Chicken pecan bites with blue cheese dip

Chicken second courses

Every community, particularly in the South, has those handful of classic community cookbooks that everyone seems to own, or haveaccess to, or just know about. They are the reference points for the community table. When you are at a party, or have friends over and someone prepares a great dish, how often is the answer to the recipe request, “oh, it’s in…” In Memphis, the end of that sentence is frequently, “Heart and Soul” one of the most popular of the local Junior League’s cookbook offerings. I have made a few adjustments to the recipe to streamline the prep and refine the flavor. And I serve them with a blue cheese dip, which complements the chicken and pecans so well. And these do freeze beautifully, so you can always have some on hand.