Ferris Wheel Chicken Salad
"From my State Fair of Texas Prize winning recipes cookbook, September 1990. I'm a simple person. I only go to the State Fair to tour food hall exhibits, drink warm beer & eat funnel cake. Then I'm through. DH, on the other hand, likes to experience life extremely from atop large whirly things. He shamed me ( had the nerve to call me chicken!) into riding the tallest Ferris Wheel in North America, the 212 foot Texas Star. After standing in line for 3 days, we boarded the monster along with his brother & wife. And off we go. WHEEEEEE ... After 1/4 revolution (maybe less), I hit my panic quotient. Rather than making a screaming scene, I casually slipped down to the floor of the car, curled into the fetal position & perused my newly acquired cookbook; a real feat with closed eyes. Every now & again, I might have moaned softly but I'm sure they all thought I was really into some great sounding recipe; not afraid or anything. During the 2 weeks we spent suspended at the top awaiting our turn to disembark, I was enticed by "Oh, look at that view". Snakelike, I slithered up on the seat, saw Las Vegas & promptly swooned back to the floor where I rationally inserted SIL's ankle into my mouth as a bite block just in case I went into convulsions. (It might have been downtown Dallas that I saw but I'm pretty sure it was LV because I think I saw the sun glint off Wayne Newton's teeth.) I'm quite positive that no one was the slightest bit suspicious when, at ground level once again, I was pulled from the car & carried off fireman style. Bet he never calls me chicken again! I showed him the strong stuff I'm made of!"
photo by twissis
- Ready In:
- 10mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Serves:
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6
ingredients
- 4 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 limes, juice of
- 1⁄2 teaspoon ground cumin
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- salt
- pepper
- 4 tablespoons cilantro, chopped
- 1 cup cherry tomatoes, halved
- 2⁄3 cup red onion, chopped
- 3 cups cooked chicken breasts, shredded
- 3 ripe avocados, peeled & pitted
directions
- In a jar with a tight fitting lid, combine olive oil, lime juice, cumin & garlic. Cap jar & whirl it around, like a ferris wheel, till well mixed. Or use a more traditional method and shake till combined (the jar, I mean).
- Combine cilantro, tomatoes, onion & chicken in a medium bowl.
- Pour the whirled dressing over & toss to coat.
- Spoon into nice, green (kind of the color of my face on a tall whirly thing) avocado halves & serve immediately.
- Makes 6 single servings.
- Cooks notes: Cook time does not include getting the chicken to the shredding phase.
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Reviews
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I haven't made the salad yet, but I too, am giving it 5 stars for the story! Thanks for making me LOL and make tears run down my face!! -
I haven't tried the recipe yet but it sounds great. I am giving 5 stars for making me laugh out loud at work. This was too funny.......now I can show my friends and family your story so they won't try to trick me on that monster wheel at the State Fair. -
Very good and easy to make. It makes a nice lunch for me with more leftover for another day. I added a little chili powder as well. I also enjoyed the story! -
Boy, howdy---I think I liked the story better than the salad, which is saying a lot! Yarn spinners abound in the Lone Star State, but you should inaugurate a storyteller's event -- betcha you'd ribbon big! Anyway. Recipe's great; used Roma/plum tomatoes instead as that's what I had and they're easy to de-seed, so salads are less watery. Also left out cumin, cause family isn't partial to it, but recipe still rocks! Thanks! -
I made these today for my mother to take to work. She just called raving about this recipe, and how this has to be her new chicken salad recipe, and I MUST give her the recipe. 10 stars from my mother, which is really 1,000 since she never likes anything!
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