Cold Curried Chicken Salad

This cookbook is the sequel to my other Texas cookbook and I think I like this one more than the other one. I have a bunch of recipes marked off in here to try!

Joe and I really liked this chicken salad. It's very filling because of all the protein in the salad. This would be a great salad to make ahead of time and take somewhere. We had it the next day as a sandwich and it was really good that way too.

COLD CURRIED CHICKEN SALAD

• 2 cups cooked, diced chicken
• 1/2 cup cooked rice
• 2 hard-boiled eggs, chopped
• 1/2 cup peanuts, crushed (cashews would be a good substitute)
• 1 bunch green onions, chopped
• 3 slices bacon, crisply cooked and crumbled
• 1/2 cup mayonnaise (I used Miracle Whip Light)
• 1 teaspoon curry powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 1/2 tablespoon lemon juice

Combine the first 6 ingredients. Mix remaining ingredients and fold into chicken mixture. Chill and serve on lettuce leaves. Garnish with avocado slices or mandarin orange sections.