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I seem to be surrounded by girlfriends who really know how to cook.  I know I’ve mentioned my friend Sharlee before and have shared some of her recipes with you.  Well, this chicken salad is from my friend Suzanne.  One afternoon she had a bunch of us gals over for a luncheon and we all fell in love with her chicken salad.  I often say that food tastes better when someone else makes it and that might be part of the case here, but you’ll see from the ingredients, this is going to be tasty!!

Something you’ll notice is that the amounts of some of the ingredients aren’t exact.  Why do good cooks use “abouts” and “pinches” and “somes”?  I think they don’t want us to ever get the recipe as good as they make it!!  However, I’ve been able to replicate it so I know you can too!

Ingredients List:

• A rotisserie chicken or any cooked chicken
• 1 ½ stalks celery
• 2+ green onions
• 1 cup pecans, (more if you like them!)
• 1/3+ cup fresh Italian parsley, chopped
• 1/3+ cup fresh dill
• ¾ cup real mayonnaise (more if chicken is dry)
• ½ cup sour cream
• ¼ - 1/3 cup ranch salad dressing
• 1 – 1 ½ cup red seedless grapes
• Sea salt and pepper to taste
• 6 large croissants

Instructions:

1.  Pick the meat off the chicken and cut into bite sized pieces and put into a bowl.

2.  Add to the chicken; chopped celery, chopped green onions, halved pecans, shopped fresh Italian parsley, fresh dill, mayonnaise, sour cream, ranch salad dressing, salt and pepper and mix together well. 

3.  Toss red seedless grapes in last and gently stir them in.

At our afternoon luncheon we cut the large croissants in half, so 6 would theoretically feed 12 people.  We then sliced them to add the chicken salad to the inside.  I will admit that I was a pig and had two halves so therefore a whole chicken salad croissant.  Most of the other ladies were daintier than I was but I gave the cook the biggest compliment by gorging myself!!  Hahaha.

Enjoy these croissants with a nice green salad, soup or fruit salad!

Shari

 
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written by WendyM., July 01, 2010

This looks pretty tasty Shari...I'll have to give it a try- I have a chicken salad recipe that calls for chicken, mayo, a bit of lemon juice, some golden raisins and some tarragon. It's also great on a croissant. Tastes delicious!

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written by Wendy, July 01, 2010

I make the same recipe but I use dried cranberries, you will probably need a little extra mayo to make up the moisture the grapes add. Try it warm for that southern bridal shower touch.

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written by Brauer, July 02, 2010

This sounds yummy, Shari. I'll be using Walmart's rotisserie chicken (so good). I also sent this recipe to my Daughter. Thanks and Happy 4th of July to you and Matt!

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