Chicken Salad Sammies, with a tingle...

Hello Everyone,

"With a tingle?", you say? Yes, this is when you add just enough heat (from peppers, not temperature) to notice a "tingle" after you are done eating, but not get burned WHILE eating it. I put this salad on fresh baked toasted hoagie rolls from the bakery department at my local grocery store. (Hy-Vee here in KC) This salad was so good that my mother said it was BETTER than her favorite chicken salad from her favorite deli! So here it is:

Ingredients:
1 large chicken breast (fully cooked and diced 1/2to 1/4 in. cubes)
2 Jalapenos (stems and seeds removed and minced)
1/3 onion minced
1/2 apple diced 1/2 in. pieces (use a very crisp variety i.e. granny smith, honeycrisp, pink lady)
2 bacon strips (pork or turkey, crumbled or minced, fully cooked)
1 carrot minced
1 tsp celery seed
1 1/2 cup mayonnaise
1/2 cup ranch dressing
1 Tbs Apple cider vinegar
2 tsp Sugar
3-5 leaves of "leaf lettuce" (Romain, butter leaf, etc...)

Directions:
Salad: Make sure all ingredients are chopped minced or diced accordingly. with a wooden spoon or rubber spatula fold together chicken, jalapenos, onion, apple, bacon, and carrot in a large bowl. Set aside.
Dressing: In a smaller bowl with a whisk mix mayo, and ranch well. Next add the apple cider vinegar and celery seed, mix well. let this mix sit for 1 minute, stirring just before resting and just after. now add the sugar and stir until the sugar is dissolved.
Combining: Pour the dressing into the salad and mix well with the wooden spoon/rubber spatula. Place mix in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour.
Serve on toasted bread, hoagie roll, in a wrap, or in a pita with leaf lettuce.

Just a note this is GREAT for left over chicken. you could also us your left over turkey from (insert major holiday here), or pick up a grilled chicken sandwich or two from your local fast food joint. Just make sure if you opt for the last option, order it "plain". Enjoy it, I know you will!

Bry