Chicken Salad Base

Name: Chicken Salad Base
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon minced shallot; ½ teaspoon kosher salt, plus more to taste; 1 tablespoon lemon juice, plus more to taste; 1 cup/240 milliliters mayonnaise; ¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, plus more to taste; 2½ cups/450 grams shredded or medium-diced cooked chicken; 2 celery ribs, cut into small dice

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

From Scratch

By Michael Ruhlman

Published 2019

About

The way to begin a great chicken salad is as follows. If this is all you do, you will have an excellent chicken salad on your hands.

Ingredients

1 tablespoon minced shallot
1 tablespoon lemon juice, plus more to taste
½

Main course
Gluten-free
Leftovers

Method

Combine the shallot, lemon juice, salt, and pepper in a large bowl and let the mixture sit for at least 10 minutes and up to 1 hour. Stir in the mayonnaise and mix until it’s uniformly combined. Fold the chicken and celery into the mixture. Taste and season with more lemon juice, salt, and pepper as desired. Add more mayonnaise if you wish.