• 6 cups cooked chicken, cut up into good-sized pieces
• Salt and freshly ground white pepper
• 1 to 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 to 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
• 1 cup diced tender celery stalks
• ½ cup diced red onion
• 1 cup chopped walnuts
• ½ cup chopped parsley
• 1 teaspoon finely cut fresh tarragon leaves (or ¼ tsp dried tarragon)
• 2/3 cup or so mayonnaise
• Fresh salad greens, washed and dried

For decoration:

• All or a choice of sliced or chopped hard-boiled eggs, parsley sprigs, strips of red pimiento