Chinese Chicken Salad
(from kintyre’s recipe box)
Source: Pleasant View 12th Ward Cookbook
Serves 6 peopleCategories: dinner, nondairy, salad
Ingredients
- 3 chicken breasts, cooked and cut up
- 1 head iceberg lettuce
- 1/2 cup slivered almonds, toasted
- 1/4 cup sesame seeds, toasted
- 2 green onions, finely chopped
- 4 ounces rice sticks, popped in hot oil or use deep fried wantons
- 4 tablespoons sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon accent
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 4 tablespoons white vinegar
Directions
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Stir sugar, salt, accent, pepper and vinegar over low heat until sugar is dissolved.
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Add 1/2 cup oil and blend.
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Cook chicken breasts and cut into bite sized pieces.
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Marinate in 1/2 of the salad dressing for a few hours.
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Toast almonds and seeds on cookie sheet (with edges) in a 300 degree oven.
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(Note: Stay with them watching constantly and stirring frequently. Take out nuts and seeds as soon as they start to turn brown. They are extremely easy to burn. It only takes a few minutes.)
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Pop rice sticks in hot oil (oil should be hot enough that rice sticks puff up within a second or two of reaching the oil. Remove immediately from oil and drain on paper towels) or deep-fry wantons.
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Toss all ingredients together, using dressing as needed.
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Serve immediately.