Tarragon Chicken Salad

Recipe courtesy Emeril Lagasse, 2005

Show: Emeril LiveEpisode: Emeril's Herb Garden

Rated: 5 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (23)

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Prep Time:
15 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
about 3 cups

Times:

Prep: 15 min
Inactive Prep: 1 hr 0 min
Cook: --
Total:: 1 hr 15 min

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Ingredients

2 cups diced cooked chicken
1 small tart apple, cored and diced (about 1 1/2 cups)
1/3 cup diced celery
1/4 cup diced red onion
3/4 cup mayonnaise
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
2 tablespoons chopped fresh tarragon leaves
1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley leaves
1 tablespoon chopped fresh chives
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1/3 cup lightly salted, roasted cashews, roughly chopped
4 cups arugula, washed and dried
Olive oil, for dressing arugula

Directions

Combine the chicken, apple, celery, and onions in a medium bowl. In a small bowl, combine the mayonnaise, lemon juice, tarragon, parsley, chives, salt and pepper. Pour dressing over the chicken mixture and stir to combine. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour. Just before serving, lightly dress arugula with olive oil. Serve chicken salad on a bed of arugula and top with cashews.

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recipe Tarragon Chicken Salad
Alexandra Lacey, WA 10-03-2009
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Tarragon Chicken Salad with Craisins
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Ooooh, sub Craisins for Apples....or even add it! It's a Taste Explosion !!!! ;-D <3 Alexandra
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Michelle Ashburn, VA 06-18-2009
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Strong Tarragon Flavor
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

If you like tarragon, you'll love this chicken salad. It's very flavorful and has a nice crunch. This is the first time I'd... cooked with tarragon, and unfortunately, my husband realized he really disliked this particular herb. Tarragon has a licorice flavor he really hated. Also, I roasted three split chicken breast with olive oil, salt and pepper at 350 degrees for about an hour (Barefoot Contessa's method for chicken salad.) It made a good three cups of really moist chicken, which I thought was the perfect amount for the amount of mayo dressing. Although you might want to add more apples, nuts, etc. Overall, I thought the tarragon chicken salad was very good. Read more
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Heather San Antonio, TX 06-18-2008
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My favorite chicken salad!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Chicken salad is one of my top ten favorite foods and I've tried A LOT of different ones. This has to be one of the best,... but then again, I LOVE tarragon. I substituted pistachios for the cashews because it's what i had on hand, then put them into the salad and really liked it. This is my new chicken salad recipe!Read more
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CHAUNCEY Wayland, MA 06-07-2008
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Superb Chicken Salad
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I made the recipe pretty close to the instructions and it got rave reviews. I poached boneless chicken thighs which were... moist and tender (I highly prefer dark meat for recipes like this since it has more flavor than bland old white meat).Read more
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Anonymous 05-13-2007
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Best Chicken Salad
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Don't look any further - this is the best chicken salad. We served it at Mother's Day Brunch on mini-croissants. It was... absolutely delicious, everyone loved it. The store was out of fresh tarragon, so used dried (in smaller quantities), but it was still so good, its hard to believe that it could be better with fresh.Read more
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Anonymous 04-25-2007
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Emeril does it again!!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

This was so amazing and was so easy to prepare. Its a nice twist on plain chicken salad.