How to Make Gourmet Chicken Salad

Chicken salad has been a lunchtime favorite for several decades. But, the flavors have gotten a bit boring over the years. A combination of chicken, mayonnaise, and relish may be tasty, but it's not very gourmet. Thankfully, it's easy to make a gourmet chicken salad. You just need the proper ingredients. In this article, I'll teach you a few simple tips to make this lunchtime classic into a gourmet meal.

The first thing you need to do to make a gourmet chicken salad is to cook your chicken. I suggest starting with bone-in, skin-on chicken breasts. Place the breasts on a cookie sheet and use an injector to flavor them with your favorite flavors. For example, you could inject them with a lemon pepper marinade or an Italian dressing. The choice is entirely up to you. Next, all you have to do is bake the breasts until they are cooked through. Allow the chicken to cool slightly and then cut the meat into bite sized pieces.

The next step to preparing your gourmet chicken salad is to think about the additional ingredients you want to add. While onions and celery may be more traditional, why not try more gourmet flavors for your chicken salad? For example, why not add pieces of green apple, grapes, walnuts, almonds, or even blue cheese? Just imagine how great a chicken salad would taste if you combined gourmet flavors like walnuts and blue cheese.

Last, but not least, you need to think about how you're going to dress your gourmet chicken salad. Mayonnaise is definitely the most popular choice. If you're going to use mayonnaise though, I suggest flavoring it to match the other flavors in your chicken salad. You could also use creamy salad dressings like ranch or blue cheese. You could even use a simple dressing of olive oil, lemon juice, sea salt, and cracked black pepper.

If you choose to serve your gourmet chicken salad in a sandwich, I suggest using high quality bread. You should either make homemade bread or visit a high quality bakery. Personally, I love the flavor of a honey wheat bread, but a toasted sourdough would also be fabulous.