Filipino Chicken Potato Salad

Now, I’m not sure if we ever made this, but the ingredients sounded familiar…we might have made it to one of the many pot luck family gatherings when I was younger! Oh, how I miss those days!  We still do that to this day, but am so far away from them that…I have made a goal to make to one of these holidays!  I hope you enjoy all the recipes so far and I thought it fitting to post them at this holiday season!  Hope all your family are well and have a great holiday!  I should really start to put up some Christmas decors, so that means that I am going to the storage and get them out, I really don’t have much, to put up…our roomies are going to get a live xmas tree and I can put up some of my decorations.  😀 WOW, where the whole year go?  The description of this dish = is just what it says….Thank you Filipino Recipes! 🙂

Filipino Chicken Potato Salad Recipe

Estimated cooking & preparation time: 1 hour

• 1 kilo potatoes

• 1 big chicken breast

• 3 pieces medium sized carrots

• 500 ml mayonnaise

• 1 can (836 g) pineapple tidbits or chunks

• 1/2 cup sweet pickle relish

• 1 cup cheddar cheese, diced (optional)

• 3 tablespoons of chopped spring onions (optional)

• Iodized salt to taste (pepper, optional)

• In a big pot, boil potatoes and carrots (covered with water) for about 15 to 20 minutes or until cracks on the potato skin appears. (tip: pierce a potato with a toothpick. If you can pierce it with little resistance and the toothpick comes out clean, the potatoes & carrots are cooked).

• Drain potatoes and carrots, let cool.

• Once cooled, the skin can be easily be pealed by hand.

• Dice the potatoes and carrots (about 1×1 cm)

• Boil the chicken breast in water with some salt. Let cool, then shred the chicken meat in 1 inch lengths

• Drain pineapple chunks or tidbits.

• Combine all ingredients (potatoes, chicken meat, pineapple, carrots, pickle relish, mayonnaise…) in a big bowl and salt to taste. You may add pepper if you wish.

• Refrigerate before serving.

• You may add the optional ingredients (diced cheese, chopped onions, spring onions) or a handful of raisins for added flavour.