Classic Creamy Chicken Salad

Name: Classic Creamy Chicken Salad
Cuisine: World Cuisine
Ingredients: 2 , whole bone-in, skin-on chicken breasts (large, at least 1 1/2 pounds each); 1 tablespoon, vegetable oil; , Table salt; 2 medium ribs, celery, cut into small dice; 2 , medium scallions, white and green parts, minced; 3/4 - 1 cup, mayonnaise; 1 1/2 - 2 tablespoons, lemon juice from 1 small lemon; 2 tablespoons, minced fresh parsley leaves; , Salt and ground black pepper

Instructions

Roasted chicken breasts and hand-shredding deliver a superb salad. To perfect our chicken salad recipe so that our chicken actually tasted good, not bland or waterlogged, we tried wet cooking methods, including poaching and steaming, roasting in foil (which is similar to steaming), and, in a method new to us, dropping the chicken into simmering aromatic water and then removing the pot from the heat and letting the chicken and water cool to room temperature. Unfortunately, all four methods produced a bland, unmistakably boiled flavor. True roast chicken was another matter. Even after the flavorful skin and bones were removed, the meat tasted roasted, and the resulting chicken salad recipe was superb.

Updated at: Tue, 10 Dec 2024 23:05:14 GMT