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Prep Time: 5 Minutes Cook Time: 0 Minutes |
Ready In: 5 Minutes Servings: 6 |
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Seafood Chicken? When I came across this recipe in 'The Terrace Times Minimum Effort Maximum Effect Cook Book: Melbourne edition' (first published in 1979 and the tenth in a series), I just had to check it out! First I read Seafood Chicken is hardly a recipe but a useful idea when the remains of a roast chicken are inadequate for a second meal. They can be extended and revitalised with canned tuna. Revitalised : that's a quaint concept! Amazing just how dated the descriptions in older recipe books can sound. But as a useful idea rather than a recipe, this could be just as useful in 2009! And that's the spirit in which I'm posting it. Naturally to be acceptable for a Zaar posting, I've had to specify some ingredient amounts but basically I'm offering this as a how to use leftovers recipe or - if not recipe - then idea! In responding to this idea , you can, of course, also add to the serving platter sliced boiled eggs, olives (I'd recommend pitted kalamata olives) and artichoke hearts etc.. Ingredients:
8 ounces cold cooked chicken, skinned and cut into bite-size pieces |
8 -16 ounces canned tuna in vegetable oil, drained |
1 1/2 lemons, quartered |
1/4 cup kalamata olive (optional) |
2 -4 hard-boiled eggs, sliced (optional) |
8 ounces artichoke hearts, drained (optional) |
lettuce leaf, to serve |
mayonnaise, to serve |
fresh parsley, chopped, to garnish |
Directions:
1. Place lettuce leaves on a serving platter and arrange the chicken pieces and chunks of tuna on top of the lettuce leaves; add the lemon quarters to the platter; and the olives, boiled egg slices and artichoke hearts (if using); top with mayonnaise or serve the mayonnaise separately in a bowl or jug. 2. Garnish with the chopped parsley. |
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