Whole Foods Tarragon Chicken Salad Recipes

Steps:

• Bake (~25min) or boil chicken breasts (~45min) until tender and cooked through.
• Cut breasts into bite-sized pieces.
• Discard skin and bones if you did not use boneless, skinless breasts.
• Whisk sour cream and mayonnaise together and pour over chicken.
• Add celery, walnuts, tarragon, salt and pepper to taste and toss well.
• Refrigerate and enjoy!

Steps:

• Combine the chicken, apple, celery, and onions in a medium bowl. In a small bowl, combine the mayonnaise, lemon juice, tarragon, parsley, chives, salt and pepper. Pour dressing over the chicken mixture and stir to combine. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour. Just before serving, lightly dress arugula with olive oil. Serve chicken salad on a bed of arugula and top with cashews.

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine chicken, celery, chives or green onions, yogurt, sour cream or mayonnaise, and tarragon; mix lightly. Cover, and refrigerate for 1 hour.
• Place nuts in a dry skillet. Toast over medium heat, turning frequently, until nuts are fragrant and lightly browned. Add almonds to chicken salad, and season with salt and pepper to taste. Serve immediately.

Steps:

• Bring a large pan of water to boil.
• Add breasts, reduce heat to med/low, cover and simmer until chicken is just cooked through (about 12 minutes).
• Cool.
• Mix celery, mayonnaise, onion, tarragon (start with 1 T. and increase as taste dictates), lemon juice, and zest.
• Cut chicken into 1/2 inch cubes and add to mayonnaise mixture.
• Season with salt and pepper.

Steps:

• Mix together sour cream and mayonnaise.
• Stir in chicken, celery, tarragon, salt and pepper to taste.
• Refrigerate at least 2 hours for tastes to combine.

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine chicken and grapes. Combine the next seven ingredients. Pour over chicken mixture; toss to coat. Cover and chill at least 30 minutes. Serve on lettuce leaves or in pineapple shells if desired. Sprinkle with almonds.

Steps:

• *Poach the chicken breasts in some chicken stock and fresh herbs (parsley, basil etc.) for added flavor.
• Mix all ingredients and chill for 1 hour.
• Serve on a good whole grain bread or on a bed of lettuce.
• This is a good basic recipe that you could add other things to,such as chopped apples, grapes, walnuts, pecans...whatever you wanted really!

Steps:

• To make Dressing 1.In abowl, whisk sugar, flour, salt, pepper and mustard, set aside.In a small saucepan, bring vinegar and water to a boil. Very slowly and gradually, add the boiled mixture to the egg yolk, stirring constantly, until its warm to touch. If any egg solidifies, pick it out and discard. Gradually add wet mixture to the dry ingredients, whisking constantly to combine 2.Reduce heat to low and pour mixture back into saucepan. Stirring constantly, heat the mixture until thickened ,2-3 minutes. DO NOT ALLOW TO BOIL.Remove from heat, transfer to bowl and cool completely. Mixed boiled dressing with mayonnaise To make chicken Salad 1. Put celery and red onion in food processor--pulse to chop lightly. Return to final serving bowl.Add chicken to serving bowl. Combine chicken ,celery ,red onion, dressing and sour cream. Add additional salt and pepper to taste

Steps:

• Fill a medium pot with water and bring to a boil over high heat. Add chicken, cover and return to a boil.
• Boil chicken for 2 to 3 minutes, then turn off the heat and let the chicken steep, covered, until no longer pink in the thickest part of the breast, 8 to 12 minutes.
• Using a slotted spoon, transfer chicken to a plate and let cool for approximately 20 minutes. (The chicken can be prepared a day ahead of the rest of the salad, if desired.).
• Cut chicken into 1/2-inch cubes.
• Skip 1-4 if you are using canned chicken. Drain liquid from can.
• In a medium bowl combine celery, mayonnaise, mustard, onions, almonds, tarragon, lemon juice and pepper and stir to blend.
• Fold chicken into the mayonnaise mixture.