Chicken Salad

• 1 egg yolk
• 1/4 teaspoon white wine vinegar
• A pinch of salt
• 3/4 cup olive oil
• 2 cups roasted or poached chicken meat cut into 1/4-inch pieces
• 2 tablespoons chives or scallions sliced very thin
• 2 celery stalks, diced fine
• 1 tablespoon capers, rinsed, drained, and coarsely chopped
• Salt
• Fresh-ground black pepper

1. First, make a mayonnaise.
2. Whisk together in a large bowl: 1 egg yolk, 1/4 teaspoon white wine vinegar, A pinch of salt.
3. Pour in, in a slow steady stream, whisking all the while: 3/4 cup olive oil.
4. Stir into the mayonnaise: 2 cups roasted or poached chicken meat cut into 1/4-inch pieces, 2 tablespoons chives or scallions sliced very thin, 2 celery stalks, diced fine, 1 tablespoon capers, rinsed, drained, and coarsely chopped, Salt, Fresh-ground black pepper.
5. Taste and adjust the salt as needed.
6. Serve in a sandwich or on a bed of lettuce that has been dressed with a simple vinaigrette.
7. Add a pinch of cayenne for a bit of spice.
8. Substitute diced cucumber for the celery.
9. Add chopped hard-cooked egg.
10. Add pounded garlic to the mayonnaise.
11. Add a few chopped pitted green olives.
12. Stir in chopped tender herbs such as chervil, parsley, tarragon, or basil.

egg yolk, white wine vinegar, salt, olive oil, chicken meat, chives, celery stalks, capers, salt, freshground black pepper

Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/chicken-salad-387126 (may not work)