Mandarin Chicken Salad
Instructions:
- Sesame Dressing:
- 1/2 cup corn syrup
- 3 tablespoons white distilled vinegar
- 2 tablespoons pineapple juice
- 4 teaspoons granulated sugar
- 1 tablespoon light brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon rice wine vinegar
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- 1/4 teaspoon ground mustard
- 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
- pinch salt
- 1/8 teaspoon paprika
- dash garlic powder
- dash pepper
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 1/2 teaspoon sesame seeds
- Mandarin Chicken Salad
- 4 chicken breast fillets
- 1 (10 ounce) package ready-to-serve salad or 4 cups torn iceberg lettuce
- 4 cups red leaf lettuce, chopped
- 1 1/3 cup canned mandarin orange wedges
- 1 cup rice noodles
- 1 cup roasted sliced almonds
- Blend the first 14 sesame dressing ingredients (excluding vegetable oil and sesame seeds) in a blender on high. Gradually add in vegetable oil and sesame seeds and blend for a few seconds. Set dressing aside in refrigerator to chill.
- Rub each chicken breast fillet with oil, then lightly season each piece with salt and pepper. Grill chicken over medium heat until done. Chill chicken breasts in refrigerator until cold.
- Once chicken is cold, the next step is to build each salad. Place the iceberg lettuce in a salad bowl and add the red leaf lettuce on top.
- Dice each chicken breast into small pieces and sprinkle the pieces over each salad.
- Arrange about 1/3 cup of mandarin orange wedges on each salad. Next, sprinkle about 1/4 cup of rice noodle and 1/4 cup of almonds on top of each salad. Add sesame dressing and serve.
- Serves 4