Featured Recipe: Oriental Chicken Salad

My menu item for today is Oriental Chicken Salad. As you'll see on my Recipes-Main Dishes page, I have two different oriental chicken salad recipes and both are GREAT. Today's particular recipe features homemade dressing and wonton strips. SO YUMMY. Give yourself a good 30-45 minutes for frying your strips - I always short change myself on time. The dressing is also AWESOME - on other types of salad as well!


ORIENTAL CHICKEN SALAD:
From: Brittany Reisenberg
Dressing:
1 C oil (canola)
6 T sugar
4 T soy sauce
1/2 C apple cider vinegar
1 1/2 t. ginger
3 shots tobasco sauce
2 T sesame seed

Salad:
3 cooked chicken breasts, shredded
2 small heads iceberg lettuce
4 green onions, chopped
2 stalks celery, cut diagonally
2 small cans mandarin oranges
1 pkg fried wonton strips

Blend all dressing ingredients, except seeds, then add sesame seeds. Mix all salad ingredients. Toss with dressing. YUM!

To make fried wonton strips - buy wonton skins in produce section. Cut squares into 1/3 strips. In pan with oil to cover, cook on medium-high heat until strips are brown, then drain. (Jane's note: I always sprinkle with a bit of salt as well)