Layered Chicken Chutney Salad or Dip
This is one of my favorite recipes because people love it, it's kind of unusual, and best of all it's so easy. Just please, make the base the day before or it won't be good. The original directions didn't say this and I almost threw it out when I tasted it the same day that I creamed ingredients.
This is one of my favorite recipes because people love it, it's kind of unusual, and best of all it's so easy. Just please, make the base the day before or it won't be good. The original directions didn't say this and I almost threw it out when I tasted it the same day that I creamed ingredients.
- Carbohydrate 32.664572984025 g
- Cholesterol 47.9783233014281 mg
- Fat 21.9559800638012 g
- Fiber 2.72914841504251 g
- Protein 19.8624944484003 g
- Saturated Fat 8.11215916647348 g
- Serving Size 1 1 (168g)
- Sodium 341.069662039345 mg
- Sugar 29.9354245689825 g
- Trans Fat 1.94506836335891 g
- Calories 397 calories
Step-by-step
- The day before,combine first 4 ingredients-beat well.
- Spread in a 9 by 13 dish. Refrigerate, covered,overnight.
- The next day, spoon chutney over top.
- Sprinkle with mixture of 2/3 cup each of green onions, raisins and coconut.
- Top with chicken.
- Before serving, garnish with chopped peanuts and 1/4 cup green onions.
- Serve with crackers or use as a salad.
Ingredient weights and volumetric measures listed in the recipe do not reveal how severely the base layer changes during a 24-hour rest in the refrigerator. Cream cheese, cottage cheese, sour cream, and curry powder emulsify into a dense paste that requires complete chilling for the harsh bite of raw curry spice to mellow into the dairy fats. Doubling this assembly for a larger crowd requires moving away from the standard 9-by-13-inch glass dish and utilizing a wider shallow vessel. Spreading the dairy layer deeper than one and a half inches prevents the moisture from the chutney and chopped chicken from distributing evenly across individual portions.
Altering the primary components changes the structural integrity of the dish. Substituting full-fat cream cheese for the reduced-fat version increases firmness, but replacing cottage cheese with ricotta introduces excess moisture that will bleed into the chutney layer within two hours of assembly. Keep the salted peanuts separate until service to retain their crunch, as humidity from the refrigerator softens the legume oils rapidly. When portioning this item as a salad rather than a dip, fold the chopped chicken directly into the chutney mixture before layering to ensure uniform protein distribution across each plate.
