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curried chicken salad tea sandwiches

Recipe by
Carolyn Haas
Whitewater, WI

My ladies group at church are putting on a fashion show and tea. I'm in charge of food, so have been experimenting with lots of different recipes for tea sandwiches. This is one of the results. NOTE- you may want to start with a little less curry powder than called for. It's easier to add more, than to take away!

yield 4 -16
prep time 25 Min
method No-Cook or Other

Ingredients For curried chicken salad tea sandwiches

  • 1 1/2 c
    shredded or diced chicken breast (rotisserie, canned or cooked from fresh chicken)
  • 1 1/2 Tbsp
    curry powder
  • 3 Tbsp
    apricot jam
  • 3 Tbsp
    sour cream (lite is ok)
  • 3-4 Tbsp
    mayonnaise
  • 1/4 c
    finely minced celery
  • 1/4 c
    finely minced sweet onion (or any onion)
  • 1/4 c
    green apple, finely chopped
  • dash
    salt and pepper, to taste
  • 8 slice
    hearty bread (e.g. 12-grain)
  • assorted greens, or lettuce
  • 1 lg
    tomato, thinly sliced

How To Make curried chicken salad tea sandwiches

  • 1
    If starting with fresh chicken that you will be cooking, rub 1/2 of the curry powder on the breasts and roast in a 350ºF oven for about 20 minutes, then cool. You will need about 2 large chicken breasts, or 1 12 oz. can of chicken or 1/2 of a rotisserie chicken, keeping in mind that some of the meat won't be breast meat.
  • 2
    Mix remaining curry powder with jam, sour cream and mayo.
  • 3
    Add chicken, celery, onion and apple to the dressing. Taste for salt and pepper.
  • 4
    Place greens on 4 slices of bread, top with 1/4 of the chicken salad and finally a thin slice or two of tomato. Cover with remaining bread
  • 5
    Carefully trim crusts from bread. Cut each sandwich into triangles or fingers.
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