I won’t make it any other way.
Take, for example, his approach to chicken salad.
The standout ingredient in his recipe is celery salt.
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The result was a flavorful, zippy chicken salad that far surpassed my previous attempts.
How Does Celery Salt Improve Chicken Salad?
If you need a refresher, celery salt is a blend of salt and crushed celery seeds.
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Somehow, Bourdain’s trick makes chicken salad taste, well, even more chicken salad-y.
How could that be?
I have a few theories.
First, theres the salt factor.
Most everything tastes more vibrant when properly seasoned.
Then, theres the celery.
Most chicken salad recipes include some chopped celery, which adds necessary crunch and a fresh, herbal flavor.
He instructs you topoach your chicken breasts, which yields perfectly tender meat.
Bourdain also insists the chicken should be finely diced into one-quarter-inch cubes.
That, he proclaimed after one bite, is really good chicken salad.
Thats the way to make it from now on.
I have to agree.
Now that I know Bourdain’s tricks, I wont make chicken salad any other way.
