Curried chicken salad

Yep, the blog mmm-yoso!!! is where you are.  Today, it's Cathy's turn.

Hi.  A few weeks ago, I was having lunch with Kirk and Carol and we were brainstorming about different things to blog about.  I do cook and eat at home..and I have had this habit, for years, of  only buying sale items and making a meal out of them(along with some staples I always have in the house).  I was going to do a series of  "$5 Fridays" but figured that would obligate me to always be doing something, plus not all of you who read this blog have access to the same stores and sales we do out here in Sunny Southern California...so, I decided to show you some of my easy meals that I am making coincidentally with sale items and post something once a week. Hopefully on Friday.

Oh, and I have been on this 'curry craving' kick lately.  Maybe it is just turmeric, since a curry is just a blend of spices, one of them always being turmeric...

This week, Henry's has chicken breasts (with skin and bone) for 99¢ a pound.  So I bought a four pack and boiled two of them, cooled, skinned and tore the meat off the bone, chopped it up.

Then I mixed : mayonnaise, orange marmalade (assume these are basics in your house), curry powder (bought in the bulk bin at Henry's-one scoop cost 18¢), some fresh lime juice(they are on sale 5/$1 as opposed to 39¢ each for lemons) and some salt and white pepper(again, assume those are basics).

It looks this way because the marmalade has all the skins of the fruit in it, but you can taste and add or subtract the amount of ingredients.

Then I fold the above sauce with the chicken and some green onion tops (25¢ for one bunch this week) until just blended.

Sometimes I chill it, to get the flavors to meld...but depending on the heat of the curry, it doesn't matter...sometimes we just sit down and eat it at room temperature.  With rice.  Or greens.  Or some naan from Trader Joe's.

Cathy's Curried Chicken Salad

3 C cooked diced chicken (or really any meat or fish that is cooked)(leftovers?)

2 green onions, chopped

Put with each other in bowl and set aside.

Whisk together:

1/2 C Mayo , 1/2 C orange marmalade, 1 Tbs lemon or lime juice, 1 tsp curry powder, salt and white pepper.

Stir in with chicken and green onions until just blended.

Quick, simple and, at least this week, less than $5 for at least two servings.

Comments

[nhbilly]

Thanks you! I was in desperate needed to change my typical chicken salad up a little.

[Carol]

Oh, this is better than $5 Fridays! Love this recipe. And it would be easy enough to substitute the meat ingredient (to whatever is on sale of leftover). hehe, I've been on a curry kick before. Right now, I'm on a Thai beef salad kick but I think I'm going to have to make this over the weekend. Thanks, Cathy!

[caroline]

Cool! I like the idea of inexpensive meals! $5 fridays is pretty cool :) I'll have to try this recipe next time I see chicken on sale!

[Cathy]

Glad to help, Bill. I think the marmalade makes it different.
Curry does go with everything, doesn't it Carol? Silly me not thinking of that. Better update the post...
It's a little game I play, Caroline-make a meal with what's on sale...If you really want to get into it, finding the markdowns only at your local Fresh and Easy the day you go shopping makes a meal even more interesting. Are you in San Diego still? The 99¢/lb chicken breasts are on sale until next Wednesday(the 13th) at Henry's.

[RONW]

"mayonnaise and orange marmalade" even sounds tasty. Also, 25¢ for the green onions is very inexpensive to where I'm at.

[Cathy]

Hey, Ron- I saw someone else doing a recipe on TV using mayo and grape jam as the base for the sauce, and tried the orange marmalade with the chicken and curry powder and really liked it. The green onion price is the sale on this week, but they are never really too much. Since The Mister does not eat onions (except for onion rings and French onion soup...), I buy in small quantities anyhow.

[Lynnea]

Yummy, I like the addition of the marmalade. I often put chopped, dried cranberries in my curry chicken salad. Almonds are good too.

[Cathy]

Nuts make every dish good, Lynnea. I usually do have walnuts and pecans somewhere in the house as well as almonds. The cranberries or even raisins would work also. Thanks for the ideas.

[foodhoe]

mmm looks delicious, I have been wanting a chicken curry salad recipe to try. Looks easy enough for me!

[Cathy]

This one is really easy, FH. I have done others with nuts and raisins over the years...and I really like the tang that citrus marmalades have. It goes well with most curry powders.