Oriental Chicken Salad

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Ingredients

  • Oriental Dressing:
  • 3 T. Honey (64 g.)
  • 1 1/2 T. rice wine vinegar (7 g.)
  • 1/4 c. mayonaise (55 g.)
  • 1 tsp. Grey Poupon Dijon mustard
  • 1/8 tsp. sesame oil
  • Salad:
  • 1 egg
  • 1/2 c. milk (61 g.)
  • 1/2 c. flour (50 g.)
  • 1/2 c. corn flake crumbs (11 g.)
  • 1 tsp. Salt
  • 1/4 tsp. Pepper
  • 1 boneless, skinless chicken breast half
  • 2-4 c. vegetable oil (for frying)
  • 3 c. chopped romaine lettuce
  • 1 c. red cabbage
  • 1 c. Napa cabbage
  • 1/2 carrot, julienned or shredded
  • 1 green onion, chopped
  • 1 Tbls. sliced almonds
  • 1/3 c. chow mein noodles
  • Note: Kentucky Fried Chicken strips can be used instead.

Preparation

Step 1

1. Preheat oil in deep fryer or deep pan over medium heat. You want temperature of oil to be around 350º.
2. Blend together all ingredients for dressing in a small bowl with an electric mixer. Put dressing in refrigerator to chill while you prepare salad.
3. In a small, shallow bowl beat egg, add milk, & mix well.
4. In another bowl, combine flour with corn flake crumbs, salt & pepper.
5. Cut chicken breast into 4 or 5 long strips. Dip each strip of chicken first into egg mixture then into flour mixture, coating each piece completely.
6. Fry each chicken finger for 5 min. or until coating has darkened to brown.
7. Prepare salad by tossing chopped romaine with chopped red cabbage, Napa cabbage, & carrots.
8. Sprinkle sliced green onion on top of lettuce.
9. Sprinkle almonds over salad, then chow mein noodles.
10. Cut chicken into small bite-size chunks. Place chicken onto salad forming a pile in middle. Serve with salad dressing on side.
Makes 1 dinner-size salad.