Name: Chicken Salad Sandwiches with Orange and Walnuts
Yield: Makes 15 Sandwiches
Ingredients: 1 bay leaf, preferably fresh; 10 slices sandwich bread (whole wheat or multigrain works well); 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed orange juice; ⅔ cup top-quality mayonnaise; ⅓ cup finely diced tender celery stalks; ½ cup finely chopped toasted walnuts; 1 (10-ounce) boneless skinless chicken breast; ½ teaspoon whole peppercorns; Salt and freshly ground black pepper; 1 tablespoon chopped celery leaves; 1 large celery stalk, chopped; 3 tablespoons chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley; 1 carrot, chopped; ½ cup chopped onion; 4 sprigs fresh thyme; 1 teaspoon finely grated orange zest

Preparation info

Makes
15
Sandwiches

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Gourmet Game Night

By Cynthia Nims

Published 2010

About

Leftover cooked chicken is ideal for this recipe, if you have any on hand; you’ll need about 1½ cups of it, finely chopped. You have lots of presentation options here, which include serving the chicken salad open-faced on baguette slices, between slices of cocktail bread, or in endive leaves (as for the Salmon Poke). Just the thing for an evening of chicken foot d