Photo: Big Lady New Millennium Sandwich Recipe
Ingredients
- 3 cups chicken, diced (or a 1 to 3-pound chicken)
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1 chopped onion
- 2 celery stalks plus 2 cups chopped
- 2 hard-boiled eggs, chopped
- 2 teaspoons seasoning salt (recommended: Jane's Mixed Up Krazy Salt)
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- 1 teaspoon lemon-pepper seasoning
- 2 tablespoons reserved chicken stock
- 4 tablespoons butter, divided
- 8 slices sourdough bread
- 8 to 12 whole pimentos, drained
- 8 to 12 deli-sliced cheddar cheese
Directions
Place the chicken along with the salt, pepper, onion, and celery stalks in a large stockpot. Cover with water and bring to a boil. Lower the heat and simmer until the chicken is cooked through. Remove chicken from pot, cool, and remove skin and bones, if using whole chicken. Reserve the liquid.
Dice the chicken and place in a large bowl. Add the chopped celery, eggs, seasoning salt, mayonnaise, lemon-pepper, 1/4 teaspoon pepper, and some reserved stock and mix well.
Butter 1 side each bread slice. Divide chicken mixture among 4 of the slices on the unbuttered side. Add whole pimentos, 2 to 3, and sliced deli Cheddar. Cover with the remaining 4 slices of bread, buttered side up.
Preheat an indoor grill/panini press. Place sandwiches on the grill/panini press and grill for a few minutes on each side.
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By Simply_Lisa_Lisa
Olympia, WA
on September 22, 2011
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This is total comfort food! The best chicken salad I've eaten since childhood. I normally pack my salad full of nuts and grapes and curry powder, but this is the chicken salad of my southern childhood and I love it! I made panini for lunch yesterday and had leftover salad by itself for lunch today. A total winner!
By corilukemax_5868869
pensacola, FL
on May 23, 2009
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Come on Food Network. You can at least get the name of the recipe right. This is an update of Paula's Bag Lady sandwich recipe from back in the day. It is Bag Lady New Millenium Sandwich not big Lady.
And yes, it is delicious
By donnajclay_11528658
squaw valley, CA
on January 02, 2009
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I was a struggling cook till I happened to get diagnosed with the big "c" and had to be in bed, seemed like forever, and when I couldn't read, due to the chemo, I went to my last resort, TV, and finally found y'all. Imagine my family's surprise when I cooked them something, (this and it wasn't burned, rubbery, or just plain icky. I'll make this again, and again and again. yummy
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