Zoe's Kitchen Chicken Salad Recipe

This is mine from another older thread. It's good, but it may not be what you're looking for.

Try this:
(You can reduce the amount in half if you like. I make a lot at one time.)This is as close to Calvin's as I've gotten and the last time I made it, I had to give the recipe to 3 people, one of whom is a chef.

Makes almost 2 loaves of chicken salad sandwiches if you're going for sandwiches.

6 lbs bone in, skin on chicken pieces, all white, all dark or a mix.
1 1/2 sticks butter (optional)I've used it and not used it. Works fine using it.
7-9 hard boiled eggs
Mayo to taste-just enough to make the mixture moist and creamy, but not heavy on mayo.
1 10oz jar sweet relish
3-4 celery stalks, finely chopped
3-4 squirts yellow mustard
4-6 dashes Worcestershire sauce
Salt and pepper to taste.

Preheat oven to 350. Season both sides of the chicken. Put on foil lined baking dish or in casserole dish. Cover with foil and bake about 1 1/2 hours or when chicken is cooked to your liking. I forgot to cover a few times and that worked just as well. You do get some good juices when it's covered and I save those for future use.

Let the chicken cool and then remove the bone and skin. Finely chop chicken in food processor. I use the pulse on the processor. Don't overdo it as the chicken will become gooey. It should be dry, but finely minced. Chop the hard boiled eggs in the processor. Just pulse a few times. Mix chicken and eggs together in a large bowl. Add remaining ingredients. It's better after having been refrigerated about 3 hours or so until cold.

what’s the butter for?

The butter is for flavor. It works.

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LSUJML Does Calvin’s have relish in it? I have never noticed them or the taste before

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Not much if any, but I have no idea.

chicken in a can

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Calvin's sells a lot of rotisserie chickens. I've always assumed that the base for their chicken salad was day-old rotisserie chicken.

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I've wondered about that, but they put out a ton of chicken salad regularly with a long expiration date.

The chicken cooks with the butter. It doesn't go in the salad.