Kats Smoked Chicken Or Turkey Salad Italiano Recipes

CHICKEN OR TURKEY SALAD SANDWICHES

Steps:

• Place chicken meat into a large bowl. Add celery, mayonnaise, salt and pepper to taste. Stir to mix. Lay 4 slices bread on work surface. Divide salad evenly among them. Top with remaining bread.

CHICKEN OR TURKEY SALAD

Steps:

• Combine chicken and celery in bowl.
• Mix salad dressing (I used Miracle Whip), salt, poultry seasoning, onion salt and pepper.
• Pour over chicken and celery; toss.
• Cover; chill at least 2 hours.
• For variation, fold in one of the following: 1 cup chilled fruit (mandarin orange segments, chopped apple, seedless green grapes or pineapple tidbits) or: 1/4 cup chopped sweet pickle or: 4 slices bacon, crsply fried and crumbled or: 1/3 cup chopped nuts.

KAT'S SOUTHWEST CHICKEN SALAD

Steps:

• Combine all chicken salad ingredients in bowl and mix well. This is a very hot and spicy recipe, but you can reduce the chipotle and jalapeno pepper if you wish. (The pickled jalapeno gives the chicken salad a little of the tartness that we expect with dill pickles in a traditional chicken salad.)
• Once mixed, sprinkle garlic powder on the bread or rolls, spray with cooking spray and then toast under the broiler.
• Spread chicken salad mixture on the toasted bread, and choose a garnish, if you wish. Try pineapple or peach slices (even better if it's grilled.) The sweetness of the fruit will complement and tame the heat from the peppers. Avocado is also a tasty garnish.

KAT'S ISLAND CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Lightly grease a medium glass baking dish.
• Place the chicken breasts in the prepared baking dish, and season with paprika, seasoned salt, and pepper. Arrange the pineapple, orange, lemon, and red bell pepper around the chicken, reserving a few slices of each for serving.
• Bake chicken uncovered 20 minutes in the preheated oven. Turn, season again with paprika, seasoned salt, and pepper, and continue baking 10 minutes, or until chicken juices run clear.
• While chicken is baking, prepare the Spanish rice according to package directions and heat the undiluted black bean soup in a pot over medium heat. Serve each chicken breast and some of the cooked fruit and red bell pepper over equal portions of the Spanish rice, and topped with a few spoonfuls black bean soup. Arrange the reserved uncooked fruit and pepper slices around the rice.

EASY BUT DELICIOUS CHICKEN OR TURKEY SALAD

Steps:

• Mix turkey, celery, mayonnaise, lemon juice, parsley, thyme, salt,and pepper. Adjust amount of mayo according to how wet you like your chicken salad.
• Pile onto your preferred bread with greens and tomatoes.

RANDY HIGI'S SMOKED CHICKEN AND POTATO SALAD

Steps:

• Remove and discard the skin of the chicken or turkey. Remove the meat from the bones and pull the meat into shreds. Set aside.
• Peel the potatoes and put them in a saucepan. Add water to cover and salt to taste. Bring to the boil and let simmer about 20 minutes, until tender. Drain and set aside.
• Put the garlic and mustard in a small mixing bowl. Stir in the vinegar and, using a wire whisk, beat in the oil.
• Put the shredded chicken in a heavy skillet and add about onequarter cup of the garlic-mustard dressing. Put over low heat and stir briefly until barely warm throughout. Remove from the heat and let cool.
• Cut the potatoes into one-quarter-inch slices. Put the slices in a mixing bowl and add the mushrooms. Add the remaining dressing and blend. Let stand one hour.
• Arrange the lettuce leaves around and in the center of a platter. Place the chicken in a mound in the center. Surround the chicken with the arugula or watercress. Spoon the potato salad over the arugula or watercress and serve.

KAT'S SMOKED CHICKEN OR TURKEY SALAD ITALIANO

Steps:

• Chop and place into a bowl, the smoked chicken or turkey, onion, red bell pepper, mushrooms, and spinach; add the sliced olives(1/4 cup to one can), the sun dried tomatoes and parmesan if you choose to use them. (It is perfectly good without them, but it just adds a little more Italian flavor.) Add the garlic powder, black pepper, salt, and ground cayenne pepper, and during the spring and summer, fresh basil is a great addition.
• Stir in mayonnaise to moisten. Be sure to taste. You might want more cayenne (LOL), salt, pepper, or basil. I only use basil in season when I have it in my herb garden. I don't use the dried. The recipe is good without it too.
• Slice open hard rolls, spray with pam, then sprinkle garlic powder, parsley and thyme on them and toast them. Use mayonaisse or creamy italian dressing on the roll, and then spread on the chicken or turkey salad. Enjoy.