Rascals Chinese Chicken Salad Recipes

CHINESE CHICKEN SALAD

Steps:

• Gather all the ingredients.
• Add enough water to boil chicken thigh in a stove top pan. Once water is boiling, add 1/2 tsp of salt and chicken thigh into stove top pan. Reduce heat to medium, cover the pot 7/8 of the way to allow for evaporation, and cook for 10 minutes.
• In the meantime, prepare, wash, dry lettuce leaves as needed. Cut into 1/2 inch width bite sizes and place into a bowl.
• Optional - if you have pre-sliced or pre-crushed almonds, you can skip this step. If you have whole almonds, put almonds in a food processor and pulse until almonds are in smaller pieces (or you can just break them up with kitchen mallet). Set aside.
• In a small fry pan, add sweetener and Rice Vinegar and bring to boil. Once boiling, remove from heat, transfer to a mixing and let it cool. Note - if using a traditional sweetener like sugar, you can skip this step and add the ingredients directly into a mixing bowl.
• Once liquid is cooled from step above, mix in Dark Toasted Sesame Oil, vegetable oil, salt, black pepper and set aside.
• Once 10 minutes has passed, pull chicken from pot and place onto a cutting board. With a knife and tongs, gently sweep the knife left to right with the knife pointing with the grain of the meat. The chicken should pull apart and form shreds.
• Combine shredded chicken, sliced/crushed almonds, dressing (to taste) into lettuce bowl and toss well. Note - make sure you vigorously shake/mix dressing prior to serving as settling will occur.

CHINESE CHICKEN SALAD

Steps:

• Make fried wontons:
• Cut wonton wrappers into 1/2-inch-wide strips and separate on paper towels.
• Heat 3/4 inch oil in a wide 3-quart heavy saucepan over moderate heat until it registers 350°F on thermometer. Fry strips, 5 or 6 at a time, gently turning over once with a slotted spoon, until just golden, 15 to 30 seconds per batch (some strips will fold and curl). Transfer to paper towels to drain, then season with salt.
• Make salad:
• Cook snow peas in a 4-quart pot of boiling salted water until crisp-tender, about 1 1/2 minutes. Transfer with a slotted spoon to a bowl of ice and cold water to stop cooking, then drain in a colander and pat dry. Cut diagonally into 1-inch-wide pieces and put in a large bowl with cabbage and romaine.
• Whisk together soy sauce, lemon juice, sugar, vinegar, salt, and pepper in a small bowl, then add sesame oil and vegetable oil in a slow stream, whisking until sugar is dissolved and dressing is combined well. Toss chicken and scallions with 1/3 cup of dressing in another large bowl. Whisk remaining dressing (it will separate), then add cabbage mixture, cilantro, almonds, and sesame seeds to chicken and toss with enough remaining dressing to coat. Sprinkle with wontons (if using).

CHINESE CHICKEN SALAD DRESSING

Steps:

• Heat all ingredients except oils until sugar dissolves, cool then add oils.
• Salad Suggestions:.
• toasted sesame seeds.
• toasted slivered almonds.
• shredded cabbage.
• cilantro.
• peas.
• cumcumber.
• bean sprouts.
• chicken.
• green onion.
• tomatoes.

CHINESE CHICKEN SALAD

Steps:

• In a large salad bowl combine the chicken, lettuce, green onion, celery, nuts, seeds and noodles. Mix all together. Set aside.
• To Make Dressing: Put vinegar in a small bowl. Dissolve sugar and salt in vinegar before adding oil. Shake/Beat well.
• Add dressing to salad and toss to coat. Serve and enjoy!