Chicken salad is a spring party staple.
Often that involves food, whether thatsbreakfastin bed or a brunch with the whole family.
No, its not anelaborate cake, or breakfast classics like pancakes.
Credit: Caitlin Bensel; Food Styling: Torie Cox
The most searched for Mothers Day recipe in the South is Homemade Chicken Salad.
It might be simple, but done right, we think Mom will be very impressed.
Our Classic Recipe
Southern Livings chicken salad is pretty much as classic as it gets.
It starts with cooking the chicken from scratch.
After shredding the cooked chicken, we dress it up with just a few simple ingredients.
The list could go on forever, but you get the picture.
Another excellent review seconds our belief in cooking the chicken from scratch and how much flavor it adds.
Even those of us who never learned how to cook in the kitchen like mom.
