The only chicken salad recipe you need!

Love me some Miss Daisy's food.  She sells it at our own Grassland Market and also does catering.  Check out www. missdaisyking.com.  Her caramel cake is to die for.  The poppy seed chicken tastes like home.  And her chicken salad is the best around.  The recipe for her chicken salad was printed in an old Junior League of Nashville cookbook.  It's truly the best chicken salad recipe out there!  Enjoy!

Best Chicken Salad

1 large hen or 4 whole chicken breasts ( I prefer white meat)
1 cup diced celery
1/2 cup sweet pickle relish
1 cup finely chopped pecans (toasted, optional)
1 to 1/2 cups Hellman's mayonnaise
salt and black pepper to taste

In a large pot, boil the chicken in salted water until the meat begins to fall off the bones.  Cool.  Remove the skin and bones. Cut the chicken with scissors into small pieces and place in a large bowl. Add the celery, pickle relish and pecans. Mix.  Add the desired amount of mayo and season to taste. For a variety you may add grapes, chopped apple, or fresh pineapple bits.  Finely chopped almonds may be used instead of pecans. 

Yield: 6-8 lunch servings for 24-36 canapes