Nutty Grilled Chicken Salad
- Vinaigrette:
- 4 tbsp rice-wine vinegar
- 8 tbsp EVOO
- salt/pepper (to taste)
- Salad:
- 12 oz chicken breast
- salt/pepper (to taste)
- oil for grill
- 2 cups lettuce mix
- 1/2 cup curshed cashews (divided use)
- 1-1/2 cups mandarin orange segments (divided use)
- 1 cup edamame peas
- 1/2 cup julienne carrots
- 1/2 cup rice-wine vinaigrette
- 1 avocado, pitted and sliced
- 1-1/2 cup crispy Asian noodles or fried ramen noodles
- For vinaigrette, combine rice-wine vinegar, olive oil, and salt/pepper in mixing bowl. Use whisk to blend the ingredients. Refrigerate until ready to toss into salad.
- Preheat grill to medium-high. Season chicken breast with salt/pepper. Oil grill, and when hot, place breast on grill. Grill about 3-4 mins, then turn.
- Grill for another 3 mins, or until chicken is completely cooked. Remove from heat and keep warm.
- To mix salad, combine lettuce, 1/4 cup cashews, 1 cup mandarin oranges, edamame peas and carrots in a mixing bowl. Slice chicken into thin strips. Add half the lettuce mixture and toss well with 1/2 cup of rice-wine vinaigrette. Transfer to 4 chilled salad bowls and garnish w/equal amounts of avocado slices, Asian noodles, remaining mandarin oranges, cashews and chicken
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Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/nutty-grilled-chicken-salad-50087236 (may not work)