Chicken salad with tarragon and apple - Chicken salad sandwich
Recipe for an easy chicken salad sandwich made with leftover chicken.
Servings 4 people
Ingredients
Chicken salad with apple and tarragon
- 300 g leftover cooked chicken, - breast, mini fillets or from a whole roast chicken
- 1 apple
- 5-6 sprigs fresh tarragon, leaves picked
- 100 ml crème fraîche
- 100 ml good mayonnaise, - I use Hellmann's
- 1 1/2 tsp Dijon mustard
- 1-2 tsp freshly squeezed lemon juice
- Salt and pepper
To serve
- 4 sandwich rolls, pitta breads or similar
- 1/2 crisp lettuce, such as iceberg or Little Gem, or other salad leaves
- Pickled red onions (optional)
Instructions
Chicken salad with apple and tarragon
- Stir the crème fraîche, mayonnaise and mustard together well.
- Finely chop the tarragon, cut the chicken and apple into small dice, and fold them into the dressing.
- Season the chicken salad to taste with salt, pepper and lemon juice.
- Top the bread with crisp lettuce, a couple of generous spoonfuls of chicken salad and, if you like, pickled red onions.