Chicken, Ham and Cheese Salad

Name: Chicken, Ham and Cheese Salad
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 large crisp lettuce; 6 oz/170 g hard cheese, Edam or Cheddar; 3 oz/84 g dry roasted peanuts or cashew nuts; 3 oz/84 g dry roasted peanuts or cashew nuts; 6 oz/170 g cooked ham, smoked if possible; 6 oz/170 g cold cooked chicken; 6 oz/170 g hard cheese, Edam or Cheddar; 6 oz/170 g hard cheese, Edam or Cheddar; 4–6 tbsp salad dressing of your choice, either French Dressing or a garlic- and herb-flavoured mayonnaise; 4–6 tbsp salad dressing of your choice, either French Dressing or a garlic- and herb-flavoured mayonnaise; 4–6 tbsp salad dressing of your choice, either French Dressing or a garlic- and herb-flavoured mayonnaise; 4–6 tbsp salad dressing of your choice, either French Dressing or a garlic- and herb-flavoured mayonnaise

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Claire Macdonald Cookbook

By Claire Macdonald

Published 1997

About

This is an ideal all-in-one main course. It is to be found on restaurant and hotel menus throughout America, where it is offered with a variety of dressings. The only thing it generally lacks is a contrasting texture, so for a crunch I like to add dry-roasted peanuts, or better still, dry-roasted cashew nuts.

Ingredients

6 oz/170 g cold cooked chicken
6 oz/170

Americas
United States
Main course
Gluten-free

Method

Cut the chicken, ham and cheese into fine strips, as evenly as possible. Tear the washed lettuce into bits, using your fingers, and arrange round the sides of a serving bowl.

Put the strips of chicken, ham and cheese in the middle of the bowl. Sprinkle the nuts over the whole bowl. Pour over the dressing, and gently toss the chicken, ham and cheese, trying not to break up the neatly cut