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Prepared Salads

In Fruit, Prepared Salads, Protein Salad

Tuna Melt

Tuna Melt

Yield: 20 each sandwiches

Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. Preheat cast iron skillet.  Butter the bread.
  2. Stack Reser’s Tuna Salad and cheddar cheese on a slice of buttered bread. Place remaining slice on top.
  3. Place sandwich on hot skillet. Cook 3 minutes per side or until cheese is melted.
  4. Serve hot with side of Reser’s Fruit Salad.
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Bama Slamma Macaroni Salad

Bama Slamma Macaroni Salad

Yield: 30 each 5 oz servings

Ingredients:

White BBQ Sauce

  • 2 cups Mayonnaise
  • ½ cup Apple cider vinegar
  • 2 Tbsp Lemon juice
  • 1 Tbsp Worcestershire
  • 2 tsp Black pepper, ground
  • 1 tsp Kosher salt
  • 1 tsp Cayenne pepper
  • 1 Tbsp Prepared horseradish

Macaroni Salad

Directions:

  1. For White BBQ Sauce, combine all the ingredients in a large bowl with a whisk and check for seasoning.
  2. Place into tub and refrigerate.
  3. For the Macaroni Salad, combine with red onions and broccoli with the white BBQ sauce and hot sauce in a large bowl.
  4. Fold in the Reser’s Homestyle Elbow Macaroni to combine.
  5. Place into serving container and refrigerate for at least 2 hours before serving to allow the flavors to meld.
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In Prepared Salads, Protein Salad

White BBQ Chicken Salad Sandwich

White BBQ Chicken Salad Sandwich

Yield: 15 sandwiches

Ingredients:

White BBQ Sauce

  • 2 cups Mayonnaise
  • ½ cup Apple cider vinegar
  • 2 Tbsp Lemon juice
  • 1 Tbsp Worcestershire
  • 2 tsp Black pepper, ground
  • 1 tsp Kosher salt
  • 1 tsp Cayenne pepper
  • 1 Tbsp prepared Horseradish

Chicken Salad Base

  • 5 lbs tub Reser’s® Simply Chicken Salad (71117.11357)
  • 2/3 cup White BBQ Sauce
  • 1 cup Pimentos, diced and drained
  • ¼ cup Italian parsley, stemmed and chopped
  • 1 cup Celery, thinly sliced
  • 1 Tbsp Hot sauce
  • ¼ cup Breadcrumbs, unseasoned

For Each Sandwich

  • 2 Slices Japanese milk bread or Pullman loaf
  • 1 Tbsp butter, melted
  • 5 oz Chicken salad base
  • 3 Slices Dill pickle
  • 2 leaves Butter lettuce
  • 8-10 Potato chips, kettle cooked

Directions:

  1. For White BBQ Sauce, combine all the ingredients in a large bowl with a whisk and check for seasoning.
  2. Place into tub and refrigerate.
  3. For the Chicken Salad Base, combine the Reser’s Simply Chicken Salad with the White BBQ Sauce, pimentos, parsley, sliced celery, hot sauce, and breadcrumbs with a spatula until mixed through.
  4. Refrigerate Chicken Salad Base for 4 hours before making sandwiches.
  5. For each sandwich, brush each piece of bread with butter and grill until golden bread.
  6. Start with one slice of toasted bread,  and layer butter lettuce, chicken salad base, pickle slices, and top with kettle chips.
  7. Top with toasted bread slice and serve.
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Everything Chicken Bagels

Everything Chicken Bagels

Yield: 12 each bagel sandwiches

Ingredients:

Everything Chicken Salad Base

  • 5 lbs tub Reser’s® Chicken Salad (71117.11419)
  • 3 Tbsp Italian parsley, stemmed and chopped
  • 1/3 cup Green onions, thinly sliced
  • ¼ cup Everything seasoning

Per Sandwich

  • 1 each Plain bagel, cut in half and toasted
  • 2 Tbsp Cream cheese
  • 6 oz Everything Chicken Salad Base
  • 1 tsp Everything seasoning
  • 3-4 leaves Butter or Little Gem lettuce
  • ¼ Avocado, sliced
  • Baby arugula salad

Directions:

  1. For Everything Chicken Salad Base, mix the Reser’s Chicken Salad with the parsley, green onions, and everything seasoning in a large bowl until combined.
  2. Toast bagel and spread each half with cream cheese.
  3. Top cream cheese with lettuce leaves.
  4. Scoop 3 oz of the Everything Chicken Salad Base atop each half.
  5. Garnish with Everything seasoning and plate with avocado and baby arugula salad.
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In Potato Salad, Prepared Salads

