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Victoria's Tea Salon's chicken salad sandwiches

Get this recipe courtesy of Victoria's Tea Salon in Wayne, Mich. To learn more about their catering service, call 734-968-7338.

Ingredients:

• 2 large boneless skinless chicken breast – cooked, cooled and cut into small cubes
• ½  cup red onion chopped fine
• ¼  cup celery chopped fine
• ½  cup water chestnuts chopped fine
• 1 cup dried cherries (can use dried cranberries or fresh fruit such as apples or grapes cut into small pieces)
• ½ cup coarsely chopped pecans (can use walnuts if preferred)
• ¼  teaspoon salt
• ¼  teaspoon black pepper
• ¼  teaspoon garlic powder (can use 2 cloves of garlic that have been cooked with the chicken breast – mash garlic after cooking)
• 1 cup mayonnaise

Mix all the ingredients until well blended.  Refrigerate a couple hours or overnight to enhance flavor. 

1 loaf cinnamon raisin bread

Cut crust off 2 slices of bread.

Spread ¼ cup chicken mixture on bottom slice and cover with top slice of bread.

Cut the sandwich diagonally to form 2 triangles.

Repeat for more sandwiches.