Chicken Salad - cooking recipe

Ingredients

8 halves chicken breasts
1 qt chicken broth
1 rib celery with leaves
1 carrot
1 onion, halved
1/8 tsp black pepper
1/8 tsp cayenne
1 to 2 cups mayonnaise
2 T lemon juice
1/4 tsp cayenne
1 1/2 cups minced celery
Salt to taste
4 hard-boiled eggs, grated (opt)

Preparation

Poach chicken in broth with next 5 ingredients 30 to 40 minutes or until tender.
Salt to taste; cool in broth; debone and chop fine.
Blend chicken with 1 cup mayonnaise.
Add next 3 ingredients and season to taste.
Fold in eggs and add additional mayonnaise until mixture reaches desired consistency.
Refrigerate several hours or overnight.