Commissary Kitchen · 050 / 100 · Fish & Protein Snacks
Chicken-Peanut Snack Salad
About 15 minutes, estimated · 2 portions · No cook
Original commissary-inspired pantry recipe
Peanut butter works as a binder for a chicken salad without mayonnaise. Hot sauce and a little water turn it into a dressing, and chopped peanuts provide a second texture.
Place & evidence: Across the country. This is an original pantry recipe. The source supplies ingredient or technique context, rather than evidence that this exact dish is served in a prison. Inventory and place labels describe that context only. FCI Danbury Commissary List.
Make it
Equipment: Clean food-safe bowl or cup; spoon; measuring cup and spoons; a clean suitable utensil for any chopping.
Ingredients
- 1 ready-to-eat chicken pouch, 5 oz
- 1 tbsp peanut butter
- 1 tbsp warm water
- 1 tsp soy sauce
- 1 tsp hot sauce
- 2 tbsp chopped peanuts
- 12 crackers
Method
- Whisk peanut butter with warm water until smooth.
- Add soy sauce and hot sauce.
- Fold in chicken and divide between cups.
- Top with peanuts and serve with crackers.
The useful detail
Keep the dressing fluid enough to fold through chicken without tearing it to shreds.
When the store is different
Sunflower-seed butter can replace peanut butter, and coarse pretzel crumbs can replace the chopped peanuts. Check both product labels for your dietary needs.
This is a small cracker meal, so a grain or vegetable bowl can make a useful companion. Browse Cooking at Incoprea, where the Commissary Kitchen book sits with the wider cooking collection.
Serving & handling
Keep dry ingredients dry until assembly. Handle the moist finished mixture as perishable, even when the unopened packages were shelf-stable. Read the pantry and food-handling guide for storage limits, package directions and allergen checks.
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Sources & editorial note
Federal Bureau of Prisons — FCI Danbury Commissary List, BOP. Official inventory, Connecticut. Source scope and limits.
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