Snookie’s Chicken Salad — Robert St. John

Ingredients

• 2 pounds chicken breasts
• 2 tsp poultry seasoning
• 1 onion, quartered
• 2 celery stalks
• 1 cup chopped celery
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 1 /2 quarts water
• 4 eggs, hard-boiled, chopped
• 2 teaspoons Creole seasoning
• 1 tsp Lawry’s Seasoning Salt
• 3 /4 cup mayonnaise
• 2 Tb creole mustard
• 1 can water chestnuts, roughly chopped
• 1 /2 cup pecans, toasted
• 1 /2 cup minced celery
• 1 /4 cup red onion, minced
• 1 Tbsp lemon juice, freshly squeezed
• 1 /4 teaspoon black pepper, freshly ground
• 2 to 3 tablespoons chicken stock