe (seeds removed) or enjoy it plain, with crackers or bread.
