Got to make a dish for a bbq tomorrow, and I’m bored with all my regular ol’ recipes. Since there’s a zillion ways to make macaroni salad, there’s got to be a good chicken-mac salad recipe, right?
Googling was interesting, lots of recipes using pineapple and chedder cheese and raisons and diced apples, mixed all up in a chicken/noodle/mayo base. I’d try it if offered, but can imagine a lot of raised eyebrows and leftovers if I showed up with something like that. A few others that called for canned mixed veggies, sorta weirding me out in a whole other way than the fruity ones.
Anyone have a good crowd-pleasing chicken mac type salad recipe?
Interesting idea. When I lived in Hawaii, a staple potluck item at communal barbecues was macaroni salad. Often, the salad would be jazzed up with a few cups of diced potato (so it was like a macaroni-potato salad), but another popular take on it was to add a can or two of tuna fish. Onolicious grinds.
If you’re prepared to try this with chicken, you can probably find a can of cooked chicken meat in the supermarket that yields breast meat that would approximate the Star-kist stuff. Full-sizd elbow macaroni, BTW. I never saw salad macaroni in Hawaii.
Try mincing up some celery, onion and bell pepper, let it soak in a little cider vinegar and olive oil (or lemon-infused), then throw in the chicken, season with dill weed, salt and pepper, add macaroni and a discreet amount of mayo (remember, you put the oil and vinegar in already), mix together.
Next time you’re stuck, and if Chefguy isn’t around, hit www.allrecipe.com It’s a free site, has a searchable index, and you can also sign up for free Recipe-A-Day.