Italian Style Chicken Salad

Quick & Tasty Chicken Salad!

I use a chopper or food processor to chop this chicken salad up lickety-split! The tastiness comes from a few flavorful friends in the pantry: pitted kalamata olives (but any olive would work) and giardiniera; an Italian style mix of pickled vegetables.  

Giardiniera:

Giardiniera usually contains a mix of pickled carrots, peppers, cauliflower, celery, olives etc. that are packed in a brine. You can find it in mild or hot versions.  At the grocery store it’s usually stocked where you would find jars of pickles, olives and roasted peppers.  (There is sometimes a “Chicago” style version that is packed in oil.  I don’t use that type for this particular recipe – but this style is awesome on hot dogs!)

I love using giardiniera in chicken salad as it’s an easy way to add pre-cut tangy-tasty veggies to your salad. This salad is chopped up fine, so everything stays put on your chicken salad sandwich. While you have your food processor/chopper out, you can also make a quick homemade no-raw-egg “mayonnaise” to go in your chicken salad – recipe here. Enjoy!

Italian Style Chicken Salad

I use a chopper or food processor to chop this chicken salad up lickety-split! The tastiness comes from a few flavorful friends in the pantry: pitted kalamata olives (but any olive would work) and giardiniera; an Italian style mix of pickled vegetables.

Tina Verrelli - epicuricloud.com

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Cuisine: Italian

Keyword: chicken, Salad

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Total Time: 10 minutes

Servings: 1 cups (approx.)

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup pitted kalamata olives
• 1/2 cup giardiniera, drained mild or hot
• 2 tablespoons fresh Italian flat parsley leaves
• 2 cups cooked chicken rotisserie chicken works great
• 1/3 cup mayonnaise plus more to taste
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice

Instructions 

• I like to chop this chicken salad in a chopper or food processor. It makes a nice texture that holds together on a sandwich.
• Add olives, giardiniera, parsley to food processor. Break the chicken into about 1 1/2 inch pieces and add on top of the vegetable mixture. Pulse to chop the vegetables and chicken.
• Pour the chicken mixture into a bowl and add mayonnaise, salt, pepper and lemon juice. Stir to mix.
• I like to serve this chicken salad on ciabatta buns that are split, drizzled with a little olive oil, salt and pepper and toasted.

Notes

Giardiniera usually contains a mix of pickled carrots, peppers, cauliflower, celery, olives etc. that are packed in a brine. You can find it in mild or hot versions.  At the grocery store it's usually stocked where you would find jars of pickles, olives and roasted peppers.  (There is sometimes a "Chicago" style version that is packed in oil.  I don't use that type for this particular recipe - but this style is awesome on hot dogs!)

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