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Dear Abbie's Exotic Oriental Chicken Salad

Here's how you make Dear Abbie's Exotic Oriental Chicken Salad
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  • Servings: 6
  • Prep: 1d
  • Cook: 10m
    • The following recipe serves 6 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 14 ounces cooked chicken (3 cups cubed/diced)
  • 1 cup celery, thinly sliced
  • 2 tablespoon minced yellow onion
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 2 tablespoon lemon juice
  • 3 1/2 ounces grapes (1 cup seedless)
  • 1/3 cup mayonnaise
  • 1 can (11 ounce) Mandarin orange segments (drained)
  • 2 ounces slivered almonds (1/2 cup toasted)
  • 8 lettuce leaves
  • 8 black olives (pitted)
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: In a large bowl, combine chicken, celery, onion, salt and lemon juice. Refrigerate overnight.

  • Step 2: Just before serving, add grapes, mayonnaise, orange segments (reserve some slices for garnish) and almonds; mix well.

  • Step 3: At serving time, line salad bowl with lettuce leaves.

  • Step 4: Spoon chicken mixture on lettuce leaves; garnish with reserved orange segments and ripe olives.

  • Step 5: TIP: 1 cup tangerine sections may be substituted for Mandarin oranges.

  • Step 6: *To toast almonds, place on cookie sheet and bake at 350ºF until lightly browned, stirring occasionally.

We hope you enjoy this recipe!

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