Almond And Wild Rice Chicken Salad Recipe

• 1 c. uncooked wild rice
• 5 c. chicken stock
• 3 x chicken breasts -- bones and skin removed
• 3 x scallions -- sliced
• 1 x juice of 1/2 lemon salt and pepper
• 1 x red pepper -- seeded and diced
• 2 ounce snow peas -- cut diagonally
• 1 c. almond slivers -- toasted
• 6 x radicchio c. made of several leaves each Dressing
• 3 Tbsp. almond oil
• 1/4 tsp grnd allspice
• 1/4 tsp cloves
• 1/4 tsp cumin
• 1/4 tsp marjoram
• 1/4 c. minced almonds
• 6 ounce blue cheese -- crumbled
• 1 1/2 Tbsp. honey
• 1 tsp Dijon mustard salt and pepper to taste

1. Rinse wild rice; place in a medium saucepan with stock; bring to a boil.
2. Reduce heat to a simmer; cover and cook for 30 min.
3. Add in the chicken breasts and scallions and cook another 15 min, turning chicken pcs occasionally.
4. Drain; remove chicken to cold.
5. Season rice with lemon juice and salt and pepper.
6. Set aside to cold.
7. Make dressing: Heat 1 Tbsp.
8. of oil in a medium skillet and add in the spices and the minced almonds, stirring for 3-5 min till the spices are fragrant.
9. Transfer to a shaker jar and add in the rest of the oil and other dressing ingredients.
10. Shake thoroughly.
11. Put the rice in a large bowl; fluffing it.
12. Add in the red pepper, snow peas and the toasted almond slivers.
13. Cut the chicken into bite-size pcs and add in to the rice.
14. Combine most of the dressing with the rice-chicken mix-save a little to drizzle on the radicchio c..
15. Place radicchio c. on individual salad plates, filling each with the rice-chicken mix; drizzle with the remainder of the dressing.
16. Garnish with additional almond slivers, red peppers and blue cheese, if you like.

wild rice, chicken stock, chicken breasts, scallions, lemon salt, red pepper, snow peas, almond slivers, radicchio, almond oil, allspice, cloves, cumin, marjoram, almonds, blue cheese, honey, salt

Taken from cookeatshare.com/recipes/almond-and-wild-rice-chicken-salad-63537 (may not work)