Now I don't know the first thing about cooking with most spices and I can't remember the last time I used tarragon. Hoping that there might be a chicken salad recipe in there to help, I broke out my Better Homes & Gardens New Cookbook (mine is the 12th edition). Lucky for me the recipe they had in there included tarragon so now at least I knew how much to use. So I used that recipe as my base and added in some of the Starbucks ingredients and the end was result was one pretty darn good copycat chicken salad!
Copycat Recipe: Starbucks Tarragon Chicken Salad
Adapted from the Better Homes & Gardens New Cookbook and StarbucksIngredients
Use organic whenever possible
1½ cups chopped cooked chicken
1 celery stalk, chopped
¼ cup dried, sweetened cranberries
⅓ cup mayonnaise (I like mine extra creamy so I used a little bit more)
¼ teaspoon dried tarragon, crushed or 1 teaspoon fresh tarragon
salt to taste
Directions
1. In a bowl mix together chicken, celery and cranberries.
2. In a separate bowl, mix together mayonnaise and tarragon. You may add some salt if you like. The BH&G recipe called for ¼ teaspoon which was way too much for me. I think a dash or two would suffice.
3. Pour dressing over chicken mixture and mix well until coated.
4. Chill it if you'd like, but I always make a sandwich right away.
5. Lightly toast your favorite bread (I used pumpernickel), and fill it with lettuce, tomato and a few heaping spoonfuls of the chicken salad. Delicious!
Oh that looks and sounds delicious!
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ReplyDeleteYum this sounds and looks amazing. We love chicken salad!
ReplyDeleteYUM! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteRob loves chicken salad and isn't afraid to try new things added to it. Dried cranberries sound like a good additions, slivered almonds might be good too.
ReplyDeleteMelinda slivered almonds would be great! I think I may have to pick some up tomorrow. lol.
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