Chicken Salad Sandwiches

Now THIS is how to remix leftovers.  Chuck wants to put this up against any restaurant's sandwich and argued that it was the best sandwich he had EVER had.  We had it for dinner two nights in a row.  That's completely unheard of for a guy that doesn't do left overs and doesn't even like two nights in a row of the same kind of cuisine (Mexican, Italian, etc.).  This recipe made enough for 5 sandwiches.

Chicken Salad Sandwiches

Ingredients

     3 c.          Shredded chicken (we shredded the remaining chicken from yesterday's recipe)
     1 c.          Plain Greek Yogurt
     1 c.          Mayo  (He's partial to Hellmann's) 
     1              Celery stalk, cut lengthwise and then sliced thinly
     1/2 c.       Red grapes, halved
     1/2           Lemon, juiced
     1 T           Fresh Tarragon, chopped
     1/4 c.       Slivered almonds
                     Kosher salt
                     Fresh ground pepper
                     Smoked paprika
                     Olive oil
                     Homemade vinaigrette  (See yesterday's recipe. We just used what was left.)
                     Mixed greens   (Left over from last night also) 
     10 slices  7 Grain whole wheat bread
 
    Directions

    1:     In a medium bowl, mix together the mayo, yogurt, dash of salt, pepper, and 2 of the 
                     smoked paprika.  Add celery, tarragon, drizzle of olive oil, grapes and almonds.  
                     Refrigerate.

     2:     Shred your leftover chicken and add a dash of salt and pepper. Add the dressing you 
                     just mixed together and refrigerated to the chicken.  Add the dressing to the 
                     chicken, rather than the chicken to the dressing so you don't end up with too 
                     much dressing and a soupy mess.
     3:    Mix the left over vinaigrette dressing with the mixed greens.  Should just use enough 
                     to lightly coat.
     4:     Lightly toast the bread, top with the greens, and then with the chicken salad and a 
                     little fresh pepper.

Hard to believe but after the sandwich was assembled and cut so cutely in half diagonally I didn't get a picture because I was so excited to eat it! Whoops.


We ate this with chips and salsa and followed up with apple crisp a la mode the first night.  Chuck made mac and cheese as our side the second night.  I'm getting pretty good at portion control!