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Best Recipe for Curried Chicken and Vegetable Salad Mintz

Ingredients

  • 3/4 pound small red potatoes
  • 1 pound carrots, cut into 1/4-inch-thick slices
  • 1/2 pound green beans, trimmed and halved crosswise
  • 1 large onion, sliced thin
  • 2 teaspoons curry powder, or to taste
  • 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
  • 2 plum tomatoes, each cut into 6 wedges
  • 1/2 cup mayonnaise
  • 2/3 cup plain yogurt
  • 1 whole skinless boneless chicken breast (about 3/4 pound), cooked and cut into 1/2-inch cubes
  • 3 ounces cooked smoked pork loin or ham, cut into matchsticks (about 1/2 cup)

Instructions

  1. In a 4-quart saucepan bring 3 quarts salted water to a boil for vegetables. Cut potatoes into 1/4-inch-thick slices and boil until just tender, about 3 minutes. Transfer potatoes with a small strainer or slotted spoon to a bowl of ice and cold water to stop cooking. Cool potatoes and transfer with strainer or slotted spoon to a large serving bowl. Boil and cool carrots and green beans separately in same manner and add to potatoes.
  2. In a large skillet cook onion and curry powder in oil over moderately high heat, stirring, until onion is softened and add tomatoes. Cook mixture, stirring occasionally, 1 minute and add to vegetables. Cool mixture.
  3. In a small bowl whisk together mayonnaise and yogurt and stir into cool vegetable mixture with chicken, pork or ham, and salt and pepper to taste. Salad may be made 4 hours ahead and chilled, covered.

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