Ingredients
- FOR THE DRESSING:
- 15 wonton skins, cut into strips ( or if you dont want to fry: 1 up fried crispy chow mein noodles)
- oil for frying
- 1 head lettuce, leaves shredded or torn
- 2 cooked chicken breasts, meat shredded iwht your fingers
- 1 cucumber, sliced
- handful snow peas, sliced on diagonal
- 11 oz. can mandarin oranges, drained
- makes scant 1 cup ( use half for the salad and store the rest in refrigerator)
- 6 tab. honey
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- 2 tsp. dijon mustard
- 1/2 tsp. sesame oil
- 3 tbsp. rice wine vinegar
Preparation
Step 1
DRESSING:
Whisk together the honey, mayonnaise, mustard until very smooth. Then whisk in the oil and vinegar.
To fry the wonton skin strips, heat 1 inch of oil until 375 . If you dont have a thermometer, just slide one wonton strip into the oil--It should sizzle immediately and turn light golden brown in about 30 seconds. Fry the wonton strips in several batches and drain on a rack or layers of paper towels. Each batch should take about 30 seconds to 1 minute to fry.
Assemble CHinese Chicken Salad with lettuce, chicken, cucumber, snow peas, mandarin oranges. Drizzle on salad dressing and sprinkle with wonton strips.
HOW TO POACH CHICKEN BREASTS
If you have uncooked chicken breasts, you can poach the chicken breasts. In a med. pot, add the chicken breasts and fill with water or broth 1 inch above the chicken. Add 1 tsp. of kosher or sea salt to the water. Bring the pot to a boil and immediately turn the heat to low, simmering for 2 minutes. Remove the pot from the heat and cover. Let sit for 20 min.. Save the poaching liquid for cooking or for soup. There you go. perfectly poached chicken breasts.