Chicken Raisin Salad

Name: Chicken Raisin Salad
Prep time: 25 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 4 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1 large green bell pepper; 3 scallions, thinly sliced; 2 tomatoes, medium, peeled, seeded, cubed; 1/2 cup dark raisin; 1 1/2 cups cooked chicken, diced; 2 tablespoons stuffed green olives, sliced; 1/4 cup virgin olive oil; 2 tablespoons lemon juice; 1 garlic clove, minced; 1/4 teaspoon salt; 1/8 teaspoon ground pepper

Submitted by Sydney Mike

"Here's a way to dress up the ol' tuna salad!"

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photo by Jonathan Melendez

Ready In:: 25mins
Ingredients:: 11
Serves:: 4

ingredients

1 large green bell pepper
3 scallions, thinly sliced
2 tomatoes, medium, peeled, seeded, cubed
¹⁄₂ cup dark raisin
1 ¹⁄₂ cups cooked chicken, diced
2 tablespoons stuffed green olives, sliced
¹⁄₄ cup virgin olive oil
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1 garlic clove, minced
¹⁄₄ teaspoon salt
¹⁄₈ teaspoon ground pepper

directions

Char green pepper in broiler, turning frequently, then place in paper bag & let stand 10 minutes.
Hold pepper under running water & rub off the skin, before cutting the flesh of the pepper into 1" squares. Discard seeds & stem.
In a salad bowl, combine green pepper, scallions, tomatoes & raisins, then mix in the chicken.
Mound chicken mixture in center of bowl & sprinkle with olives.
For the dressing, combine the last 5 ingredients & pour over the chicken salad.
Serve at room temperature or chill before serving.

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Reviews

I've never tried a chicken salad like this and I have to say I was pleasantly surprised. All the flavors blended so nicely together! It was great to keep in the fridge and have it for lunch throughout the week.

Jonathan Melendez
Usually a mayo salad person, I decided to try this for a light dinner. GREAT SALAD this is. Though the lids picked out some of the olives, we all enjoyed this. Something different, that I will save for the future. Definately a great variety of flavors. Made for Zaar Stars.

weekend cooker
The salty olives go together perfectly with the sweet raisins for a unique chicken salad. We served this on soft whole wheat tortillas tonight with a side of muskmelon for a light dinner. I enjoyed that this did not contain mayo, plus it goes together quickly!

Brooke the Cook in
This is a great chicken salad recipe. We substituted leftover turkey, and it worked out wonderful. The only change we would make is to leave out the olives next time. Thanks for posting. :)

2Bleu
My first bite tasted a little strange...I am so used to mayonnaise based chicken salads! But after eating the second bite I found that I really enjoyed the mix of tastes. The only thing I might do a little differently is to add another 1/2 a cup of chicken. But I may have to rethink that....the vegetables and raisins with the dressing are wonderful by themselves! Made this recipe for PRMR Tag!

breezermom