Chicken Salad

Ingredients

• One large hen or rooster
• 12 to 18 eggs
• 8 to 10 bunches of celery
• 1 bottle of pickles
• 1 tablespoon of mustard
• 1 tablespoon of vinegar
• salt and red or black pepper to taste

Directions

1. Take 1 large hen or rooster and boil it until it is tender.
2. Once it is cooked put it to the side to cool.
3. Save the jelly oil from water in which chicken is added to add to salad.
4. Boil 12 to 18 eggs hard.
5. Chop up fine 8 or 10 bunches of celery
6. Add in 1 small bottle of pickles and 1 tablespoon of mustard, vinegar, salt, and red and black pepper to taste.
7. Mix all together and serve with bread or crackers !

Source — New Orleans Book
Prepared by Jewel Smith
Louisiana Anthology
September 28,2021