Marshall Fields Food

MARSHALL FIELD'S CHICKEN SALAD (WITH SANDWICH VARIATIONS)

Steps:

• Mix all dressing ingredients together in large bowl.
• Add chicken, green onion, pecans, and grapes if you are using them. Mix well. Cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours.
• Arrange lettuce leaves on plates and top each with a scoop of salad.
• Chef's Note: Cook up your chicken breast nice and tender by poaching or boiling. I shred my chicken the easy way using the plastic blade in my food processor and just giving it a few short pulses.

MARSHALL FIELD'S SPECIAL (TURKEY) SANDWICH

Steps:

• Butter rye bread and place on a large cold serving plate. Cover bread with Swiss cheese slice, followed by one or two slices of turkey. Take a nice large outer lettuce leaf from the head of iceberg and set aside. Slice the iceberg lettuce in a few large sections and arrange a section on top of the turkey and Swiss cheese.
• Cover the open-face "sandwich" with big lettuce leaf. Top with several slices of turkey. Pour a very ample amount of dressing over the lettuce, allowing it to puddle slightly all around the plate. Place a slice of bacon and an olive on either side of sandwich mound. Place tomato slice and egg slice atop mound with parsley sprig. Garnish with a large stuffed green olive. Serve immediately.
• Combine all Thousand Island Dressing ingredients. Refrigerate at least 30 minutes. Serve.
• Yield: One and three-fourths cups dressing.

MARSHALL FIELD'S TARRAGON CHICKEN SALAD

Steps:

• Combine mayonnaise, vinegar, dried tarragon, salt and pepper well.
• Refrigerate if made up before assembling the salad.
• Place raisins in water to cover for 15 or 20 minutes.
• Drain and dry on a paper towel.
• Tear chicken into bite-size pieces.
• Add raisins to chicken pieces.
• Add enough mayonnaise mixture to moisten chicken well.
• Mix well.
• Refrigerate until serving.

MARSHALL FIELD'S TURKEY SALAD ORIENTAL

Steps:

• Cook the pasta to al dente in salted boiling water.
• Drain, rinse and cool.
• Combine the pasta, turkey, green onions, carrots and sesame seeds in a large bowl.
• In a sauce pan, combine the soy sauce, oil, vinegar, peanut butter, sugar, ginger and red pepper flakes.
• Heat the mixture til just about to boil, stirring to make sure the peanut butter is completely melted.
• Cool.
• Pour the cooled dressing over the salad and toss well to combine.
• Taste for seasoning, chill or serve at room temperature.
• Garnish with sliced green onions if desired.
• Packs well.