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Sunday, December 03, 2006

chinese chicken salad

the ingredients in the salad are approximate measurements. you can add more of some and less of others as you prefer. also you can add any other ingredients that you'd like such as snow peas, shredded carrot, bean sprouts, celery etc. Experiment and find out what you like.



Dressing:

1/2 tsp. dry mustard, dissolved in 1/2 tsp. water
1 tbl. Soy sauce
3 tbl. Rice wine vinegar
2 tbl. Hoisin sauce
1 tsp. ground allspice
1 tsp. sugar
2 tbl. Oriental sesame oil
1/4 cup of corn or canola oil

Salad:

1 1/2 cups of cooked, shredded chicken or turkey
1 cup of fresh cilantro leaves
2 to 3 cups of mixed baby lettuces
1/2 red pepper, seeded and juilienned
3 scallions, sliced on the diagonal
3/4 of a cup of chow mein noodles
1/4 cup of cashews, roughly chopped

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