Best-Ever Chicken Salad

Submitted by southern chef in lo

"This is sooooo good. Use it for a salad or a sandwich sprea--yummy!"

 

• Ready In: 40mins
• Ingredients: 14
• Serves: 6-8

ingredients

• 6 chicken breast halves
• 1 bell pepper, coarsely chopped
• 1 onion, coarsely chopped
• 1 stalk celery, coarsely chopped
• salt and pepper
• 3 stalks celery, finely chopped
• 4 eggs, boiled chopped
• 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
• 1⁄4 cup Durkee's sauce
• 1⁄2 cup mayonnaise (or enough to moisten)
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 3 tablespoons capers
• sliced ripe olives (to garnish)
• salt and pepper (again, to taste)

directions

1. Boil the chicken in water with the next 4 ingredients.
2. Remove the chicken from the broth; strain out the vegetables and set aside.
3. Cool the chicken. Skin and bone chicken and chop it into chunks making sure there is no skin or gristle in the meat.
4. Mix in the reserved cooked vegetables and all the other ingredients.
5. Serve on individual lettuce leaves and garnish with a dab of mayo and olive slices.
6. This can also be used as a great sandwich spread.