Learn how to prepare a delicious shredded chicken salad, a quick preparation to get out of trouble. In addition, it is a rich, healthy and very profitable recipe. Also, enjoy the combination of chicken with tomato, lettuce, carrot, peas, chili and cucumber, all with a light touch of mayonnaise and a touch of spice with minced Serrano chili. You should also know that in Mexico, chicken salads can be prepared with different ingredients, in some regions they usually add sweet ingredients, such as apple or raisin, and also in other recipes they add pepper, ham and even cheese. This salad can be enjoyed cold, so you can take it everywhere in a very practical way and you can enjoy it with crackers or toast.
Ingredients to make Shredded Chicken Salad:
- 1 skinless chicken breast
- 1½ liters of water
- jump to taste
- 2 carrots
- ½ piece of cucumber
- 1 cup of shredded lettuce
- 2 small tomatoes
- ½ cup of cooked peas
- 1 Serrano chili
- 1 tablespoon of mayonnaise
- salt and pepper to taste
How to make Shredded Chicken Salad:
- To make the shredded chicken salad, first cook the chicken breast in 1.5 liters of water or enough to cover completely. Next, add salt to taste and cook for 40 minutes in a normal pot. On the other hand, if you have a pressure cooker, cook for 20 minutes.
- When the chicken breast is ready, let it cool slightly and with the help of two forks or with your completely clean hands, begin to shred it. If you purchased bone-in brisket, be sure to remove the bone and check for any bits of bone left behind. Then reserve.
- Prepare all the vegetables by chopping or grating them: the carrot, the cucumber, the tomato and the chili.
- When you have the shredded chicken breast and vegetables ready, it’s time to mix, in a large bowl. Likewise, add the chicken, the grated lettuce, the carrot, the tomato, the peas, the cucumber, the Serrano pepper and, finally, a tablespoon of mayonnaise, salt and pepper to taste. Mix everything very well until all the ingredients are integrated and combined.
- To serve you can present the salad on a bed of lettuce leaves or in a bowl and accompany with crackers or toast. Now you can enjoy this delicious shredded chicken salad!
- With what to accompany the Mexican chicken salad
- To enjoy this delicious chicken salad with mayonnaise, you can accompany it with some crackers, whole grain crackers, toasted corn or corn chips, the latter you can eat with red toast and, also, if you like it spicy, you can add a little hot sauce to taste.
