Chicken Salad For A Crowd

Total Time: 24 hrs 40 mins Preparation Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 24 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 40
• 18 lbs chicken, bone in, boiled, season water with several teaspoons of chicken flavored bouillon
• 2 2/3 cups mayonnaise, can use light, not fat free
• 1 cup half-and-half cream
• 2 small sweet onions, minced
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper (to taste)
• 4 cups celery, thinly sliced
• 2 teaspoons beau monde seasoning, substitute celery salt
• 2 bunches green leaf lettuce, any fancy lettuce
• 2 cups iceberg lettuce, thinly shredded (optional)
• 40 croissants

Recipe

• 1 boil the chicken breasts until no longer pink. cool completely and cube or shred.
• 2 peel and mince onion. can use small to medium size.
• 3 clean and thinly slice celery.
• 4 combine mayonnaise, half and half, pepper and beau monde. note: *i add enough beau monde to see scant color in the mayonnaise, chill and let rest while the chicken is cooling. this will allow the flavors to blend.
• 5 combine all ingredients with the chicken and cover and refrigerate over night.
• 6 next morning:.
• 7 taste test for additional beau monde.
• 8 add more half & half or milk to thin and make creamier if desired.
• 9 optional: finely shred iceberg lettuce and add to the chicken mixture. this stretches the amount of chicken salad and makes it lighter in texture.