Chicken Salad

Chicken Salad

How to make the food of the gods, Chicken Salad.

Oh chicken salad - you are so delicious. If only I could marry you...

Gather the ingredients

The beautiful thing about chicken salad is it's versatility. You can put as many or few ingredients as you like. It's a great way to clean out the fridge and make something out of it. Just make sure there isn't anything growing on your produce.

This chicken salad was one of my better, check it out:

-Leftover BBQ chicken
-Green onions
-Celery
-Jicama
-Apples
-Raw almonds
-Curry powder
-Rice wine vinegar
-Mayo
-Salt and Pepper

Get chopping

Chop everything into small chunks. The almonds like to be even smaller.

Don't forget to peel the jicama. We used a vegetable peeler, but a knife works too.

Throw everything in the same bowl when you are done chopping it.


Mix in the slop

Mix in the liquids (mayo and rice vinegar) until you get a consistency that looks good. Just a little vinegar goes a long way.

I've found that you should add a little more mayo if you are going to make sandwiches out of the salad because you want everything to stick together and not fall out of the bread. If you are just going to eat the salad as-is, then use as little or as much as you like.

I happened to have some yogurt and dill left over from another meal so i substituted some mayo for that.

Spice it up

Add in the curry powder, salt and pepper to taste.

Other spices to consider that I didn't use are cumin, red chili flakes and dill.

Seriously, pretty much anything is delicious in chicken salad.

Corned Beef Sandwich Spread

Corned Beef Sandwich

SpreadHow much do you pay for one of those tiny cans of Deviled Ham? Yea, it tastes great. But at that price it's a rare luxury.

The local drug store has regular sales on canned corned beef. My wife purchased a number of cans and used it for a number of interesting dishes.

One day I was looking for something to throw together a quick lunch and saw that can of corned beef in the pantry. "Yea…" I thought, "That could really work!"

With a few other ingredients readily available in the pantry and fridge, I put together this absolutely great sandwich spread.


Ingredients

I don't really measure anything. Everything is measured by eye and nothing's critical. If you find something in the pantry or fridge that you think might work, go ahead and add it! That's what makes a recipe your own.

1 12 oz Can of Corned Beef

3-4 Tablespoons Mayonnaise

2 Tablespoon Dehydrated Onions
or 1/4 Cup finely chopped Fresh Onions

1 Tablespoon Pickle Relish

1 Tablespoon Medium Picante Sauce

1 Teaspoon Prepared Mustard

1/4 Teaspoon Garlic Powder

Fresh Ground Pepper to taste


Prepare Corned Beef

Remove corned beef from can into medium bowl. At this point, you may opt to remove any excess fat from the meat.

Use a fork to break apart meat into crumbles.


Add Ingredients

Add a couple tablespoons of mayonnaise and the rest of the ingredients. Note the lack of salt in the ingredients. There's already plenty of salt in the beef. You don't need it!

Mix thoroughly.


Thin Mixture

Add more mayonnaise to achieve a consistency of soft butter.

Note that this will almost solidify when chilled.


Chill

Cover bowl with lid, plastic wrap or aluminum foil and chill for at least an hour. This will keep refrigerated and covered for up to a week.


Serve

After the initial chilling, this will spread much like any other sandwich spread. Just slather your desired amount onto a slice of bread. Add lettuce and tomatoes, if you desire. Now cover with a second slice of bread and eat.

After a day of refrigeration, you'll need to slice bits and spread them out on the bread. Because of the beef fat in the meat, it hardens just like butter. Don't worry, there's not that much fat, but there is enough to make it hard. It doesn't taste greasy at all.

Colonial Sandwich

Make a really good, really easy sandwich!

What You'll Need:

White Bread
Tomato
Lettuce
Bacon
Ham
Cheese (I use American, but any cheese should work)
1 Egg
Butter

Also, you'll need these:
Cutting board
Knife
Small Frying pan

Toaster


Cut the Lettuce and Tomato

Cut the Lettuce and Tomato. You don't need very much, just enough to cover the bread.
Make sure to use a good enough knife, such as this Cutco knife.


Toast the Bread

Put two slices of bread into the toaster and set it to the proper setting. You can go on while they toast.

Cook the Egg

Cook the egg over-easy.

IMPORTANT: Make sure not to break the yolk of the egg, the sandwich will not be as good if you do.

For those of you who don't know how to cook an egg over-easy, crack the egg into the pan, and when one side is done, flip it over. Once again, make sure not to break the yolk

Assemble the SandwichTake your toasted bread (should be done by now) and put on it the cheese, lettuce, tomato, ham, and bacon (make sure it's cooked). The order doesn't really matter, but I like to put the egg next to the chesse so the cheese melts, and also I put the bacon next to the egg, so that it will break the yolk easily.


Eat the Sandwich

Enjoy your Sandwich Colonial with your drink of choice!