Good Times Picnic Potato Salad

Good Times Picnic Potato Salad

Yield: 30 each 5 oz servings

Ingredients:

  • 8 lbs carton Reser’s® Red Bliss Potato Salad (71117.00554)
  • ½ cup Everything seasoning
  • 1 ¼ cups Bleu cheese
  • ½ cup Chives
  • 1 lb Applewood bacon, cooked into slices and sliced into strips

Directions:

  1. In a large bowl, add the Reser’s Red Bliss Potato Salad with 1/3 cup Everything seasoning, 1 cup Bleu cheese, and 1/2 cup chives and mix until combined.
  2. Place into a serving container and refrigerate for at least 2 hours before serving to allow the flavors to meld.
  3. Garnish with sliced bacon, and the remaining chives, Everything seasoning, and Bleu cheese prior to serving
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In Pasta & Macaroni Salad, Prepared Salads

All The Things Macaroni Salad

All The Things Macaroni Salad

Yield: 30 each 5 oz servings

Ingredients:

  • 8 lbs carton Reser’s® Elbow Macaroni Salad (71117.00188)
  • 2 cups Cherry tomatoes, halved
  • 1 cup Red onion, diced
  • 6 oz Baby spinach
  • ¼ cup Everything seasoning

Directions:

  1. In a large bowl, add the Reser’s Elbow Macaroni Salad, cherry tomatoes, red onion, baby spinach, and Everything seasoning and mix to combine with a spatula.
  2. Place into a serving container and refrigerate for at least 2 hours before serving to allow the flavors to meld.
  3. Garnish with Everything seasoning before serving.
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Sesame Ginger Macaroni Salad

Sesame Ginger Macaroni Salad

Yield: 30 each 4 oz Side Portions

Ingredients:

  • 8 lbs carton Reser’s® Signature Macaroni Salad (71117.06039)
  • 2 Tbsp Sesame seeds, toasted
  • ¼ cup white pickled Ginger, finely chopped
  • ¼ cup pickled Ginger juice
  • 1 cup Green onions, thinly sliced, 2 Tbsp reserved for garnish
  • 2 Tbsp Black sesame seeds

Directions:

  1. In a large metal bowl, mix the Reser’s Signature Macaroni Salad, toasted sesame seeds, pickled ginger, ginger juice and sliced green onions.
  2. Portion and garnish with black sesame seeds and sliced green onions.
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In Cole Slaw, Prepared Salads

Bahn Mi Coleslaw

Bahn Mi Coleslaw

Yield: 32 side salad servings

Ingredients:

Bahn Mi Slaw

  • 7 lbs Reser’s® Shredded Coleslaw (71117.15363) 
  • 3 cups Pickled Carrots
  • 2 each English cucumber, half peeled, seeded, and thinly sliced
  • 3 each Jalapeño peppers, thinly sliced
  • 1 cup Cilantro, leaves only, divided in half
  • 1 cup Cashews, toasted and salted, roughly chopped and divided in half

Pickled Carrots

  • 3 cups Carrots, julienned
  • 2 cups Water, hot
  • 2 Tbsp Kosher salt
  • ½ cup Sugar
  • ½ cup unseasoned Rice wine vinegar

Directions:

  1. For Pickled Carrots, dissolve kosher salt and sugar in hot water and add rice vinegar.
  2. Pour the brine over the julienned carrots in a 2-quart container and let pickle at room temperature for at least 1 hour or refrigerate overnight.
  3. For Bahn Mi Slaw, mix Reser’s Shredded Coleslaw with the ingredients in a large metal bowl, saving half of the cilantro leaves and peanuts for garnish.
  4. Drain and mix pickled carrots into coleslaw base.
  5. Divide into portions and garnish with cilantro leaf and toasted cashews.
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Honey Almond Chicken Salad Crostini

Honey Almond Chicken Salad Crostini

Yield: 18 each appetizer servings

Ingredients:

  • 5 lbs Reser’s® Simply Chicken Salad (71117.11357) 
  • ½ cup Honey
  • 1/3 cup Dijon mustard
  • 1 cup Almonds, sliced and toasted, divided in half
  • 2 Tbsp Tarragon, chopped
  • 2 Tbsp Italian parsley, chopped
  • Italian parsley, chopped for garnish
  • Crostini for serving, 7 per order

Directions:

  1. In a large metal bowl, combine the honey and Dijon mustard.
  2. Fold in the Reser’s Simply Chicken Salad, almonds, and herbs to combine.
  3. Scoop 5 oz chicken salad onto a plate, top with toasted almonds and parsley, and serve with crostini.
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