Shoestring Chicken Salad

This is an old “ladies’ luncheon” recipe from the 50’s or 60’s.  I think I remember it from Jr. High Home Economics classes.  Don’t use salty canned chicken for this recipe – the potato stix, which I wasn’t sure I could even still buy, are salty enough.  Rotisserie or leftover grilled chicken is perfect.  Try this recipe for Homemade Cooked Dressing.

My husband and I both thought that a little cucumber would have made the chicken salad even better.   I enjoyed this old favorite again, and my husband, who hadn’t ever eaten it or the shoestring potatoes before, thought it was OK too.                 

Shoestring Chicken Salad

  1 ½       Cups  Mayonnaise -- or salad dressing

  1           Teaspoon  Vinegar

     ½       Teaspoon  Prepared Mustard

  1           Cup  Celery -- finely chopped

  10         Ounces  Chicken -- cooked, diced

  1           Teaspoon  Onion -- grated

  1           Cup  Carrots -- grated

  4           Ounces  Shoestring Potatoes

Combine dressing, vinegar and mustard with all other ingredients except the shoestring potatoes.  Just before serving, add the shoestring potatoes.

8 Servings

2013 Cost:  $3.70 or 47¢ per serving

  "Fan Fare"

Per Serving: 441 Calories; 44g Fat (86.0% calories from fat); 6g Protein; 10g Carbohydrate; 1g Dietary Fiber; 38mg Cholesterol; 326mg Sodium.  Exchanges: 1/2 Grain(Starch); 1/2 Lean Meat; 1/2 Vegetable; 4 1/2 Fat; 0 Other Carbohydrates.