Hawaiian Chicken Salad - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 (9 1/2 ounce) cans white meat chicken (it suggests Swansons)
1 (12 ounce) can crushed pineapple in syrup
8 ounces cream cheese
2 stalks celery
1/2 small onion, minced
salt and pepper
1 loaf Hawaiian bread, round
pecans, chopped (or coconut)

Preparation

Drain meat well and blot on paper towels to dry meat and drain pineapple well. Bring cream cheese to room temperature to soften and chop celery and onion, med to fine. Mix meat, pineapple, celery, onion and cream cheese in large bowl,mix well with fork. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Cover and chill several hours or overnite is better. To serve cut the center out of the bread and stuff with salad. Chop the center bread that was removed into cubes. Garnish with coconut or pecans.(I prefer pecans)serve on party crackers and bread cubes.