Bird of Paradise Chicken Salad

(from saymyname’s recipe box)

Serves 8 people

Categories: Chicken, Salad

Ingredients

  • 2 1/2 cups cubed cooked chicken
  • 1 1/2 cups peeled peeled cored cubed fresh pineapple
  • 1 cup red seedless grapes, halved
  • 2 ripe mangoes, peeled and cubed
  • 1 ripe papaya
  • lettuce leaf
  • 6 bunches red grapes (for garnish)
  • Dressing:
  • 3/4 cup mayonnaise
  • 1/4 cup fresh orange juice
  • 2 tablespoons grated orange zest
  • 1/4 cup chopped macadamia nuts

Directions

  1. Put the chicken in a large bowl; add in pineapple, grapes, and mango (if you are not serving right away, cover and refrigerate for up to 2 hours; if you refrigerate longer, the pineapple tends to give off its juices).

  2. To make the dressing: whisk the mayonnaise, orange juice, and zest together in a small bowl.

  3. Stir in 1/4 cup nuts.

  4. Pour the dressing over the chicken mixture; toss gently but thoroughly.

  5. Peel the papaya, using a vegetable peeler. Cut it in half, remove the seeds, and the cut it vertically into even slices.

  6. Line individual plates with lettuce leaves; mound the chicken salad in the middle of the plate; arrange papaya slices around the salad along with a cluster of grapes.

  7. Sprinkle with remaining nuts; serve immediately.

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