Curried Chicken Rice Salad - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cup raw rice, cooked and cooled
2 cups diced cooked chicken
1 cup diced canned pineapple
1 cup diced celery
1/2 cup diced green pepper
1 cup mayonnaise
1/2 cup chopped peach preserves
1 teaspoon curry powder
salt and pepper
1 cup grated cheddar cheese (optional)

Preparation

Combine cool rice (make sure it is really cool, otherwise you will end up with Curried Chicken Rice Mush!), chicken, pineapple, celery and green pepper in biggish bowl.
Combine peach preserves, mayonnaise and curry powder. Stir into the chicken mixture. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
Chill for at least 2-3 hours. Serve topped with grated cheese, or not -- .