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Chicken Salad

Quick and easy chicken salad
5 from 2 votes
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Course Dinner, Salad
Cuisine South African
Servings 4 servings
Calories 631 kcal

Ingredients
 
 

  • 500 grams cooked chicken cubed
  • 120 grams Gruyére cheese diced
  • 4 stalks celery coarsely chopped
  • 1 lettuce washed and separate into leaves
  • 125 ml mayonnaise
  • 12,5 ml lemon juice
  • 10 ml oil
  • 1 clove garlic crushed
  • 2 ml grated lemon rind
  • 1 ml paprika
  • 2 ml salt
  • 2 ml pepper

Garnish

  • 2 hard-boiled eggs shelled and sliced
  • 4 stuffed green olives sliced
  • 4 black olives

Instructions
 

  • Mix the crushed garlic and the oil and toss the pieces of chicken into this.
  • In a large bowl, combine the cheese and chicken.
  • Blend the mayonnaise, lemon juice, lemon rind, paprika, salt and pepper in another bowl.
  • Arrange the lettuce leaves on individual salad plates and pile the chicken and cheese mixture on them with celery on top.
  • Coat with the mayonnaise and garnish with the sliced hard-boiled eggs, stuffed olives, and black olives.
  • Chill well before serving.

Variations

  • Mix 120 grams canned tuna, flaked, with the chicken instead of the cheese.
  • Use strips of red and green pepper instead of the celery.
  • Use chopped canned asparagus and raisins soaked in hot water for 15 minutes instead of the celery.

Nutrition

Calories: 631kcalCarbohydrates: 7gProtein: 44gFat: 47gSaturated Fat: 12gCholesterol: 228mgSodium: 716mgPotassium: 541mgFiber: 2gSugar: 4gVitamin A: 1300IUVitamin C: 6mgCalcium: 289mgIron: 3mg
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