Most Delicious Chicken Salad

Easy to make and full of fruit!

Who doesn’t love a good Chicken Salad? Mine is special because it includes fruit to make it surprisingly light and refreshing. To make it the easy way, use canned chicken. It can also be made with your own cooked chicken, but why bother when the canned chicken is processed so deliciously these days. I love that we live in a time where cooking can be so easy and yet so delicious.

The recipe below is made with canned chicken; however, if you prefer to use chicken that you have cooked, that will work as a substitute.

This is a version of a recipe I found in a cookbook back in the 90’s. I took that recipe and have played around with it many different times, and now feel that this is the best version. And….it’s so easy, anyone can make this and not fail!

Ingredients

2 15 ounce cans cooked chicken

2 cups seedless red and/or green grapes

½ cup jicama – diced

1 cup celery – chopped

1 8 ounce can crushed pineapple (do not drain)

1 8 ounce can chunk pineapple (drained)

1 13 ounce Mandarin oranges (optional)

1 cup nuts – I like to use a combination of macadamia and pecans

4 Tablespoons mayonnaise

1 Tablespoon soy sauce

Salt and pepper to taste

Preparation

Drain any liquid from the chicken and place in a large mixing bowl. Add the grapes, diced jicama and chopped celery. Add the crushed pineapple and pineapple chunks, and mandarin oranges, if using. Add the nuts, mayonnaise, soy sauce, salt and pepper. Mix well. Chill for at least 2 hours before serving. Stir it very well just before serving.

This will serve 6 to 8 people.