This Chicken Salad Hits Different

Presenter / Channel

Not specified in the subtitles (no channel name given).

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Ingredients (with quantities/substitutions mentioned)

• Cold, chilled roasted chicken: about ½ of a chicken (skin and meat used)
  • Uses: skin kept for flavor; bones saved for stock
• Avocado oil mayo: ~2 Tbsp
• Miso: “a little dash” (fermented soybean)
  • No additional salt added initially because miso is salty
• Celery: “a little” (cut into small dice)
• Apple: for tartness, diced (small dice)
  • Note: subtitles indicate apples are treated as tart/acidity, not sweet
• Sriracha: already present (“spiciness from the sriracha in there”)
  • Also contains fermented garlic (as mentioned)
• Salt: to taste (added only after mixing via taste test)

Not added / avoided (as stated)

• No onion (presenter dislikes raw onion in chicken salad)
• No fresh cracked black pepper (because the sriracha already provides spiciness)

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Equipment / Prep Needed

• Uses pre-roasted chicken (already cooked and chilled)
• Cutting board + knife for:
  • separating meat from bones
  • chopping/rough chopping
  • dicing apple and celery
• Mixing bowl (implied for combining ingredients)
• Taste test step after mixing

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Step-by-Step Method (Technique Cues)

1. Separate meat from the chicken bones

   • Use skin in the salad “because [it’s] a ton of flavor.”
   • Save bones for making chicken stock later.

2. Rough chop the chicken meat

   • Cuts/rough-chops are done so you can see where the bones are.

3. Prep vegetables/fruit

   • Dice apple into small pieces.
   • Add a little diced celery.
   • Do not use onion (raw onion preference noted).

4. Season and combine

   • Add ~2 Tbsp avocado oil mayo
   • Add a dash of miso (adds richness + umami)
   • Mix all ingredients together.

5. Adjust seasoning via taste test

   • Since miso is salty, don’t salt at first.
   • After mixing, taste and decide if more salt is needed.

6. Confirm seasoning approach

   • Rely on sriracha already in the mix for spiciness/pepper-like heat.
   • Avoid adding fresh cracked black pepper (explicitly skipped for this reason).

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Chef Tips / Reasoning Included

• Apples won’t make it sweet—they’re treated as tart/acidity that cuts through chicken richness.
• Don’t salt immediately because miso is already salty.
• Skip black pepper because sriracha provides spiciness (and fermented garlic notes were mentioned).
• No raw onion due to personal preference.

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Variations (Mentioned)

• The video contrasts their approach with a roasted-chicken method:
  • They are not making a roasted chicken recipe; they’re using pre-roasted, ready-to-go chicken.

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Plating / Serving

• No specific plating instructions—described as:
  • “Real simple on the fly chicken salad”
  • “Perfect” (served immediately as a quick salad)

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Referenced Sources

• None mentioned.