Fancy Florida Chicken Salad

Name: Fancy Florida Chicken Salad
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 6 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1/2 lb bacon, cooked and crumbled; 4 cups cooked chicken breasts, diced in large chunks; 1 (14 ounce) can hearts of palm, drained,sliced into rounds; 12 lettuce leaves or 12 mixed salad greens (choose fancy looking ones); 4 vine ripened tomatoes, cut into 6 wedges each; 24 pitted black olives (any type you prefer); 1/2 cup mayonnaise (light is fine); 1/2 cup sour cream (light is fine); 3 tablespoons skim milk; 2 tablespoons lemon juice; 1/2 teaspoon seasoning salt; 2/3 cup blue cheese, crumbled

Submitted by HeatherFeather

"Adapted from "Heart of the Palms," a Floridian cookbook. Prep time does not account for several hours of chilling time. You may also make the dressing a day early, but the chicken salad should be made the day it will be served."

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Ready In:: 15mins
Ingredients:: 12
Serves:: 6

ingredients

salad mixture
¹⁄₂ lb bacon, cooked and crumbled
4 cups cooked chicken breasts, diced in large chunks
1 (14 ounce) can hearts of palm, drained,sliced into rounds
12 lettuce leaves or 12 mixed salad greens (choose fancy looking ones)
4 vine ripened tomatoes, cut into 6 wedges each
24 pitted black olives (any type you prefer)
blue cheese dressing
¹⁄₂ cup mayonnaise (light is fine)
¹⁄₂ cup sour cream (light is fine)
3 tablespoons skim milk
2 tablespoons lemon juice
¹⁄₂ teaspoon seasoning salt
²⁄₃ cup blue cheese, crumbled

directions

Mix together the cooked bacon, chicken chunks, and hearts of palm round in a large bowl.
Mix together the mayo, sour cream, milk, lemon juice, and salt in a blender for about 30 seconds.
Add blue cheese to the dressing and pulse just a few seconds- so there are still some chunks.
Toss with chicken mixture, cover and chill several hours.
Set lettuce leaves onto 6 serving plates (about 2 large leaves a plate- or whatever you need to cover the plate attractively).
Place a mound of the chicken mixture on top of the lettuce.
Set tomato wedges around the chicken mound in a spiral pattern.
Garnish with black olives.