Classic Chicken Salad

Name: Classic Chicken Salad
Yield: Serves 4 to 6
Ingredients: , Salt and pepper; 4 (6- to 8-ounce), boneless, skinless chicken breasts, no more than 1 inch thick, trimmed; 1/2 cup, mayonnaise; 2 tablespoons, lemon juice; 1 teaspoon, Dijon mustard; 2 , celery ribs, minced; 1 , shallot, minced; 1 tablespoon, minced fresh parsley; 1 tablespoon, minced fresh tarragon

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated May/June 2012

SERVES4 to 6

TIME45 minutes, plus 30 minutes cooling

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Recipes for chicken salad are only as good as the chicken itself. If the chicken is dry or flavorless, no amount of dressing or add-in will camouflage it. To ensure silky, juicy, and flavorful chicken, we used a method based on sous vide co...

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