Chicken Salad

Ingredients

• Some cold chicken.
• Some celery or lettuce.
• Mayonnaise sauce.
• For Garnish : — Capers.
• Anchovies.
• Hard-boiled eggs.
• Beetroot.

Method

1. 1

   Cut the meat into dice, and mix with it half its bulk of celery, cut into small strips or dice; pour over a little oil and vinegar, season it, and let it stand until just before serving.

2. 2

   This improves the flavour.

3. 3

   When ready to serve, mix sufficient Mayonnaise sauce with the chicken and celery to moisten it.

4. 4

   Arrange the chicken mixture on a dish, the highest part in the centre, pour over the remainder of the Mayonnaise dressing to completely cover the chicken.

5. 5

   Garnish with the slices of egg, beetroot, capers, anchovies, and celery or lettuce, in any pretty design.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Home cookery (1898) by North Midland School of Cookery, page 66. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Chicken Salad. Some cold chicken. Some celery or lettuce. Mayonnaise sauce. For Garnish : — Capers. Anchovies. Hard-boiled eggs. Beetroot.

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