Curried Chicken Salad Sandwiches
Aug. 7th, 2021 01:17 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
fuzzyredI'm a bit late posting this, but since I was on afternoons this week, Monday's meal was once again lunch time food. The recipe for these sandwiches comes from the tasteofhome Contest Winning Annual Recipes 2010 cookbook.
Ingredients
2 cups cubed cooked chicken breast
3/4 cup chopped apple
3/4 cup dried cranberries
3/4 cup mayonnaise
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
1/2 cup chopped celery
2 teaspoons lemon juice
1 tablespoon chopped green onion
1 teaspoon curry powder
6 lettuce leaves
6 croissants, split
Instructions
In a large bowl, combine the chicken, apple, dried cranberries, mayonnaise, walnuts, celery, lemon juice, onion, and curry powder. Place the lettuce on croissants. Top with the chicken salad mixture. Yield: 6 servings.
Thoughts and Variations
I didn't make a lot of variations on this one, though with the exception of the lemon juice, curry powder, and mayo I was a little under (chicken) or over (most of the other stuff) on the measurements. I did my best, but this is a recipe that doesn't really require great precision. I wouldn't mess with the mayo, lemon juice, curry powder ratio too much since that is your sauce basically, but even that has some wiggle room, especially if you like your chicken salad a little lighter on the mayo. I chose to skip the lettuce because I would have had too much left, but I don't think the sandwiches suffered any for not having it. The butteriness of the croissants worked well with this, though you could certainly use regular bread if that is your preference.
This was a really good recipe and I found all of the ingredients mixed really well together. It wasn't too heavy although it is on the rich side, but there was a nice balance of sweet and savory and crunchy and that little bit of something from the curry powder. Seeing as how I ate the left over chicken salad just by itself and not in a sandwich (and it was still just as delicious), I'm definitely going to mark this recipe as a make again.
Ingredients
2 cups cubed cooked chicken breast
3/4 cup chopped apple
3/4 cup dried cranberries
3/4 cup mayonnaise
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
1/2 cup chopped celery
2 teaspoons lemon juice
1 tablespoon chopped green onion
1 teaspoon curry powder
6 lettuce leaves
6 croissants, split
Instructions
In a large bowl, combine the chicken, apple, dried cranberries, mayonnaise, walnuts, celery, lemon juice, onion, and curry powder. Place the lettuce on croissants. Top with the chicken salad mixture. Yield: 6 servings.
Thoughts and Variations
I didn't make a lot of variations on this one, though with the exception of the lemon juice, curry powder, and mayo I was a little under (chicken) or over (most of the other stuff) on the measurements. I did my best, but this is a recipe that doesn't really require great precision. I wouldn't mess with the mayo, lemon juice, curry powder ratio too much since that is your sauce basically, but even that has some wiggle room, especially if you like your chicken salad a little lighter on the mayo. I chose to skip the lettuce because I would have had too much left, but I don't think the sandwiches suffered any for not having it. The butteriness of the croissants worked well with this, though you could certainly use regular bread if that is your preference.
This was a really good recipe and I found all of the ingredients mixed really well together. It wasn't too heavy although it is on the rich side, but there was a nice balance of sweet and savory and crunchy and that little bit of something from the curry powder. Seeing as how I ate the left over chicken salad just by itself and not in a sandwich (and it was still just as delicious), I'm definitely going to mark this recipe as a make again.
