Chicken Salad

Name: Chicken Salad (Katmis Mkhali)
Yield: Serves 8
Cuisine: Georgian
Ingredients: ½ cup pomegranate seeds; 2 cups loosely packed chiffonade of lettuce; 5 tablespoons red wine vinegar; 2 tablespoons ground coriander seed; 1 cup minced cilantro; ½ cup minced celery leaves; 2 teaspoons ground marigold; 2 garlic cloves, peeled and crushed; 1½ to 2 cups chicken broth; 2½ teaspoons salt, or to taste; 4 scallions, including the green, minced; ½ cup minced fresh dill; One 5- to 6-pound roasting chicken; ¾ pound shelled walnuts

Katmis Mkhali

Preparation info

Serves
8

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Georgian Feast

By Darra Goldstein

Published 1999

About

A newfangled way to serve chicken comes from my friend Marina Abesadze, a Tbilisi physician who is always experimenting in the kitchen, seeking to expand the repertoire of Georgian dishes while retaining traditional flavors. Marina makes katmis mkhali or Georgian chicken salad, a takeoff on the traditional mkhali or vegetable puree. Mixed at the last minute with shredded lettuce and pomegranate seeds, this mkhali is stunning. In true Georgian style, Mar