Quick and Easy Chicken Salad~ Recipe

I love chicken salad.  Plus it is quick to make, and it is a great way to use up chicken when you have leftovers.   We smoked a couple of chickens over the weekend, since we already had the smoker going for some pulled pork.  So we had plenty of extra chicken that I needed to do something with.  You can also just boil a couple of chicken breasts and then shred them up also though.

 I usually make mine with almonds and sliced grapes, and I did have both of those in the house, BUT I felt like making it a bit differently last night.  I had some cranberries in the cupboard that I had been wanting to try in some chicken salad so instead I used dried cranberries and some crushed pecans.

These are aproximates because as usual I just throw a bit of this and a bit of that into my cooking and unless I am baking something I don't usually use a recipe.

 2-3lbs of cooked chicken

1/2 to 3/4 cup dried cranberries

1/2to 3/4cup crushed pecans (tiny pieces)

1 cup mayo~ you may need more or less depending on how dry or wet you want the salad to be

Pull or cut cooked chicken apart into small pieces.  Or sometimes I even stick mine in the food processor and chop it up real good.  Throw the cranberries, pecans, and mayo into bowl.  (I usually use 1/2mayo and 1/2 miracle whip)   Mix this together, then add the chicken and mix up.  Chill in the fridge for a couple of hours so that the mayo can get absorbed a bit by everything.    

Tastes yummy on a croissant, or last night we ate it on some yeast rolls we got from Sam's Club that are really good.   Then you can also add a slice of cheese, tomato, lettuce or whatever else you would like to your bun.   I like to put cheddar on mine!

I also made homemade potato soup last night for dinner.  You can find that recipe here:

http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?memberId=230440&articleId=281474977490992&nav=MyGather

ENJOY!!