Salsa Chicken Salad

Quick, easy

You asking kind of silly questions? Don't turn into a Cookzilla on me. You probably have already seen my friend Bruce

You'll see him here in the audience with my mom and her friends often. Bruce is a friend of the family, and he's also the number one wedding producer in the city of Savannah

And Bruce, like my family and me, has a love of food, and he also needs food

because being a wedding producer, you know, all kinds of hors d'oeuvres are being passed and drinks

So you've got a lot of great food ideas. And I have one that I want to share with you

So if you're having an outdoor reception here in Savannah where it's hot and you want to serve something that's cool and refreshing

this would be a really good hors d'oeuvre for you. Well, and the key, too, is it's got to be something that can withstand the heat outdoors

Yes, absolutely. And this would do it. And you know what else it has to be? It has to be quick and easy

Very quick and easy. You're looking... Quick, easy. Quick and easy. So this is going to be a quick and easy recipe

that I'm going to share with you. I've got four bone-and-skinless chicken breasts

and I'm going to go ahead and chop these up, and I'm going to ask you to stir everything together

Over there to your right, we've got two cups of Greek yogurt. Okay. This is an inspired recipe

This would be something... Chicken salads are super common in the South. My mom does great chicken salad

With the mayonnaise. Exactly, with mayonnaise, with sour cream. That doesn't hold up outdoors

Well you right It doesn And this is just going to manage to be a little bit lighter but it gonna be hearty Like you said it would hold up um outside in the heat So we got uh the four poached

boneless, skinless chicken breasts. Yes. Two cups of Greek yogurt. Greek yogurt. Go ahead. Okay, so I just go ahead and mix all this up

because, you know, I don't cook. I just know good cooks. Make yourself at home with the water chestnuts

and the reduced-fat cheddar cheese. So everything's a little bit lower in fat. This sounds a little too healthy for me

No, man, it's gonna be great. We're gonna add some salt and pepper, Some salsa, fresh homemade salsa to it

and a little bit of ranch powder. So it's going to have some flavor. We're adding in some..

So we got all of the... Some decadence. Greek yogurt. It's all in there. Add a little bit of your..

How about maybe half a cup of your salsa you can add? Is this half a cup is what

Half of this? Um, you can eyeball it. Eyeball it. I don't eyeball. I don't cook

I'll help you. Well, what do you mean you don't cook? You're a wedding producer. I'm a wedding producer

There you go. That's a good start. I know who cooks. You can always add, but you can never take it out

I make it all possible, but I can't cook. Do you hear me? Yes, sir. You can always add, but you can never take it out once you put it in

That's like saying something. If you say something bad, you can never take it back

Well, you can't. No, you might say you had, but you haven't

I'm giving you nuggets. How much is this? A tablespoon of it, please. Okay. And mix, mix, mix

Okay. Mix, mix, mix. Mix, mix, mix. Hold on. And don't forget your cheese

Not all of it, but your cheese. And it goes... It goes into the bowl

I gonna knock that out of you Well you asking kind of silly questions Don turn into a Cookzilla on me I deal with the bridezillas Never Never Oh I bet you do You get some good ones I bet

Oh, indeed. But that's what makes the world go around. Don't break them up

I love water chestnuts. I do, too. They don't have a whole lot of flavor, but they have a nice crunch

You got a bridezilla story, Bruce? Give me a good story about a bridezilla

OK, a good story about a bridezilla. Well, I had this one. Fold it all together while you talk

she was, well, she was a little on the outer edge side

so to speak. Okay. And usually... Tell us what that means. What's the outer edge side

Okay, she was a drug addict, and I didn't know it. Okay, thank you. Don't mince words. Until the day of the wedding

when she is literally laying in the aisle at the church, crying and screaming

She started screaming and yelling. She didn't like this. She didn't like that

Oh, it went me. Because I was the only one in there with her at the time, until we got the paramedics and the other people involved

Oh, my God. Was there a groom? But the wedding went off fabulously. Did it really

It was my production. He did marry her? He did marry her

Well, we had to use the substitute bride. But yeah, he married her. Substitute bride

I'm just kidding. Just kidding. Need a little more lettuce? I think it looks good

If you want to add some cheese, you can. But let's give it a taste. See if it's good

There we go. Fork for you? Oh, yay. So what does it take to pull off the ultimate wedding

What makes you, which we all know, the ultimate number one wedding planner in the city of

Savannah What sets you apart It takes the organization but it takes a good team working together You got to have your backbone of a fabulous team just no different than you guys have here

at the Paula Deen Network with all of your camera crew, your producers. But you surround yourself with a fabulous team

Faux, faux, faux. And you can do just about anything you need done

All right, taste it. You taste it. I already did. Oh, OK. Taste it and tell me where exactly you would serve this

and when? Would this be before the wedding? This would be at the cocktail party

This would be a great little segment where you go in and do your cocktail hour

Okay. Cut your lettuce into smaller pieces, have a little more individual... Smaller pieces

Well, you know, so that it's more finger-tight food, because you don't want

to have to have your guests with lots of things in their hands moving around

Okay. Well, taste that. Fold that up. That's a beautiful southern... Bruce

how come you didn't plan his wedding? Yeah, how come you didn't produce my wedding? Well, because you had not met me yet

Otherwise, my happy butt would have been down there with y'all. Well, we've already gotten married twice

Maybe we'll do it a third time and you can produce that. Third time's the charm. How about that? What do you think about this

See, this would be perfect. Cheers, Bruce. This would be perfect. There you go. All right. So for your next wedding..

Oh, Bruce. Thank you