Salpicão De Frango - Brazilian Cold Chicken Salad

Submitted by Artandkitchen

"This is a great favorite of Brazilians as a summer salad; great for picnics, it's almost a meal in itself... Found online and posted for ZWT7."

 

• Ready In: 20mins
• Ingredients: 13
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 2 -3 cooked chicken breasts, shredded (cooked)
• 2 slices ham, chopped
• 1⁄2 cup fresh parsley, chopped
• 0.5 (8 ounce) can hearts of palm, chopped
• 0.5 (8 ounce) can corn
• 0.5 (8 ounce) can peas
• 1 apple, chopped
• 1 small onion, finely chopped
• 1 green pepper, chopped (you can omit it, if you can't eat green peppers for any reason)
• 1 carrot, shredded
• 1⁄4 cup green olives
• 1⁄2 cup raisins
• 2 tablespoons mayonnaise (sprinkle with garlic salt before adding the mayo)

directions

1. Mix it all together and put it in the fridge until you're ready to serve.
2. If mangoes are in season, add one chopped mango. In Brazil, people like to sprinkle this salad with matchstick potato chips right before it goes to the table.