The BEST Chicken Salad with Dried Cranberries and Grapes
Servings: 6 cups
Ingredients
- 2-1/2 cups diced cooked chicken
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans
- dried cranberries
dried cranberries
- 1 cup thinly sliced celery
- 1 cup halved green grapes red would be even prettier for the season
- 1/4 cup chopped red onion
- 1 cup mayonnaise or Miracle Whip salad dressing
- 1/2 cup heavy whipped cream whipped until soft peaks form
- 1 tablespoon freshly diced Italian parsley
- use any or all of the following seasonings to your taste preference
- 1 tsp. chopped fresh tarragon or dill
- 1/8 tsp. garlic powder
- 1/8 tsp. onion powder
- 1/8 tsp. poultry seasoning
- 1/8 tsp. curry powder if desired, optional
- 1 tsp. salt
- 1 tsp. pepper
- paprika
- Italian parsley
- large tomatoes
- lettuce varieties of choice
Instructions
- Combine the first dry ingredients in one large bowl.
- In another medium-sized bowl, blend the mayonnaise, whipped cream, and spices.
- Add the mayonnaise mixture to the chicken and other ingredients.
- Mix well.
- Adjust seasonings as desired.
- Cut out large tomatoes.
- Lay tomatoes on a bed of lettuce, or inside a half head of iceberg lettuce.
- Place the chicken salad inside the tomatoes and around the lettuce.
- Sprinkle with paprika.
- Garnish with sprigs of Italian parsley.