Strawberry Chicken Salad Tea Sandwiches from TeaTime Magazine

If you are looking for a fabulous spring/summer tea
sandwich, look no further! Today I'm sharing with you
TeaTime Magazine's Strawberry Chicken Salad Tea 
Sandwiches. They are just as pretty as they are
delicious!!

I also used some Fillo Shells that I had, and put a
small scoop of the chicken salad in them! Heaven!!

My family loved this recipe! It's just the perfect blend

of ingredients!! So good and perfect for Spring or
Summer entertaining!! The recipe is very simple and
uses a rotisserie chicken, so you don't have to worry
about cooking!!

Just chop some rotisserie chicken (I just used the white meat), 

strawberries, toasted pecans, mandarin oranges, celery and 

green onion. Then make a yummy Poppy Seed Dressing 

using Mayo, champagne or rice vinegar, poppy seeds, and 

a bit of sugar, salt & pepper. 

Combine all of these beautiful ingredients and you're 

ready to make some tea sandwiches! 

Using your cookie cutters, make some pretty flower 

shaped sandwiches or just trim crusts and slice diagonally!

STRAWBERRY CHICKEN SALAD

TEA SANDWICHES

adapted from here

1 loaf Pepperidge Farm thin white bread

2 1/2 cups chopped cooked chicken (I used the white meat

from a rotisserie chicken)

1 cup chopped strawberries

1/2 cup chopped toasted pecans

1/3 cup chopped celery

1/4 cup chopped green onion

1 (11-ounce) can mandarin oranges, drained & chopped

1 recipe Poppy Seed Dressing (recipe follows)

Garnish:  sliced strawberries

Poppy Seed Dressing:

1/2 cup mayonnaise, such as Hellman's

1 tablespoon champagne or rice vinegar

2 teaspoons poppy seeds

2 teaspoons sugar

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper

In a small bowl, combine all ingredients, cover

& refrigerate until needed. Dressing can be made

a day in advance.

Instructions:

Using a small flower shaped cookie cutter, cut shapes

in the middle of half of the bread slices. Cover with damp

paper towels, or store in a resealable plastic bag to keep

from drying out.

In a large bowl, combine chicken, strawberries, pecans, 

celery, green onion, mandarin oranges, and Poppy Seed

Dressing, stirring to blend. Refrigerate, covered, until cold.

Place approximately 3 tablespoons chicken salad on a slice

of bread without a cutout. Top with a slice of bread with

a cutout. Using a 2 3/4" flower shaped cookie cutter, cut

out a shape from the middle of the sandwich. Repeat 

with remaining bread and chicken salad.

Using the small flower cookie cutter, cut shapes out 

of outside slices of strawberries. Place one shape on

top of each sandwich.

Sandwiches can be made earlier in the day, covered

with damp paper towels in an airtight container, and

refrigerated until serving time. Garnish sandwiches

just before serving.

I garnished my tea sandwiches with a strawberry

heart that I made using some tiny cookie cutters.

Your guests are gonna love these tea sandwiches!!

Make sure you have the recipe to give out!!

Thanks so much for visiting!! xo!!

How to Make Pretty Tea Sandwiches using Cookie Cutters

Hello Friends!! Today I want to give you some ideas and

inspiration for making tea sandwiches!! To make really cute 

tea sandwiches you just need a few cookie cutters and

some simple ingredients!!

We're sort of going "Linzer Cookie Style" by making

a pretty window in the top slice of our sandwich! It helps

to have cookie cutters of various sizes because you have to 

have a small enough cookie cutter to make the window 

in the sandwich.  

I start with Pepperidge Farm Very Thin Bread. I get the best and

most consistent results with this. Then I buy some sliced cheese,

Deli Meat, Jams and English Cucumbers. English cucumbers 

come individually wrapped, have fewer seeds and are less bitter 

than those huge cucumbers with the big seeds. To have pretty

 tea sandwiches we need pretty cucumbers! He He!

Place 4 slices of bread on a cutting board. Bread dries out 

really fast, so just work with a few at the time. You may also

need to have a small sharp knife on hand to finish cutting

what the cookie cutter may not cut through.

I usually get one big shape per slice of bread, so cut out 4 

shapes, then with a smaller cookie cutter, cut a smaller shape

from 2 of them. That will give you 2 complete sandwiches.

Keep cutting out shapes until you have enough for your 

party. 

After you cut those 4 shapes out (or however many you

can get from the 4 slices) put them back in the bread

bag or in a ziplock baggie so they won't dry out. 

Then, using the same cookie cutters that you used to

cut the bread out with, cut shapes out of the cheese

slices and deli meat. (if using)

For the sliced cheese or deli meat, I spread a little

Mayo on the bread first. For the Jam or Cucumber

Sandwiches I spread a little butter first. We're not 

going gourmet here, just talking about the basics.

Jams of different flavors look so pretty peeking

through the "windows."

It's so fun to use your imagination and come up with

pretty shapes for your Tea Sandwiches. The tiny micro 

cutters such as these can be found online. Have 

fun!  Buy Cookie Cutters according to the theme of 

your party - if you're having a "Spring Tea," 

use butterfly and flower cookie cutters etc. 

COOKIE CUTTER TEA SANDWICHES

Thinly Sliced Bread (such as Pepperidge Farm)

A Variety of Cookie Cutters, both big & small

1 stick Butter, room temperature

Your Favorite Mayonnaise 

Your Choice of Deli Meat, Sliced Cheeses,

Jams and Thinly Sliced Vegetables such as 

English Cucumbers

Cut out as many bread shapes as needed for

your party, then with a smaller cookie cutter cut a

 "window" from half of the bread slices. If using sliced 

cheese or deli meat cut out shapes using the same cookie 

cutters used for the bread. Spread butter or mayo on 

bottom slice, add your choice of toppings and top 

with a slice of bread that has a "window." If not using 

right away, place sandwiches in a plastic container and 

store in the refrigerator.

Here's my daughter enjoying a cup of tea with her 

tea sandwich! Hope you do the same, and enjoy these

pretty ideas! Please visit again!