Lost Dishes: Cafe Zoe - Chicken Salad

Cafe Zoe: Chicken Salad

The chicken salad served at Cafe Zoe was originally served at its predecessor, the Empire Cafe. Whether ordered as a sandwich with homemade white bread or alone atop lettuce, it set the standard for chicken salad in the city.


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Chicken Salad

Source: Zoe Robinson

Ingredients

Whole chicken breasts
Hellmann's Mayonnaise
While pepper
Sea salt
Chopped celery
Chopped parsley

Preparation

Boil bone in chicken breasts skin on. Cook until done.

While it's still piping hot (yes you will burn yourself) pull chicken off of the bones and discard skin. Chop into large chunks, at least one inch. Throw into a mixing bowl and add a ton of Hellmann's Mayonnaise, white pepper, sea salt, chopped celery and parsley. Mix while its hot! It soaks into the chicken that way.

We served it on bakery fresh white bread from a baker who is long gone. Bretcher's on South Grand. Garnish with butter lettuce.