Chicken Salad with Blue Cheese and Grapes

Contributed by Grace Parisi

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TOTAL TIME: 30 MIN

SERVINGS: 4 to 6

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Grace Parisi considered many classic salads, like Waldorf and Cobb, before deciding on her version of chicken salad, which mixes store-bought roasted chicken with blue cheese, grapes, celery and sunflower seeds. She likes eating it wrapped in Bibb lettuce leaves.

Our Pairing Suggestion

Smoky, fruity Merlot, such as one from the Carneros region in Northern California.

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Recipe: Chicken Salad with Blue Cheese and Grapes

BASIC-EASY
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MAKE-AHEAD

Ingredients

1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons mayonnaise
1 1/2 tablespoons white wine vinegar
3 ounces crumbled mild blue cheese, such as Maytag (3/4 cup)
2 1/2 cups diced roasted chicken (from 1 rotisserie chicken)
1 1/2 cups halved red and green grapes
2 celery ribs, finely diced
3 tablespoons chopped flat-leaf parsley
Salt and freshly ground pepper
1/4 cup salted roasted sunflower seeds

In a large bowl, whisk the mayonnaise with the vinegar. Fold in the blue cheese, breaking it up with a fork. Add the chicken, grapes, celery and parsley and fold gently. Season with salt and pepper. Fold in the sunflower seeds and serve.

Make Ahead The salad can be refrigerated overnight.

From Picnic Salads
Published May 2008

Chicken Salad with Blue Cheese and Grapes

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Recipe: Chicken Salad with Blue Cheese and Grapes

Ingredients

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