Thursday, August 20, 2009

Savory Chicken Salad

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I wanted to make some chicken salad from the leftover rosemary-garlic paste roasted chicken my husband cooked the other night. I’m not a big fan of the fruit-laced chicken salads (apples, grapes?!) so I headed straight for the umami.

 

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This is from my prior batch of pancetta flavored bacon. (My husband suggested the name, but I’m too embarrassed to call it that anymore.) This section was so fatty I didn’t want to eat it as bacon, so I saved it for pseudo lardons.

 

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This is about 8 slices cut into 1/4 “ strips and fried.

 

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I’ll chop and “toast” these pecans in the bacon fat.

 

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Smells real good about now.

 

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Minced shallot and garlic.

 

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The shallots have been “sweated” and I’m adding the garlic for the last 30 seconds.

 

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Draining the lardons and the pecan-shallot-garlic mix.

 

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Shredded rosemary-garlic roasted chicken.

 

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It was too late after work to make my own mayo.

 

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Love this Louisiana Cajun seasoning.

 

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Gotta have some of this.

 

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About 1/2 cup of mayo, 2/3 cup of sour cream, 1 tablespoon of Cajun seasoning, 1 tablespoon of Worcestershire sauce, plus Maldon sea salt and freshly ground pepper (not shown).

 

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I over-toasted the bun in the broiler, but it was still delicious.

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