Italian Style Chicken Salad

Description

Warm roasted chicken and garlic adds flavor, fresh fennel and onion and celery give nice crunch. Served on a bed of arugula. You are going to love this one!

Ingredients

  • ½ cup extra-virgin olive oil
  • 3 cloves garlic, minced
  • 2 lemons, juiced
  • 1 (2 pound) roasted chicken, meat removed from bones and cut into bite-size pieces
  • 1 bulb fennel, cored and cut into thin slices
  • 3 stalks celery, thinly sliced
  • 1 red onion, thinly sliced
  • ½ cup chopped fresh parsley
  • ½ cup mayonnaise
  • 1 lemon, zested
  • salt and ground black pepper to taste
  • 1 bunch arugula

Instructions

  1. Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir garlic until softened and golden brown
  2. 3 to 5 minutes.
  3. Stir in lemon juice; set aside to cool.
  4. Toss chicken
  5. fennel
  6. celery
  7. red onion
  8. and parsley together in a large bowl.
  9. Stir in the cooled garlic and olive oil
  10. mayonnaise
  11. lemon zest
  12. salt
  13. and black pepper.
  14. Arrange arugula on a serving platter; serve chicken salad on arugula.

Prep Time: 30 mins

Cook Time: 5 mins

Total Time: 35 mins

Servings: 6

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