Chicken Salad Croissants

Name: Chicken Salad Croissants
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 3 cups Cooked chicken (from a rotisserie chicken); ½ cup Mayonnaise; 2 stalks Celery; 1 cup Red grapes; 4 croissants; ¼ head Lettuce; to taste Salt & pepper

You don’t have to cook anything tonight. A rotisserie chicken from the store becomes chicken salad with mayonnaise, finely chopped celery, and halved red grapes. You spoon it into split croissants over a lettuce leaf. It is made at the counter, with no stove. It is a good dinner for the hottest night of summer or the busiest night of the week, and any extra chicken makes tomorrow’s lunch.

20 minServes 4 as writtenNo-CookAmericanContains Milk, Eggs, Wheat

Chicken Salad Croissants, as the finished dish — The picture is an illustration that gives you an idea of the finished dish.

Ingredients (serves 4)

Cooked chicken (from a rotisserie chicken)3 cups
Mayonnaise½ cup
Celery2 stalks
Red grapes1 cup
Croissants4 croissants
Lettuce¼ head
Salt & pepperto taste

How Much to Make for 2, 4, 6, or 8

For 2 people, you’ll need 1½ cups cooked chicken, 2 croissants, and ½ cup red grapes.

For 4 people, you’ll need 3 cups cooked chicken, 4 croissants, and 1 cup red grapes.

For 6 people, you’ll need 4½ cups cooked chicken, 6 croissants, and 1½ cups red grapes.

For 8 people, you’ll need 6 cups cooked chicken, 8 croissants, and 2 cups red grapes.

Ingredient	For 2	For 4	For 6	For 8
Cooked chicken (from a rotisserie chicken)	1½ cups	3 cups	4½ cups	6 cups
Mayonnaise	¼ cup	½ cup	¾ cup	1 cup
Celery	1 stalk	2 stalks	3 stalks	4 stalks
Red grapes	½ cup	1 cup	1½ cups	2 cups
Croissants	2 croissants	4 croissants	6 croissants	8 croissants
Lettuce	¼ head	¼ head	½ head	½ head
Salt & pepper	to taste	to taste	to taste	to taste

The amounts are rounded to what you can measure at home. Pounds are rounded to the nearest quarter or third, cups to the marks on a measuring cup, and spoons to real measuring spoons. An egg stays whole. Because of the rounding, some amounts are the same at two sizes.

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Before You Start

Wash hands with soap after touching raw meat, raw egg, or raw flour, and again before you touch anything ready to eat. Keep raw meat on its own board, and never put cooked food back on the plate the raw food came off.
Whole grapes are a choking risk for young children: halve them lengthwise.

Steps

Pull the meat from the rotisserie chicken and chop it. One chicken gives about 3½ cups of meat, so use a second chicken or other cooked chicken if the ingredient list calls for more. Use the amount in the ingredient list, and keep the rest for lunches.
Finely chop the celery, and cut the grapes in half lengthwise. Stir the chicken, the celery, and the grapes into the mayonnaise, and season with salt and pepper.
Split the croissants, tuck a lettuce leaf into each one, and fill them with the chicken salad.

Good to Know

Contains Milk, Eggs, Wheat. This comes from the ingredient names, so it is not a complete list. The ingredient names do not show what is inside a jar, a mix, or a sauce, and formulas change. For an allergy or intolerance, read the package every time, and never decide from this line.