Recipe Elegant Brunch Chicken Salad (Salad)

Required Ingredients:

• 1 pound skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
• 1 egg
• 1/4 teaspoon dry mustard
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons hot water
• 1 tablespoon white wine vinegar
• 1 cup olive oil
• 2 cups halved seedless red grapes
• 1 cup coarsely chopped pecans
• 1 cup coarsely crumbled blue cheese

Preparing/Cooking:

• Bring a large pot of water to a boil.
• Add the chicken and simmer until cooked through, approximately 10 minutes.
• Drain, cool and cut into cubes.
• While boiling chicken, make the mayonnaise: Using a blender or hand-held electric mixer, beat the egg, mustard, salt, water and vinegar until light and frothy.
• Add the oil a tablespoon at a time, beating thoroughly after each addition.
• Once mixture begins to thicken, you can add oil more quickly.
• Continue until mixture reaches the consistency of creamy mayonnaise.
• NOTE: The more oil you add, the thicker it gets; you may not need the full cup of oil.
• In a large bowl, toss together the chicken, grapes, pecans, blue cheese and 1 cup of the mayonnaise.
• Stir until evenly coated, adding more mayonnaise if necessary.
• Refrigerate until serving.

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