Multi-Meal, Part 1: Chicken Salad

The next phase of my Beer Can Chicken Multi-Meal was what to do will all the leftover chicken meat (despite assumptions to the contrary, I can no longer consume a whole chicken). This recipe, which I found and adapted from an online source, has been previously described as "The Best Chicken Salad Ev4r!!1!". To the point the originator of that description refused a cooking challenge for fear that the secret ingredient would be chicken, and this dish would best whatever she had to offer*. But I digress.

1. Remove the skin from chicken, save skin for later.
2. Remove all meat from bones, save bones for later. You probably won't need all the meat for this recipe, depends on how much you want to make. I prefer white meat for chicken salad as I find dark meat tastier**, so you can also save that for later.
3. Chop up chicken meat, does not have to be too regular or fine.
4. Finely chop half a red onion (the online recipes say celery, but celery tastes like ass).
5. Chop up some stalks of green onion (this gives the chicken salad some Asian-ness).
6. Brown some flaked almonds in olive oil (really, this is true for all recipes that use nuts: toasting in a bit of olive oil makes them better. Always).
7. Other ingredients:

• Mayo (if in Australia, use "whole egg mayonnaise". The other stuff is the work of Satan).
• Dried cranberry (very key ingredient).
• Salt & Pepper
• Paprika

Combine well. Cover and let sit in fridge for at least one hour.

Note, I never rarely list any amounts next to ingredients. This is just what I do. The same with cooking times, you're trying to achieve a personal preference with varying intensities of flavors (e.g. Australian onions may not taste the same as American) so season and mix ingredients to taste, don't worry about exact measurements. This is probably also why I don't bake, because I can't season mid-process.

I then brushed some ciabatta bread with some olive oil and toasted it in the oven before spreading salad on.

Food porn!

All told, about a 30 min recipe for a damn fine sandwich.

*We were all drunk when this was said. Clearly this is not true; she is a much better cook than I. Also, who would select a secret ingredient of chicken?

**Get your head out of the gutter.