Jacque's Chicken Salad Recipe

1      Reviews by:    Erna Peterson   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. Food Category:    Chicken and Fowl Cuisine Origin:    Northeastern    Servings:36 Nutrition facts:58 calories3.5 grams fat Print Preview Rate This Recipe Prep Time:   4 Hours 45 Minutes Cook Time:   0 Minutes Total Time:   4 Hours 45 Minutes

INGREDIENTS

• 1 10-ounce package frozen French-style green beans, cooked and drained, or 1 16- ounce can
• 1/4 cup Italian salad dressing
• 3 large chicken breasts, cooked and chilled
• 1/2 cup mayonnaise
• 1/4 cup whipping cream; whipped
• 1 cup diced celery
• 3 lettuce cups
• 2 teaspoons drained capers
• 6 tomato slices
• Mayonnaise or salad dressing
• 6 ripe olives
• 2 hard-cooked eggs, quartered

DIRECTIONS

• In small bowl, combine green beans and Italian salad dressing. Chill several hours, stirring occasionally.
• 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.
• Place lettuce cups on serving platter.
• 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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