Asian Chicken Salad With Ginger Peanut Dressing Recipe

• 1 x chicken breast, bone-in, skin on
• 2 x carrots, julienned
• 1 x Gala apple, cored, cut in strips
• 1/2 x , cut in strips: red bell pepper, yellow bell pepper
• 1/2 head romaine lettuce, minced
• 1/4 c. peanut oil
• 3 Tbsp. creamy peanut butter
• 2 Tbsp. rice vinegar
• 1 Tbsp. soy sauce
• 2 tsp brown sugar
• 1 tsp each: chopped peeled ginger root, Asian chili paste
• 1/2 c. canned fried chow mein noodles
• 1/4 c. dry-roasted peanuts, minced
• 1 x green onion, diced

1. Sometimes, all you want for dinner is a salad.
2. Not a plain garden salad with dressing and a couple of croutons tossed in, but something a little more substantial.
3. This easy recipe is an Asian-style salad which has a beautiful array of colors, plenty of crunch to make things interesting and is great for a warm summer day.
4. Instead of having typical dinner rolls as a starch, try scallion pancakes, that you can find in the freezer section of your local Asian market.
5. The cold, tropical flavor of coconut pineapple ice cream is the perfect way to round out this hot-weather meal.
6. TIPS: As a shortcut, use leftover rotisserie or possibly other cooked chicken.
7. Purchase cut-up vegetables at the salad bar to save cutting time.
8. Serves 4
9. Heat a large pot of salted water to a simmer.
10. Poach chicken breast in simmering water till internal temperature reaches 165 degrees, about 20 min.
11. Set aside to cold.
12. Combine carrots, apple, bell peppers and lettuce in a large bowl.
13. Skin chicken; remove meat from bones.
14. Shred the meat; add in to the salad.
15. Combine peanut oil, peanut butter, rice vinegar, soy sauce, brown sugar, ginger and chili paste in a small bowl; whisk till smooth.
16. Add in the chow mein noodles and dressing to the salad; toss.
17. Portion the salad onto plates; sprinkle with peanuts and green onions.

chicken, carrots, apple, red bell pepper, romaine lettuce, peanut oil, peanut butter, rice vinegar, soy sauce, brown sugar, ginger root, mein noodles, peanuts, green onion

Taken from cookeatshare.com/recipes/asian-chicken-salad-with-ginger-peanut-dressing-70239 (may not work)