Waldorf Salad with crispy fried chicken
Salads
April 13, 2023
“Mayonnaise: One of the sauces which serve the French in place of a state religion.”
— Ambrose Bierce
For most people, their fridge is a shrine of condiments centered around the almighty mayonnaise. That smooth, creamy, lightly tart, unctuous, tangy, gloppy, unapologetically oleaginous mother sauce that has a remarkable ability to bring together ingredients that normally would not go together, much like the apples and celery found in a Waldorf Salad.
Created in NYC’s Waldorf Astoria Hotel in 1893 Waldorf salad was at first nothing but a concoction of diced apples, celery, and mayonnaise. Although pretty simple, this dish was popular enough to have been carried forward to the future with an evolution that now includes nuts, more fruits, and more recently in our history, poultry.
The Taste of Montana’s take on this all-American food includes chopped tangy-sweet and zesty Pink Lady apples, pears, celery, grapes, and toasted walnuts in a mayonnaise dressing, along with the crispy fried chicken. Add a few drops of hot sauce, Arthur Wayne’s Habanero, or drizzle it, depending on your heat preference, and revive all those subtle flavors you love. This salad tastes light, refreshing, fruity, and satisfying making it an ideal meal for those hot summer days.
Arthur Wayne’s Wild hot sauce collection used here tastes like the tropical fruits set ablaze. They are full-bodied, fruity, and lit with habanero, Fresno, cayenne, and even ghost peppers for the hard-core heat enthusiasts out there. They are our kitchen’s mainstay, as seen in some of our FB lives, and we highly recommend them to our friends and family.
Take your Waldorf Salad for a walk on the wild side with these hot sauces.
Waldorf Salad With Crispy Fried Chicken
Ingredients
- 5 TBSP mayonnaise
- 1 TBSP lemon juice
- 1/2 tsp kosher salt
- Pinch of freshly ground black pepper
- Cayenne pepper to taste
- 1 pink lady apple cored and chopped
- 1 pear cored and chopped
- 1 cup red seedless grapes sliced in half
- 1 cup celery thinly sliced
- 1 cup chopped slightly toasted walnuts
- Pinch smoked paprika
Instructions
- In a bowl, whisk together the mayonnaise, lemon juice, kosher salt, black pepper, and cayenne.
- Stir in the apple, pear, celery, grapes, and walnuts.
- Serve with crispy fried chicken on the side and a dusting of smoked paprika.
- BONUS TIP: Try this with a drop or two of Arthur Wayne’s sweet and spicy Habanero Hot Sauce
