Chicken Salad with Fresh Thyme

Chicken salad with fresh thyme is a tasty quick lunch.  Fresh herbs add flavor and texture to your food.  This recipe calls for fresh thyme that can be easily purchased at your favorite grocery store in the fresh herb area.  Make sure you rinse your fresh herbs under cold water and then remove the delicate leaves from the stem.  This recipe is also great because you can use the left over chicken meat from a roast chicken the night before.

Chicken Salad with Fresh Thyme:
Serves:  4

2 cups chopped cooked chicken meat
3 celery stalks, cleaned and chopped
2 tablespoons of mayonnaise
2 tablespoons of sour cream
pinch of salt
fresh ground pepper to taste or 1 sprinkle of cayenne pepper
1 tablespoon fresh thyme leaves

Clean the celery and fresh thyme under cold waster.  Remove the thyme leaves from the stems. Cut the celery in half length wise and chop in small slices.  Dice the chicken meat and remove any bones or skin from the meat.  In a bowl, place the sliced celery, chopped chicken meat, mayonnaise, sour cream, salt, pepper or cayenne and fresh thyme leaves.  Mix all the ingredients together.  Place in the refrigerator to cool.  Serve 1/2 cup of chicken salad on a toasted bagel with leaf lettuce.

Chicken Salad With Fresh Thyme