Make Your Own Salad Buffet

Each Saturday I’ll post a free salad recipe from my new salad cookbook. It has over 365 recipes, so you can either buy it now or just hang around here for the next 6 years. LOL!

Buffet Make-Your-Own Salad

2 chickens — cooked, * see note
4 cups cooked rice
3 cans chow mein noodles — large cans
5 cups gravy — ** see note
3 cups celery — diced
10 green onions — sliced
16 ounces pineapple chunks in juice — drained
2 cups cheddar cheese — shredded
1 cup toasted almonds — slivered
1 1/2 cups toasted coconut
1 cup black olives — chopped

* Broiler-fryer chickens. Cook, skin, bone and cut into bite-sized pieces. Or use Rotisserie
chickens to save time.
** Use chicken gravy or combination of broth, chicken soup and gravy.

Heat chicken and gravy together. Place in pretty serving or chafing dish. Place other items in a decorative fashion on buffet table. Guests can build their own salads using these ingredients.

This can be made in advance and stored separately, ready to assemble when needed.