Cantaloupe Chicken Salad Recipe

Cantaloupe Chicken Salad Recipe
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For a refreshing meal, Shirley Leister fixes this simple chicken salad with sweet cantaloupe. For a different presentation, the West Chester, Pennsylvania cook arranges the melon like flower petals on a lettuce-lined plate, then mounds the salad in the center.

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  • 4 Servings
  • Prep/Total Time: 15 min.

Ingredients

  • 1-1/2 cups diced cooked chicken
  • 2 celery ribs, sliced
  • 1/3 cup mayonnaise
  • 2 tablespoons diced pimientos
  • 1 tablespoon finely chopped onion
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/8 teaspoon pepper
  • 1 small cantaloupe
  • Lettuce leaves
  • 3 tablespoons lemon juice

Directions

  • In a bowl, combine the first seven ingredients; stir well. Cut cantaloupe in half; discard seeds. Cut into 1-in.-wide wedges; peel. Place cantaloupe on four lettuce-lined plates; sprinkle with lemon juice. Serve chicken salad alongside melon. Yield: 4 servings.

Cantaloupe Chicken Salad published in Quick Cooking July/August 2004, p19

Tip

Broccoli's Better

“I use peeled chopped broccoli stalks in place of celery to add vitamins and crunch to chicken or tuna salad and green salads,” reveals field editor Betty J. of Ruston, Louisiana.

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Reviewed on Jul. 24, 2009 by Twich

Fast, easy and tasty summer meal!

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