Everything else I did just as the Contessa suggested. The Yukon Golds worked beautifully though. My little grocery store simply didn’t have any small white potatoes. In my version, I used Yukon Gold potatoes – not because I was being cute or trying to one-up an expert (far from it). It’s simply out of this world fantastic and will make you forget every other potato salad you ever knew. Ina Garten’s Potato Salad recipe (below) is easily the most beautiful and delicious potato salad I’ve ever made or tasted. Ina Garten has a couple of recipes that are staples in my kitchen. I also search out their recipes because I trust them to be extraordinary every time. Not only do I enjoy watching them, I collect every cookbook and kitchen product most of them come out with. They consistently lead us to deliciousness, after all. As far as we’re concerned, they’re even better. I watch the Food Network and The Cooking Channel so often my cats think Rachael Ray, Alton Brown, Ina Garten, and Ree Drummond are movie stars. Lots of lemony tarragon flavor with tomatoes, artichoke hearts and kalamata olives.This Barefoot Contessa Potato Salad recipe calls for a Buttermilk and Dill Dressing (above) that’s so amazing I could eat it with bread… or without bread… Mediterranean Chicken Salad - no mayo so it's perfect for picnics or potlucks. I make this all summer long when my tarragon is flourishing, I have even bought a few packets of tarragon in the store and made it during the winter, it's like bringing summer back in a bowl! More Easy Chicken Salad Recipes: I like to serve it either on top of some salad greens or in pitas. Ina gives directions for actually roasting your chicken breasts first - so you can go either way. I make this whenever I have leftover rotisserie chicken and it is super easy to whip up. The crisp celery pairing wonderfully with the sweet grapes and the soft hint of tarragon. This is such a good salad, light and refreshing. They add a little purple pop to the salad. Ina calls for green grapes and while they are pretty, I actually like my purple grapes. That's it, you've just made the best chicken salad! Cut the grapes in half and add them to the bowl.įinely slice the celery and mince the fresh tarragon leaves and add to the bowl.Īdd the mayo and salt and pepper and stir to combine. However you cook your chicken, when it's cool enough to handle, dice it and add it to a bowl. You can follow the instructions in the recipe card to simply roast some bone-in, skin-on chicken breasts or you can use leftover roasted chicken or even cook frozen breasts in the Instant Pot! Mayonnaise - I usually try and buy either mayo made with avocado oil or olive oil, but I also tend to just buy whatever I like and it's on sale!.Tarragon - fresh tarragon is best, can substitute dried - use 1 teaspoon.Celery - buy organic if you can, it's also on the dirty dozen list.Always buy organic grapes, they are on the dirty dozen list every year. You can use the method in the recipe card to cook chicken breasts, or you can make Instant Pot Poached Chicken Breasts or use the breast meat from rotisserie chickens. But to me the shining factor in the salad is the tarragon, so I make sure to include it in the title. Oh, she calls it chicken salad veronique and I believe in my limited technical food knowledge that the veronique is thanks to the grapes in the salad. Once I found this salad from Ina Garten (The Barefoot Contessa), I never had to look for another one. I'm easy that way.Īs a creature of habit, once I find something I stick with it. I immediately fell in love with it, and since I am quite a simple creature really, now and forever tarragon is associated with chicken salad. This was before The Food Network and Food Blogs and I had never tasted tarragon before. And, what I really, really loved about Sydney Street Cafe was their t arragon chicken salad. It was a great eclectic neighborhood, but what I really loved was Sydney Street Cafe just a block or so over from us. It was a lovely brick two + story row house, built I believe in 1896. Sidewalk Shoes and I met and married in St. Serve with some toasted bread and you have a lovely lunch or a light dinner! The fresh anise flavor of the tarragon, the sweet grapes, the tender chunks of chicken. This Tarragon Chicken Salad Veronique is everything you could want in a chicken salad.
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