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Re: Summertime Treats
« Reply #15 on: June 05, 2011, 06:56:48 am »
Quote from: theinevitable on June 05, 2011, 06:47:32 am
making that salsa confirmed my hatred of nasty ol' tomatoes. The salsa tasted awesome, though. I was the only person who brought food, so I got a lot of praise.

How do you prepare a chicken breast to be turned into chicken salad? A recent experience has made me want to avoid chicken salad from a can.

We normally just boil them, but you could sautee them in a pan or poach them in some white wine with rosemary, I'd think. Depends on what kind of flavor you're going for. If you're going to glop things up with a bunch of mayo and mustard and stuff, the prep of the chicken's probably not a huge deal. Note that I don't watch the food network so what do I know.
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Re: Summertime Treats
« Reply #16 on: June 05, 2011, 07:13:57 am »
I don't know if a chicken salad is a specific thing (I can't imagine how it comes in a can) but when I'm making my favourite warm chicken salad I chop the breast into decent sized chunks (say nothing smaller than my thumb), marinate it (usually in a mix of honey and dijon mustard that doubles as the salad dressing) and just sautee it in a frying pan on a medium heat. Maybe a chuck a lid on if I'm worried about keeping it moist. The sugar in the honey generally makes the chicken brown nicely.
Then just pour the chicken and any remaining marinade juices directly into the salad bowl and toss through. Usually my veggies are just lettuce, tomato, green beans and maybe a bit of capsicum that I tossed some dressing through before I add the chicken.
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Re: Summertime Treats
« Reply #17 on: June 05, 2011, 10:07:21 am »
Yeah, chicken salad is a thing here.  It is different than salad with chicken.  Usually fairly bland chicken in pieces about the size you described, maybe a little shredded with shit loads of mayonnaise and other random shit.  Onions?
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Re: Summertime Treats
« Reply #18 on: June 05, 2011, 12:14:15 pm »
Whoa how did I never notice that Doc is such a fancy man about the cooking?
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Re: Summertime Treats
« Reply #19 on: June 05, 2011, 12:36:43 pm »
Because he isn't, you guys are just rubbing off on me.

The question makes way much more sense now, I was all 'You cook the chicken in the way you want to cook the chicken before you put it in a salad.'
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Re: Summertime Treats
« Reply #20 on: June 05, 2011, 02:46:51 pm »
Doc, this is the summertime treats thread. Aren't you in Old Man Winter's clammy grip?
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Re: Summertime Treats
« Reply #21 on: June 05, 2011, 04:45:01 pm »
Inev, the best way to prepare chicken for a chicken salad is to have some leftover chicken from something else. Pick up a roast chicken from the deli at work and eat some of it for supper with some bread and a vegetable one night, then shred the rest of the chicken off the bone with a fork and use it to make chicken salad.

Or, buy a pack of boneless, skinless chicken breasts and throw them on the grill. Leave two of them unseasoned and set them aside, then shred them up after they've cooled and you're good to go.

Sure, you could boil, sautee, or bake the chicken especially for this recipe, but why? You've got to make chicken for another meal at some point, just plan ahead and throw an extra breast or two on and it's really no extra work.
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Re: Summertime Treats
« Reply #22 on: June 05, 2011, 08:37:56 pm »
boil it, grill it, roast it, doesn't matter so long as it's cooked. we just get the bag of frozen raw chicken breasts, thaw it, pat them dry, salt&pepper them, and toss them on the grill next to whatever's for dinner that night.
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Re: Summertime Treats
« Reply #23 on: June 06, 2011, 04:35:15 am »
Quote from: jay-ell on June 05, 2011, 04:29:55 am
I'll go to the official state-run one for it next time, but it'll be awhile.
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Re: Summertime Treats
« Reply #24 on: June 06, 2011, 05:51:52 am »
Quote from: Nabubrush on June 05, 2011, 02:46:51 pm
Doc, this is the summertime treats thread. Aren't you in Old Man Winter's clammy grip?

Yup, we're suffering here in Rockhampton with the thermometers registering a freezing 26 degrees Celsius. I honestly don't know if we're going to make it through, we might have to eat Pa.
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Re: Summertime Treats
« Reply #25 on: June 06, 2011, 05:56:37 am »
Quote from: Doc on June 06, 2011, 05:51:52 am
Yup, we're suffering here in Rockhampton with the thermometers registering a freezing 26 degrees Celsius. I honestly don't know if we're going to make it through, we might have to eat Pa.

Don't give me your crazy foreign mathematical jibber-jabber.

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Re: Summertime Treats
« Reply #26 on: June 06, 2011, 07:52:22 am »
Damn right I would. All y'all need to organise a road/sea/sky trip and come see what's going on down here.
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Re: Summertime Treats
« Reply #27 on: June 06, 2011, 12:44:46 pm »
Dinner out in the country last night - Beer Butt chicken, taco salad and potato salad- eggy, with dill.  There was originally plans for smores (there's a summer treat for you), but there was no graham crackers and despite the fire the mosquitoes were insane so we had to give up when the sun started going down.
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Re: Summertime Treats
« Reply #28 on: June 06, 2011, 02:28:54 pm »
Are local cherries in season yet? I want local cherries with vanilla yogurt.
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Re: Summertime Treats
« Reply #29 on: June 06, 2011, 02:34:40 pm »
i had some local cherries the other day.
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