CHINESE CHICKEN SALAD

Chicken salad with Chinese seasonings

This is a delicious salad my mother has been making for years. She found the recipe in the cookbook that came with her wok. If you leave out the fried bean threads, this is a reasonbly low-calorie dish. And if you use all vegetable oils, there's almost no cholesterol in it (except for what's in the chicken).

Ingredients

(serves 3-4)

1 kg chicken parts

Marinade

30 ml soy sauce
15 ml sherry
dash garlic powder
10 g minced fresh ginger

Salad

60 g bean thread (one package)
5 dl oil
2 stalks green onions
1 iceberg lettuce
1 bunch coriander
2.5 ml dry mustard
15 ml oil
30 ml sesame oil
15 ml soy sauce
1-2 cl vinegar
30 g toasted sesame seeds

Procedure

Mix soy sauce, sherry, garlic powder, ginger. Marinate the chicken in this mixture for several hours.
Bake the chicken, skin side up, for 45 minutes at 175C Let the cooked chicken cool.
When the chicken is cool, shred it.
Deep-fry the bean thread in small batches in 5 dl oil. Drain.
Shred the green onions and lettuce.
Cut the coriander into 2-cm lengths.
Place the chicken, lettuce, green onions, and coriander in a large bowl. Mix in the dry mustard. Add the sesame oil, oil, soy sauce, vinegar, sesame seeds, and bean thread. Mix well. Serve.

Notes

You can add garlic and ginger to the salad dressing that goes on the salad.

This is also good hot!heat it just enough to get it hot and serve immediately.

Rating

Difficulty: easy.
Time: marinating: several hours; baking: 45 minutes; preparation: 20 minutes.
Precision: approximate measurement OK.

Contributor

 
Aviva Garrett 
Santa Cruz, California, USA 
Excelan, Inc., San Jose, Calif. 
ucbvax!mtxinu!excelan!aviva

Recipe last modified: 27 Jan 87

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Date: Tue, 3 Feb 87 11:11:29 pst
From: aviva@excelan.uucp (Aviva Garrett)
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Subject: RECIPE: Chinese chicken salad

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