Chicken Salad With Blue Cheese and Grapes

Submitted by januarybride

"Try eating this wrapped in bibb lettuce leaves for a great lunch! From Food & Wine's May 2008 edition. NOTE: I have decreased the amt of Lemon Pepper from the original recipe and totally eliminated the salt/pepper as I didn't feel it was needed (after making it for the first time)."

 

• Ready In: 20mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Serves: 4-6

ingredients

• 1⁄4 cup mayonnaise
• 1 1⁄2 tablespoons white wine vinegar
• 3⁄4 cup crumbled mild blue cheese, such as Maytag (3oz.)
• 2 1⁄2 cups diced roasted chicken (from 1 rotisserie chicken)
• 1 1⁄2 cups halved red grapes, and
• green grape
• 2 celery ribs, finely diced
• 3 tablespoons chopped flat leaf parsley
• 3⁄4 tablespoon lemon pepper
• 1⁄4 cup salted roasted sunflower seeds

directions

1. In a large bowl, whisk the mayonnaise with the vinegar. Mix in the lemon pepper.
2. Fold in the blue cheese, breaking it up with a fork.
3. Add the chicken, grapes, celery and parsley and fold gently.
4. Fold in the sunflower seeds and serve.

Reviews

[adopt a greyhound]

Loved this dish! Made it for two and served with ciabatta roll.

 

[PalatablePastime]

My husband and I have tried 101 different versions of chicken salad with bleu cheese and grapes and loved all of them, this one included. So if you are looking at a number of different recipes for this and wondering which one to choose, this should be your choice. As well as in lettuce wraps, I think this would be great in whole grain flat breads as well, or even on crackers. The only thing I want to point out is the tablespoon of lemon pepper. That has got to be a typo as that amount of pepper with the black pepper included is pretty hefty. So I advise to add pepper to taste and be careful of that amount. Made for Australia/NZ recipe swap. Thanks for posting!!! ~Sue