party chicken salad

Ingredients

• lychee nuts (garnish)
• bibb lettuce
• 1/2 cup mandarin orange sections
• 2 teaspoons lemon juice
• 2 teaspoons soy sauce
• 1 teaspoon curry powder
• 3/4 cup mayonnaise
• 1/2 cup slivered almonds, toasted
• 1/2 cup thinly sliced celery
• 1/2 pound seedless grapes
• 1 can ( 4 oz. ) water chestnuts, drained and sliced
• 2 whole broiler-fryer chicken breasts, cooked, boned, cut into bite-size pieces

Instructions

1. In large bowl, place chicken; add water chestnuts, grapes, celery and slivered almonds. Mix together gently. (This can be done up to 8 hours prior to serving if covered and refrigerated.) In small bowl, place mayonnaise, curry powder, soy sauce and lemon juice; stir with wire whisk until well blended. Up to 4 hours before serving, gently add mayonnaise mixture and mandarin oranges to chicken mixture. Serve on bibb lettuce and garnish with lychee nuts, if desired. Makes 6 servings