Festive Chicken Spread - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 (8 oz.) pkg. cream cheese, softened
3 Tbsp. mayonnaise
1 Tbsp. lemon juice
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. ground ginger
1/8 tsp. pepper
4 drops hot sauce
2 c. diced, cooked chicken
2 hard-cooked eggs, diced
1/4 c. diced green onion
3 Tbsp. green pepper, chopped
2 Tbsp. sesame seed
2 Tbsp. chopped black olives
3 Tbsp. chopped red pepper

Preparation

Combine first 7 ingredients; beat at medium speed of electric mixer until smooth.
Add chicken, eggs, green onions and green peppers.
Stir well.
Line a 1-quart mixing bowl or mold with plastic wrap.
Spoon mixture into bowl.
Press firmly with back of spoon.
Cover and chill at least 4 hours.
Invert bowl onto serving platter.
Remove bowl and peel off plastic wrap.
Garnish mound with toasted sesame seed, black olives and sweet red pepper. Serve with assorted crackers.
Yield:
3 cups.