Saturday, April 10, 2010

Asian Chicken Salad, Modified

The original version of this salad, the one I have had pretty regularly throughout my life, has ramen noodles and the accompanying packets of chicken flavored MSG. I modified my original recipe and nixed the noodles altogether (although in the future I may mix in some rice for bulk) and used some Chicken "Better than Bouillon" in the dressing to make up for the lack of poultry flavor. The ingredients:
Salad:
One head cabbage (or a bag of shredded)
1 T Sesame Oil
3 T Sesame Seeds
6 T Sliced Almonds
3 Chicken Breasts, Cooked and Cubed (I only had two, le sigh)

Dressing:
3/4 cup Vegetable Oil
6 T Rice Vinegar
4 T Sugar
1 tsp Pepper
Better than Bouillon to taste - maybe 2 tsp?

To make:
Shred the whole cabbage:













Toast the almonds in the sesame oil, adding the sesame seeds after the almonds have a little color:
Mix sesame seeds, almonds and chicken into shredded cabbage. Mix dressing together (it takes a bit of whisking to work the bouillon into the dressing) and stir into cabbage mixture.

Mix all well and you're done!



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