Pimento Cheese Chicken Salad on Honey Butter Biscuits
User Reviews
5
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Servings
12 to 15 biscuits
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Course
Main Course
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Cuisine
American
Pimento Cheese Chicken Salad on Honey Butter Biscuits
Description
This dish includes two components: honey butter biscuits and pimento cheese chicken salad. The biscuits are made by mixing flour, baking powder, baking soda, sugar, and salt with cold butter to a crumbly texture, then stirred with buttermilk and cut into rounds before baking at 425°F until golden and tall. Melted butter and honey glaze the biscuits for sweetness and shine.
The chicken salad combines cooked shredded chicken breast with smoked paprika, salt, black pepper, crumbled cooked bacon, thinly sliced green onions, minced garlic, jarred pimento, finely grated white cheddar cheese, Greek yogurt, and mayonnaise for creamy texture and flavor. The salad is seasoned and mixed well.
To serve, the flaky honey butter biscuits are split and topped with a generous portion of the pimento cheese chicken salad, accompanied by fresh arugula and bread and butter pickles for contrast. This combination delivers a balance of rich, savory, smoky, and sweet flavors with tender textures from both biscuit and salad.
The recipe makes a substantial serving size appropriate for brunch or lunch and benefits from freshly baked biscuits. The chicken salad can be prepared ahead and combined before serving to maintain freshness.
Ingredients
honey butter biscuits
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 4 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon granulated sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup butter cut into tiny pieces, cold unsalted
- 1 1/2 cups buttermilk
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter melted
- 1 tablespoon honey
pimento cheese chicken salad
- 2 cups chicken breast cooked shredded
- 1/2 teaspoon smoked paprika
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 6 lices Bacon cooked and crumbled
- 3 green onion thinly sliced
- 2 garlic minced or pressed, cloves
- 1 pimento 4-ounce jar, drained
- 2/3 cup White Cheddar Cheese finely grated
- 2/3 cup Greek yogurt I recommend whole or 2%, but do what ya want!, plain
- 4 tablespoons mayonnaise
- 4 cups arugula for serving
- Bread and butter pickles for serving
Instructions
honey butter biscuits
- Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
- In a large bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, sugar and salt. Using a fork, pastry blender or your hands, add the cold butter pieces to the flour and mix until coarse little crumbles remain. I use my hands and mix for almost 5 minutes. Make a well in the center and pour in the buttermilk, stirring with a large spoon until just combined, not overmixing. Use your hands if needed to bring the dough together – I did.
- Pat dough into a circle that is about 1 1/2 inches thick. This will make TALL biscuits! Using a biscuit/cookie cutter, cut the dough into rounds and place on a nonstick baking sheet. You may need to bring the dough together and flatten it more to get the last few biscuits. Additionally, you could also just drop large spoonfuls of batter on the baking sheet and form them that way.
- Bake the biscuits for 10 to 12 minutes or until they are golden and high. Whisk together the melted butter and honey. Remove from the oven and brush the honey butter all over the biscuits, then let them cool slightly.
pimento cheese chicken salad
- In a large bowl, toss the shredded chicken with the salt, pepper and paprika. Toss in the bacon, onions, garlic, pimentos and cheese, stirring until evenly distributed. Whisk together the yogurt and mayo, then fold it into the chicken mixture, until every bit combined. I like a slightly “drier” chicken salad, but if you want it to be creamier, add in more mayo or yogurt by the tablespoon and mix until your desired consistency is reached.
- To serve, brush the biscuits with more honey butter, cover with arugula and place a few spoonfuls of chicken salad on top. Add your pickles and you’re good to go!
Notes
- Make the honey butter biscuits by cutting cold butter into the dry ingredients until fine crumbs remain, then stir in buttermilk gently to avoid overmixing and maintain biscuit tenderness.
- Form biscuit dough into rounds about 1 1/2 inches thick for tall biscuits; cut carefully and bake until golden for best texture.
- Combine melted butter and honey to brush on hot biscuits as a glaze to add flavor and shine.
- The pimento cheese chicken salad uses Greek yogurt and mayonnaise for creaminess; adjust quantities to taste for consistency.
- Include arugula and bread and butter pickles as serving accompaniments to add freshness and acidity balancing the richness.
User Reviews
Overall Rating
5
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