Description
This is a really easy chicken salad made with a cream and mustard dressing instead of mayo, which results in a lighter taste. Great for leftover chicken.
Ingredients
- 1 pound coarsely shredded cooked chicken
- 1 (8 ounce) can whole kernel corn, drained
- 1 cup pitted green olives, chopped
- ¾ cup golden raisins
- 2 carrots, grated
- 1 stalk celery, finely chopped
- ¼ green apple, finely chopped
- 4 tablespoons heavy cream
- 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
- 1 pinch white sugar
- salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley, or to taste
- 2 large lettuce leaves
- 4 sprigs watercress
- 2 cups shoestring potato sticks
Instructions
- Combine chicken
- corn
- olives
- raisins
- carrots
- celery
- and apple in a large bowl.
- Stir together cream and mustard in a cup and season with sugar
- salt
- and pepper. Pour dressing over salad and mix to combine. Season with salt and pepper and sprinkle with parsley.
- Arrange lettuce leaves and watercress on a platter and spoon salad in the middle. Sprinkle shoestring potato sticks on top and press into salad. Chill until serving.
Prep Time: 20 mins
Total Time: 20 mins
Servings: 8