Salad Olivier

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 whole chicken breast, poached, boned, and skinned (or 1/2 pound lean cooked veal)
• 1 lb potato, boiled in their skins and peeled
• 2 medium cucumbers (in brine)
• 1 cup peas, cooked (fresh or frozen)
• 1 medium onion, finely chopped
• 1 cup mayonnaise
• 2 hard-boiled eggs, peeled and quartered
• 8 large black greek olives
• 8 sprigs parsley

Recipe

• 1 cut the cooked chicken and potatoes into 1/2-inch cubes.
• 2 peel the cucumbers and also cut into 1/2-inch cubes.
• 3 in a large bowl, combine the meat, potatoes, cucumbers, green peas, and onion.
• 4 add the mayonnaise and mix gently, so those ingredients are not mashed.
• 5 refrigerate the salad until serving time (but for no longer than 4 hours).
• 6 variation:
• 7 vegetable salad olivier.
• 8 omit the chicken or veal to make a delicious meatless side dish.