Monday, March 17, 2014

Chicken Salad Croissants

Gerry made the best homecoming lunch - chicken salad in croissants.

3 inches celery stalk, sliced paper-thin
16 red, seedless grapes cut in quarters
chopped iceberg lettuce (or other greens, chopped fine), 1/4 cup chopped toasted pistachios, and some mayonnaise.

Add this to some grilled or baked chicken breasts. Gerry sprinkled some ground sumac from Savory Spice in Princeton, NJ and pepper on the chicken before baking.

Delicious!

*Ground sumac information from the Savory website:

Sumac comes from the fruit of a bush indigenous to the Middle East. The bush is actually a member of the cashew family and the fruit is used widely in Turkey and other Arabic countries. Sumac is a main ingredient in the Middle Eastern spice blend Za'atar.

Before the Romans learned of lemons, they used sumac for its sour and pleasantly astringent taste.  They called it Syrian sumac.
Savory.com
 

Sumac berries are picked, dried and ground into a coarse powder before being used in the cooking process. This powder is used to flavor salad dressings, meats, rice dishes and kebobs. Sumac can also be mixed with other vegetables such as onions and used as a condiment.