Hot Chicken Salad

All I can say about Hot Chicken Salad is that "my people" love it. Every time I make it, they eat the whole pan, yep, every time. I am not a casserole lover, the exact opposite but there is something about this dish that even I can't resist. It is warm, a bit tangy, crunchy, and just kind of comforting to eat. Here you go:

Cut up some chicken, celery, hard boiled eggs, green onion just like this:


In a bowl add all of the above plus cooked rice (I use brown), slivered almonds. It should look like this:


Mix it all together:


Time for the dressing. Put in a bowl: mayonnaise, salt, pepper, Accent (I don't know why but I put it in our of duty) and lemon juice.


Mix it together with a spoon:


Pour it into your chicken mixture:


Blend it together:


Spread into a baking dish like so:


Next, melt some butter:


Pour it on top of some Rice Krispies and stir it around:


Spread it on top of your chicken mixture, put it in the oven!


15 - 20 minutes later . . . dinner is ready!!!


When I worked at the BYU Hosting Center, my friend Hazel would make this for luncheons and other events. I was a very picky eater, still am to some extent, but back then I was bad. One day Hazel made me sit down and give her Hot Chicken Salad a try and then I realized what I had been missing. Hazel was a great cook, she died of throat cancer in 1983, so sad. But I have many of her recipes to keep her memory alive.

Hot Chicken Salad
4 c. white chicken meat, cooked and cut into chunks
2/3 c. slivered almonds
2. c. finely chopped celery
1 T. minced green onion
8 oz. can sliced water chestnuts (I left these out, my people don't like them but they give it a nice crunch)
4 hard cooked eggs
1/2 c. cooked rice

Blend all ingredients together and spread into baking dish.

Combine and Mix:
1 1/2 c. mayonnaise
1/2 t. salt
1/2 t. pepper
1/2 t. Accent (out of duty)
2 T. lemon juice

Stir above ingredients into chicken mixture. Top with crushed potato chips (Hazel used Ruffle's and they were good!)

Place in 9 x 12 pan. Bake 375 degrees 15 min.
DO NOT Over Cook!!!!