Cha-Cha Chicken Salad

Submitted by Chef #1007308

"From Southern Living. Great as salad or served as appetizer with crackers or pita chips."

 

• Ready In: 8hrs 30mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Serves: 6-8

ingredients

• 8 ounces cream cheese
• 1 cup mayonnaise
• 2 teaspoons curry powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 6 cups cooked chicken
• 8 ounces crushed pineapple
• 2⁄3 cup orange flavored dried sweetened cranberries
• 1 cup chopped chopped roasted salted almond

directions

1. Whisk together cream cheese and next 3 ingredients in a large bowl; stir in chicken, pineapple, and cranberries just until blended.
2. If desired, spoon mixture into a plastic wrap-lined 8-inch round cake pan; cover and chill at least 8 hours or up to 24 hours. Invert chicken salad onto a cake stand, and remove plastic wrap. Gently press chopped almonds onto sides of chicken salad.