Chicken Salad with Cilantro And Ginger

Category: Salad

Cuisine: American

Ready in 30 minutes

Ingredients

1/2 c Fresh cilantro leaves

Into bite-size pieces

1/2 Red onion, thinly sliced

2 tb Vegetable oil

1/4 c Oriental sesame oil*

2 tb Rice vinegar

Breast halves

2 ts Grated peeled fresh ginger

1/2 ts Chilli oil*

1/4 c Slivered almonds, toasted

1/4 c Sesame seeds, toasted

1 Head romaine lettuce, torn

1 lg Ripe tomato, sliced

1/2 c Soy sauce

1 lb Skinless boneless chicken


Directions

*Available at specialty foods stores, oriental markets and in the oriental section of some supermarkets. Combine soy sauce, oriental sesame oil, vinegar and ginger in small bowl. Cut chicken crosswise into 1/4-inch-wide strips. Place chicken in medium bowl. Mix in 1/4 cup of soy mixture. Let chicken marinate 30 minutes. Heat vegetable oil and chili oil in heavy large skillet over medium heat. Add chicken to skillet and cook until springy to touch, stirring constantly, about 2 minutes. Transfer chicken to plate and cool. Combine lettuce, cilantro, onion and tomato in large bowl and arrange on platter. Top mixture with chicken. Sprinkle salad with sesame seeds and almonds. Spoon some soy mixture over chicken salad. Serve, passing remaining soy mixture separately. Serves 4. EPICURIOUS RECIPE from Bon Appetit - November 1991 Format by Dave Drum - 20 March 99 FROM: Uncle Dirty Daves Kitchen Posted to CHILE-HEADS DIGEST by Dave Drum <xrated@cityscape.net> on Mar 20, 1999

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