Chicken Salad with Tarator

Name: Chicken Salad with Tarator
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: Makes 4 servings
Cuisine: Turkish
Ingredients: 2 ounces good-quality bread; 1 cup milk or stock; 1 cup milk or stock; ¼ pound walnuts (about 1 cup); 1 small garlic clove, peeled; Salt and black pepper to taste; Salt and black pepper to taste; ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil; Pure chile powder, like ancho or New Mexico, or paprika to taste; Pure chile powder, like ancho or New Mexico, or paprika to taste; Pure chile powder, like ancho or New Mexico, or paprika to taste; Pure chile powder, like ancho or New Mexico, or paprika to taste; 1 cup chopped fresh cilantro leaves; 2 to 3 cups shredded cooked chicken

Preparation info

Makes
4
servings

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
30 min

Appears in

The Best Recipes in the World

By Mark Bittman

Published 2005

About

Tarator, or skordalia, is one of the most useful dressings I know, a mayonnaise like sauce that contains neither egg nor oil. Here it transforms ordinary chicken salad.

Ingredients

2 ounces good-quality bread
1 cup milk or stock
¼

Asia
Turkey
Dinner
Main course
Mediterranean

Method

Soak the bread in the milk or stock while you put the walnuts, garlic, and some salt in a food processor and pulse the machine to grind coarsely. Gently squeeze some of the liquid from the bread and add to the processor along with the oil. Process until combined but not pureed. Add as much of the remaining milk or stock as you need to give the mixture a mayonnaise like c