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I had about 1/2 of a Costco chicken left in the fridge.

I wanted to use the left over chicken to make some chicken salad for
sandwiches.

So I chopped the boned chicken in the food processor & set aside.
Got out a rib of celery and looked at a bag of Granny Smith apples so I
rough chopped one of those with the celery and back into the food processor.

Combined the chicken & celery-apple mix with some mayo. Added a bit of salt
and then several shakes of Tabasco Jalapeno.


Nice stuff -

Think I may stuff a tomato and make a salad salad.

Dimitri




According to the American Century Cookbook, the first Waldorf Salad was
created in New York City in 1893, by Oscar Tschirky, the maître d'hôtel of
the Waldorf Astoria. The original recipe consisted only of diced red-skinned
apples, celery, and mayonnaise. Chopped walnuts were added later to this now
American classic. Some prefer their Waldorf salad made with yogurt, instead
of mayo. Having had this salad both ways, I fall firmly in the mayonnaise
camp. But feel free to substitute yogurt for the mayo if that's your
druthers.

Dimitri wrote:
>
> See the background below;
>
> I had about 1/2 of a Costco chicken left in the fridge.
>
> I wanted to use the left over chicken to make some chicken salad for
> sandwiches.
>
> So I chopped the boned chicken in the food processor & set aside.
> Got out a rib of celery and looked at a bag of Granny Smith apples so I
> rough chopped one of those with the celery and back into the food processor.
>
> Combined the chicken & celery-apple mix with some mayo. Added a bit of salt
> and then several shakes of Tabasco Jalapeno.
>
> Nice stuff -
>
> Think I may stuff a tomato and make a salad salad.
>
> Dimitri
>
> According to the American Century Cookbook, the first Waldorf Salad was
> created in New York City in 1893, by Oscar Tschirky, the maître d'hôtel of
> the Waldorf Astoria. The original recipe consisted only of diced red-skinned
> apples, celery, and mayonnaise. Chopped walnuts were added later to this now
> American classic. Some prefer their Waldorf salad made with yogurt, instead
> of mayo. Having had this salad both ways, I fall firmly in the mayonnaise
> camp. But feel free to substitute yogurt for the mayo if that's your
> druthers.

Good comfort food in my book My grandmother frequently made
traditional Waldorf salad years ago - ok, it was decades ago! Adding
the chicken sounds like a good idea. I bet this would be good with pork
(?), also. I haven't had Waldorf salad in ages, now I have an urge for
some <G>. Thanks for sharing. Note to self - put apples on the
grocery list!

Sky

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"Sky" > wrote in message
...
Dimitri wrote:
>
> See the background below;
>
> I had about 1/2 of a Costco chicken left in the fridge.
>
> I wanted to use the left over chicken to make some chicken salad for
> sandwiches.
>
> So I chopped the boned chicken in the food processor & set aside.
> Got out a rib of celery and looked at a bag of Granny Smith apples so I
> rough chopped one of those with the celery and back into the food
> processor.
>
> Combined the chicken & celery-apple mix with some mayo. Added a bit of
> salt
> and then several shakes of Tabasco Jalapeno.
>
> Nice stuff -
>
> Think I may stuff a tomato and make a salad salad.
>
> Dimitri
>
> According to the American Century Cookbook, the first Waldorf Salad was
> created in New York City in 1893, by Oscar Tschirky, the maître d'hôtel of
> the Waldorf Astoria. The original recipe consisted only of diced
> red-skinned
> apples, celery, and mayonnaise. Chopped walnuts were added later to this
> now
> American classic. Some prefer their Waldorf salad made with yogurt,
> instead
> of mayo. Having had this salad both ways, I fall firmly in the mayonnaise
> camp. But feel free to substitute yogurt for the mayo if that's your
> druthers.

Good comfort food in my book My grandmother frequently made
traditional Waldorf salad years ago - ok, it was decades ago! Adding
the chicken sounds like a good idea. I bet this would be good with pork
(?), also. I haven't had Waldorf salad in ages, now I have an urge for
some <G>. Thanks for sharing. Note to self - put apples on the
grocery list!

Sky

I think traditional Waldorf salad is supposed to contain walnuts too.

brooklyn1 wrote:
>
> "Sky" > wrote in message
> ...
> Dimitri wrote:
(snip)
> > Dimitri
> >
> > According to the American Century Cookbook, the first Waldorf Salad was
> > created in New York City in 1893, by Oscar Tschirky, the maître d'hôtel of
> > the Waldorf Astoria. The original recipe consisted only of diced
> > red-skinned
> > apples, celery, and mayonnaise. Chopped walnuts were added later to this
> > now
> > American classic. Some prefer their Waldorf salad made with yogurt,
> > instead
> > of mayo. Having had this salad both ways, I fall firmly in the mayonnaise
> > camp. But feel free to substitute yogurt for the mayo if that's your
> > druthers.
>
> Good comfort food in my book My grandmother frequently made
> traditional Waldorf salad years ago - ok, it was decades ago! Adding
> the chicken sounds like a good idea. I bet this would be good with pork
> (?), also. I haven't had Waldorf salad in ages, now I have an urge for
> some <G>. Thanks for sharing. Note to self - put apples on the
> grocery list!
>
> Sky
>
> I think traditional Waldorf salad is supposed to contain walnuts too.

The OP mentioned in the byline that, "Chopped walnuts were added later
to this now American classic." The Waldorf salad my grandmothers made
included apples, celery, walnuts, and mayo. I'm not sure if they also
used raisins or not, but I imagine those would be optional?

Sky, who misses both grandmothers still

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