Not My Grandma's Chicken Salad

Submitted by 4-H Mom

"This recipe was a current entry in the the Dining on a Dollar Cooking Contest."

 

• Ready In: 10mins
• Ingredients: 6
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 1 (3 ounce) package ramen noodles, crushed
• 1 medium size red pepper, chopped
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 1 head romaine lettuce (or large package)
• 2 (12 ounce) cans chicken, drained
• 1⁄2 cup mayonnaise

directions

1. Tear lettuce into small pieces and place into bowl.
2. Add red pepper and onion.
3. Add Ramen noodles.
4. Add chicken and mayonaise.
5. Mix well. Add Salt and Pepper for taste.
6. Serve with tomatoes on your favorite bread and just by it self.

Reviews

[Chef shapeweaver]

I made this on 6/09/09 for the " Summer Salad Snapshots "event and for my dinner. I did make a couple of changes due to what was on hand.Instead of the red pepper, some freezer dried red/green peppers were reconstituted and used. For the canned chicken, some leftover boneless fried chicken was diced up and used. Mixed everything together, and let chill for about 3 or 4 hours.Tasted, and decided it needed some more salt and pepper. I did add about 1/4 cup more of mayo to add a bit more moisture. Served with some iceburg lettuce and a slice of tomato on a homemade roll. I really enjoyed this different way of using ramen noodles. This will be made again. Thanks for posting and, " Keep Smiling :) "

 

[BLUE ROSE]

Great flavor! For me I brought in chicken, noodles and mayo to work and at lunch time I had fun picking up stuff from our salad bar to put in this recipe. Whipped it up in no time at all. Thanks to pick a chef I chose this recipe to try. I look forward to making this recipe again.

 

[LifeIsGood]

I LOVED this recipe. More importantly, my whole family loved it. I was surprised because my husband doesn't like mayo...he either didn't guess it was in there or didn't care! I give this recipe even more credit for being very budget conscious. I opted to serve this in tortilla wraps and took them for a 'to-go' type dinner - on one of those ultra busy nights. I halved all of the ingredients and still had plenty to serve 4 people. If you are looking for an EASY and INEXPENSIVE dinner or lunch, this would be the perfect recipe.

 

[Tinkerbell]

There is no seasoning in the recipe & I had to add a LOT of pepper. I think that in the future I'll try out some celery seed or seasoned salt. I used 16 ounces fresh cooked & shredded chicken instead of 24 ounces of canned and only a third of the lettuce but I still needed to add an extra 1/4 cup mayo. Other than that it made a great salad or sandwich filler. I didn't think the lettuce would hold up for leftovers but it's not bad enough to pick it out of the sandwich yet (19 hours later), but I couldn't eat it just as a salad anymore. Good luck in the contest! Made for Fall 08 Dining on a Dollar - Ramen noodle challenge.

 

[Susie D]

This was very easy to make and one of my DH's favorite contest recipes. He appreciated the simplicity here. The ramen noodles added some crunch to a fairly normal salad. I reduced the recipe in half, but used a whole pkg of ramen. I also used a purple onion for color and added some celery. The recipe didn't mention the flavor pkt in the ramen noodles. I discarded it, but found the salad needed some seasoning so wondered if I should have included it. I was very liberal in adding Mrs Dash seasoning and pepper. I served this for a quick lunch with sliced tomatoes, fruit, & crackers. Good luck in the contest!