Chinese Chicken Salad- The Red Headed Hostess
Oh my goodness…. I crave this salad. It is one of those “cupboard door” recipes – the kind you tape on the inside of a door so that it is super easy to get to. And it is a crowd pleaser – so its a good option to take to a gathering when they ask you to bring a green salad. Even men like this green salad.
You can probably figure out most of the ingredients by looking at the picture… but here is the recipe – and just to note – it is the dressing that makes this so fabulous!
1 1/2 heads of broken lettuce
3 chicken breasts, cooked and shredded
1 large can of mandarin oranges
2 green onions, chopped
Chow Mein noodles
dried cranberries
cashews
Dressing:
6 heaping T. of sugar
4 T rice vinegar
1/2 lemon (or use 1 T of mandarin orange juice from can)
1/4 cup extra light olive oil
1 t. salt
1/4 tsp pepper
1 T toasted sesame seeds
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This is amazing. Delicious and impressive.
I found the ratio of vinegar to oil to be off — added extra vinegar and some additional lemon to punch it up. Also added fresh cilantro and this was WOW. Don’t be shy with your onion.