Curried Chicken Salad Sandwiches

By mkuchel

Ingredients

• One 4-pound chicken
• 1 lemon, sliced in half, plus juice of 1/2 lemon
• Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
• Olive oil
• 1/2 cup mayonnaise
• 1/2 cup plain yogurt
• 1 1/2 tablespoons mild curry powder
• 1 tablespoon hot pepper jelly
• 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
• 3 green onions
• 3/4 cup smoked almonds, chopped
• 1/2 cup dried cranberries
• 12 slices nice sourdough bread
• Baby arugula

Details

Servings 6
Preparation time 20mins
Cooking time 125mins
Adapted from foodnetwork.com

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Remove the chicken from the refrigerator to come up to room temperature. Line a heavy-duty rimmed baking sheet with foil.

Place the chicken on the baking sheet, and place the lemon halves in the cavity. Sprinkle the skin with salt and pepper and drizzle lightly with olive oil. Roast the chicken until a thermometer inserted into the thickest part of its thigh reads 165 degrees F, 1 hour 15 minutes. Remove from the oven and let rest for 30 minutes.

Whisk together the mayonnaise, yogurt, curry powder, lemon juice, hot pepper jelly, Dijon mustard and green onions in a medium bowl and season with salt and pepper.

Shred the cooled chicken and discard the skin. Chop into chunks. Fold the chicken, smoked almonds and cranberries into the mayonnaise mixture.

Add a big scoop of chicken salad to a slice of bread and top with baby arugula and a second bread slice. Slice in half and serve.