make some roast chicken salad!
There are so many variations for this classic salad, but my favorite is from H-E-B, one of the largest grocery stores in Texas. The first time I tried theirs, I was hooked. It is pretty simple really, but the chicken is incredibly tasty because they use rotisserie chicken meat. To that they just add some celery and a bit of hot sauce to spice things up.
Since I had some leftover roasted chicken, I went ahead and used the leftovers to make a similar salad to HEB’s. I added some spice with roasted poblanos and Piment d’Espellete, but you can add or omit at will.
Roasted Chicken Salad
Makes about 4 cups
1/3 cp celery, finely chopped
1/3 cp roasted poblano pepper, finely chopped
Finely chopped Italian parsley
1/2 cp mayo (use the real thing)
1/4 cp sour cream
1/2 tsp Piment d’Espellete or cayenne pepper
Sea salt
Freshly ground black pepper
3 cps chicken meat, roasted and cubed
Combine the first 6 ingredients until well incorporated. Taste it and adjust the salt & pepper as necessary.
Mix in the chicken.
And…, see if you can keep your fork out of it long enough to serve it.
Go on. Serve.
Cookingly yours,
Anamaris
Comments ( 12 )
Wow! Those salad looks really good. I'm going to try them this weekend :)
You know I LUV HEB chicken salad!! This is definitely going in my recipe collection! I always wanted to know how they made theirs...now I know. Thanks for sharing!
Why didn't I think of this! I let my chicken go a day or two too long... but the doggins are benefiting from it. Next time...
Looks so good! Roast chicken salad!
I look forward to the left overs. So much flavor and then I make a salad. This looks so delish.....
YUMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!
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Okay...I'm from Minnesota so throw me a bone here. What does H-E-B stand for? Can't wait to try this salad. I love the idea of Poblano peppers in it. My husband & I have found out this summer that we enjoy these more than a jalepeno.
LOL - OK Cath, here's your bone. H-E-B stands for Howard E. Butt, the owner or founder of the TX chain. But they're officially called H-E-B. Glad you discovered poblanos, jalapenos are banned from the Price household. This is poblano or serrano territory.
Have you ever heard of a "ghost pepper"? My brother grows them. Apparently they are 100 times hotter than a jalapeno. The hottest pepper in the world. Whew!! too hot for me.
oops, I guess they are 100 times hotter than a habanero.
Cath, I had not heard of them before you mentioned them. Then, I was watching the Cooking channel this weekend and they mentioned them there too. Spooky! They're from India, I believe, and superDOOPAHhot!