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www.RecipeFaire.com Presents:
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Jacque's Chicken Salad
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by:
Erna Peterson
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Jacque's Chicken Salad Recipe is a chilled salad using green beans, Italian salad dressing, cooked chicken, mayonnaise, whipping cream, celery, lettuce, capers, tomato slices, ripe olives and hard-cooked eggs.
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INGREDIENTS
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1 10-ounce package frozen
French-style green beans,
cooked and drained, or 1 16-
ounce can
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1/4 cup Italian salad dressing
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3 large chicken breasts, cooked
and chilled
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1/2 cup mayonnaise
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1/4 cup whipping cream; whipped
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1 cup diced celery
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3 lettuce cups
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2 teaspoons drained capers
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6 tomato slices
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Mayonnaise or salad dressing
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6 ripe olives
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2 hard-cooked eggs, quartered
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DIRECTIONS
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1:
In small bowl, combine green beans and Italian
salad dressing. Chill several hours, stirring
occasionally.
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2:
Cut 3 thin slices of meat from chicken breasts and reserve for garnish.
Cube remaining chicken. Gently fold
the 1/2 cup mayonnaise into whipped cream.
Fold cubed chicken, celery, 1/2 teaspoon salt,
and dash pepper into mayonnaise-whipped
cream mixture. Chill thoroughly.
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3:
Place lettuce cups on serving platter.
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4:
To assemble salads, spoon chilled chicken
mixture into lettuce cups. Arrange reserved
chicken slices and a dollop of mayonnaise
atop salad mixture; sprinkle with drained
capers. Drain green beans; arrange on platter
between filled lettuce cups. Garnish with
tomato slices, ripe olives, and hard-cooked
egg wedges.
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