Chicken Salad With Red Grapes, Dried Cherries And Glazed Pecans
POSTED: 1:53 pm EDT September 9,
2008
UPDATED: 6:25 am EDT October 10,
2008
Makes 4 servingsThis salad is ideal for a casual fall lunch or light evening meal with guests. It offers a palette of sweet and tart flavors paired with the equally alluring contrast of both crunchy and soft textures. Serve the scrumptious mixture with warm rolls or soft breadsticks.
2 cups coarsely chopped rotisserie chicken, skin removed, cooled
1 cup seedless red grapes, halved
½ cup finely chopped celery
½ cup coarsely chopped toasted pecans or Glazed Pecans (see recipe)
1/3 cup dried cherries (see Tip)
2/3 cup bottled Creamy Poppyseed Dressing
Bibb lettuce leaves
Small bunches of red seedless grapes for garnish
Combine the chicken, grapes, celery, pecans, and dried cherries in a large bowl. Add the dressing and stir until evenly combined.Serve on lettuce leaves and garnish with grapes. 
Paulette Mitchell, a culinary instructor, television personality, spokesperson, and the award-winning author of 12 cookbooks, is known internationally for her quick-to-prepare recipes with gourmet flair. Paulette’s most recently published cookbooks are “A Beautiful Bowl of Soup” and “The Spirited Vegetarian,” which was voted “Best Book in the World on Cooking with Wine” at the 2005 Gourmand World Media Awards. Paulette says that international travel is her favorite source of culinary inspiration. . To buy Paulette Mitchell's cookbooks, click here.
2 cups coarsely chopped rotisserie chicken, skin removed, cooled
1 cup seedless red grapes, halved
½ cup finely chopped celery
½ cup coarsely chopped toasted pecans or Glazed Pecans (see recipe)
1/3 cup dried cherries (see Tip)
2/3 cup bottled Creamy Poppyseed Dressing
Bibb lettuce leaves
Small bunches of red seedless grapes for garnish
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Paulette Mitchell, a culinary instructor, television personality, spokesperson, and the award-winning author of 12 cookbooks, is known internationally for her quick-to-prepare recipes with gourmet flair. Paulette’s most recently published cookbooks are “A Beautiful Bowl of Soup” and “The Spirited Vegetarian,” which was voted “Best Book in the World on Cooking with Wine” at the 2005 Gourmand World Media Awards. Paulette says that international travel is her favorite source of culinary inspiration. . To buy Paulette Mitchell's cookbooks, click here.
