Marthas Chicken Salad Sandwiches
- 4 cups shredded cooked chicken (from one 2-pound roast chicken)
- 1/2 cup minced celery
- 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons mayonnaise (or Homemade Chipotle Mayo, page 187)
- 1/4 cup minced seeded canned pickled jalapeno chiles
- 1/4 cup minced pitted kalamata olives
- 3 tablespoons sour cream
- 3 tablespoons capers, drained
- 2 teaspoons bottled hot sauce (such as Huichol)
- 1 teaspoon Maggi seasoning sauce (see page 28)
- 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons sesame seeds, toasted (see Tips, page 23)
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1 rectangular loaf white bread, sliced
- Place the chicken, celery, 1/4 cup mayonnaise, jalapeno chiles, olives, sour cream, capers, hot sauce, and Maggi sauce in a large bowl and fold to combine.
- Mix in the 2 tablespoons sesame seeds.
- Season the chicken salad to taste with salt and pepper.
- (The chicken salad can be made 2 days ahead.
- Cover and refrigerate.)
- Spread an even layer of chicken salad over half of the slices of bread.
- Top with the other half of the slices to make sandwiches.
- Trim the crusts.
- Cut each sandwich in half on the diagonal.
- To serve, arrange the sandwiches, long edge down, in a row on a platterit will look like the roof of a long house.
- Spread one side of the roof with the remaining 2 tablespoons mayonnaise.
- Sprinkle the remaining 1/2 cup sesame seeds over the mayonnaise.
chicken, celery, mayonnaise, jalapeno chiles, olives, sour cream, capers, hot sauce, sesame seeds, salt, rectangular
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/martha-s-chicken-salad-sandwiches-386969 (may not work)