Grammy's Recipe Book Mains
Baked Chicken Salad
- Prep
- 40 min
- Cook
- 40 min
- Rest
- 8 hrchill at least 8 hours
- Total
- 9 hr 20 minstart to eating
Times are our estimates for Grammy's recipe, with unhurried prep.
As written
Word for word from her page, with her spelling and line breaks. [?] marks a word we couldn't read.
[a printed recipe, starred, with a handwritten note]
Baked Chicken Salad
4 cups cooked, chopped chicken breasts
3/4 cup mayonnaise
1/4 cup chopped onion
1 1/2 cups chopped celery
4 eggs, hard-boiled, chopped
1 (4 ounce) can chopped pimentos, drained
2/3 cup chopped almonds, toasted
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1 (10 ounce) can cream of chicken soup
1 1/2 cups crushed potato chips
• Combine all ingredients except crushed potato chips and 1/2 teaspoon
each of salt and pepper in large bowl. Spoon into sprayed
9 x 13-inch baking dish.
• Cover and refrigerate for at least 8 hours. (Flavor improves when
refrigerated overnight before cooking).
• When ready to bake, preheat oven to 325°.
• Top casserole with crushed potato chips.
• Bake for 35 to 40 minutes or until potato chips are light brown.
Serves 6 to 8.
Here's the recipe from the Quilting Christmas
party - Enjoy!
Baked Chicken Salad
4 cups cooked, chopped chicken breasts
3/4 cup mayonnaise
1/4 cup chopped onion
1 1/2 cups chopped celery
4 eggs, hard-boiled, chopped
1 (4 ounce) can chopped pimentos, drained
2/3 cup chopped almonds, toasted
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1 (10 ounce) can cream of chicken soup
1 1/2 cups crushed potato chips
• Combine all ingredients except crushed potato chips and 1/2 teaspoon
each of salt and pepper in large bowl. Spoon into sprayed
9 x 13-inch baking dish.
• Cover and refrigerate for at least 8 hours. (Flavor improves when
refrigerated overnight before cooking).
• When ready to bake, preheat oven to 325°.
• Top casserole with crushed potato chips.
• Bake for 35 to 40 minutes or until potato chips are light brown.
Serves 6 to 8.
Here's the recipe from the Quilting Christmas
party - Enjoy!
Grammy's recipe
Her recipe, typed out to cook from: her amounts and her words, with abbreviations spelled out and the steps numbered.
Ingredients
- 4 cups cooked, chopped chicken breasts
- ¾ cup mayonnaise
- ¼ cup chopped onion
- 1½ cups chopped celery
- 4 eggs, hard-boiled and chopped
- 1 (4-ounce) can chopped pimentos, drained
- ⅔ cup chopped almonds, toasted
- 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1 (10-ounce) can cream of chicken soup
- ½ teaspoon each salt and pepper
- 1½ cups crushed potato chips
Method
- Combine everything except the potato chips in a large bowl, with the salt and pepper. Spoon into a sprayed 9×13-inch baking dish.
- Cover and refrigerate at least 8 hours. It’s better overnight.
- When ready to bake, heat the oven to 325°.
- Top with the crushed potato chips and bake 35 to 40 minutes, until the chips are light brown.
Ideas to play with
Twists and variations to try. Suggestions, not hers.
Rotisserie chicken
A store-bought rotisserie chicken gives you about 4 cups, which saves time.
Lighter
Swap half the mayonnaise for Greek yogurt.
Different crunch
Top with crushed Ritz crackers or French-fried onions instead of potato chips.
Individual dishes
Bake in ramekins for a luncheon and cut the time to about 25 minutes.