Bacon and Tomato Chicken Salad with Baby Spinach
Chicken Salad
3 cups grilled chicken, cut into 1/2-inch (1 cm) cubes 750 mL
1 stalk celery, diced 1
1 green onion, chopped 1
1 tbsp chopped fresh parsley 15 mL
1/3 cup Hellmann's Smokey Bacon & Tomato Light Mayonnaise Type Dressing 75 mL
1 tbsp lemon juice 15 mL
salt and pepper, to taste
Spinach Salad
1/4 cup Hellmann's Flavours Smokey Bacon & Tomato Mayonnaise 50 mL
1 tbsp lemon juice 15 mL
1 tbsp milk 15 mL
1/2 tsp Worcestershire sauce 2 mL
salt and black pepper, to taste
4 cups baby spinach 1 L
1 medium tomato, chopped 1
1/4 cup coarsely chopped hickory smoked almonds 50 mL
Chicken Salad: In a medium bowl, combine chicken, celery, onion and parsley. In small bowl, stir together mayonnaise and lemon juice. Add mayonnaise mixture to chicken mixture, tossing until evenly coated. Season with salt and pepper, if necessary. (Chicken salad can be prepared ahead of time, covered with plastic wrap and refrigerated until ready to serve.)
Spinach Salad: In a small bowl, stir together mayonnaise, lemon juice, milk and Worcestershire sauce. Taste, season with salt and pepper.
To Serve: On each of 4 plates, make a bed of spinach leaves. Sprinkle each with some of the chopped tomato and smoked almonds. Drizzle each with 1-2 tbsp (15-30 mL) of dressing (or to taste). Top each spinach salad with a scoop of chicken salad. Garnish with additional chopped almonds, if desired.
Prep Time 25 mins Cook Time 0 Makes 4 servings