Hot Chicken Salad

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There's just nothing like make ahead casseroles They save so much time

so much energy and you can put so many different things in your casseroles that you can

have like a one pot meal which is just great So I'm going to show you all

one of my favorite recipes is called a hot chicken salad. All we're going to do is get some white meat that's been poached

you can bake it in the oven as long as you have skinless breast meat. And these have

been poached. And I'm just going to cube these up into bite-sized pieces just like this

and this is great to make ahead. Put in the refrigerator and then when you come home

throw it in the oven and you got dinner ready All right now we got our chicken diced up I just going to throw it in the bowl We going to start with some mayonnaise

Because this is chicken salad. And you can't make chicken salad without mayonnaise

If you're not a real big mayonnaise fan, you could use a yogurt. Alright, I'm going to add two tablespoons of fresh squeezed lemon juice

A half a cup of slivered almonds. and these are going to make this casserole have a crunch

And we've got a cup of diced celery. So you can see I'm putting this together

very, very much like a cold chicken salad that you would eat

But since this is going in the oven and going to come out hot

I don't think we can have a hot chicken salad without maybe a cup of cheese

And I'm using a white sharp cheddar. and that all we do to put this casserole together All right I gonna spray our pan or our bowl

We're just gonna toss it in there. Isn't that pretty

Alright, now for America's favorite snack food, maybe besides ice cream. We're gonna top our casserole with potato chips

And I'm just gonna put these into a resealable plastic bag and give them a crunch and finish

it off with a rolling pin. So now you know this casserole is going to be good

So we going to have the crunch from the chip We going to have the crunch from the almonds All right so see how pretty this

casserole is? So it's going into a preheated 350 degree oven. We're going to bake it for

about 20 minutes or until it's hot and bubbly. Ooh, that oven's hot

Mmm, that looks so good. Can you see it bubbling, y'all? I can't wait for y'all to try this recipe

Like I said, this casserole doesn't need a whole bunch. But I think I'm just going to put a few tomatoes

this will make just a nice light dish. It smells out of this world

Mmm! You're not going to believe what those potato chips do to that casserole, y'all