Chicken Canapes

Four ingredients, no cooking, and every cracker at the party disappears in about ten minutes flat. That’s the power of a good canapé spread.

Cream cheese and sour cream get blended with canned chicken spread and chopped pecans into a rich, creamy, slightly nutty mixture that you chill until firm.

Spread it on butter crackers right before serving and watch it vanish.

This is the kind of recipe that lives on a stained recipe card in someone’s grandmother’s kitchen drawer, and for good reason: it works every single time.

Kitchen Tips

• Let the cream cheese come to room temperature before mixing. Cold cream cheese leaves lumps no matter how hard you stir.
• Chill the spread for at least an hour so it firms up enough to sit on a cracker without sliding off.
• Toast the pecans lightly in a dry pan before chopping. It deepens their flavour and adds a crunchier texture to the spread.
• Assemble the canapés right before serving. Crackers go soft fast once the spread hits them.