Prep for Success Recipes: Mandarin chicken salad with sesame dressing
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SERVES 4
Sesame Dressing:
½ cup corn syrup
3 Tbsp. white vinegar
2 Tbsp. pineapple juice
4 tsp. granulated sugar
1 Tbsp. light brown sugar
1 Tbsp. rice wine vinegar
1 Tbsp. soy sauce
1 tsp. sesame oil
¼ tsp. ground mustard
¼ tsp. ground ginger
1/8 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. paprika
1 dash garlic powder
1 dash ground black pepper
½ tsp. sesame seeds
½ cup canola oil
Mandarin Chicken Salad:
4 chicken breast fillets
1 head iceberg lettuce, chopped
4 cups red leaf lettuce, chopped
1 1/3 cup canned Mandarin orange segments
1 cup chow mein noodles
1 cup sliced almonds, roasted
Salt and pepper, to taste
Nutrition Facts per Serving
Nutrition Facts per serving: Calories 1282, Prolein39.53 Gm, Carbs 124 .9 Gm, Fat 80.6 1 Gm, Cholesterol 45 mg , Dietary Fiber 7.322 Gm, Sugar42.49 Gm, Sodium 1452mg , Calcium296.7 mg, Potassim11 1049 mg, lron766 1mg
DIRECTIONS
- Prepare dressing by combining all dressing ingredients, except canola oil and sesame seeds, in a blender on high speed.
- Slowly add oil to mixture (to create an emulsion).
- Add sesame seeds, and blend for just a couple of seconds.
- Pour dressing into a cruet; chill until needed.
- Rub each chicken fillet with oil; season each piece with salt and pepper.
- Grill chicken on medium-high heat, until done.
- Chill breasts in the refrigerator.
- When chicken is cold, build each salad, first by arranging about 4 cups of iceberg lettuce in the bottom of a large bowl, or on a plate.
- Arrange a cup of red leaf lettuce on the iceberg lettuce.
- Dice each breast into bite-sized pieces; sprinkle the pieces over the salad.
- Arrange about 1/3 cup of Mandarin orange wedges on each salad.
- Sprinkle about ¼ cup of chow mein noodles and ¼ cup of roasted sliced almonds on top of each salad.
- Add desired amount of Sesame Dressing; serve.