Boneless Chicken Recipe
Easy Curry Chicken Salad Recipes
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This colorful chicken salad is one of the best chilled curry chicken recipes because it combines flavors and textures perfectly. This curry chicken salad is also incredibly easy to throw together and you just stir the ingredients together and chill it. In the photo, the apple is served on the side rather than in the salad and you can serve the salad that way if you are looking for a more elegant appetizer, rather than a quick lunch recipe. You will find this chicken salad recipe to be very tasty and the curry powder and cayenne add the perfect amount of spice.
Easy Curry Chicken Salad Recipes
Some chicken salad recipes are quite plain but this one features curried chicken as well as raisins, apple, celery, pecans and more to result in one of the nicest curry chicken recipes there is. This is a very easy curry chicken recipe because you simply combine all the ingredients and serve it, making it ideal for a quick lunch or a light dinner. You can also serve this at a buffet or get-together because you just need to make it in advance and chill it until you are ready to serve it. If you are making this more than half an hour in advance, squeeze a little lemon or lime juice over the apple, else it might turn brown.
You can serve this tasty chicken salad recipe to adults or kids and everybody will enjoy the crunchiness and delicious blend of flavors. Serve it with rice, a baked potato, or some crusty bread and butter, to make it more filling. If you want to use cashews or walnut halves instead of the pecans, that would be fine.
If you like the flavor of curry chicken but you don't want to make a hot dish, what about making this delicious, fresh tasting curry chicken salad instead? It is easy to find the ingredients for international recipes like this one and you can alter the chicken salad if you want to add other ingredients. Most salad recipes are quite flexible and you can add anything you like to them, to increase the crunch factor or add more color or other flavors.
Curried Chicken Salad with Fruit and Nuts
Ingredients -
6 chicken breast halves, no skin, cooked and diced
½ cup diced red apple, not peeled
1 cup chopped celery
1 teaspoon curry powder
½ teaspoon salt
¼ cup coarsely chopped pecans
2 tablespoons raisins
½ cup to 1 cup mayonnaise
1 teaspoon cider vinegar
Pinch cayenne
½ teaspoon black pepper
Preparation:
Mix everything together well, cover, and refrigerate, serve cold.
(Serves 8)