Delicious Chickeny Stuff: A Lazy Leftover Recipe, with Divers Variations

or, Some of the Infinite Ways to Use Up Canned Chicken You Got on Sale

My irregular "Lazy Leftover Recipes" feature is part of my attempt to pretend this is a big-girl jewelry blog while maintaining a general air of casualness. Steps are in haphazard order and measurements are not "cups" and "pinches," but "some" and "enough." You have been warned.

1. Lazy Leftover Low-Fat Chicken Goodness
Contains: protein, vegetables, goodness

-1 large can of canned/tinned chicken
-about 1/3 container (3-4 big spoonfuls) red pepper hummus (or any other flavor)
-some leftover red onion
-half a spoonful of mayonnaise or mayo

Mix together the leftover hummus with the chicken. Add the mayo to cream it slightly (the hummus has insufficient fat to act as a binder). Chop in onion to taste (we use about two slices). Serve on Wheat Thins or toast. Accept compliments gracefully. Of course you flavor it yourself.


Variations:
-If you don't care about the Low-Fat part, use blue cheese dressing instead of hummus.
-Add some shredded cheese. If it's pre-shredded you'll need more mayo to combat the corn starch they add to the bag.
-Spread it on a sandwich, add a slice of cheese and perhaps a tomato and grill it in a Foreman grill, panini press or in a pan for one of the classier-looking variations on the "gritch."