Date And Chicken Salad
- 1 head fennel (3 1/2 to 4 in. wide)
- 2 cups shredded boned, skinned cooked chicken breast
- 10 Medjool dates (about 2 in. long)
- 1/2 pound tangerines (see notes)
- 1/3 cup seasoned rice vinegar
- 1 teaspoon salad oil (optional)
- 1/4 teaspoon cayenne
- Salt
- Trim stalks from fennel. Rinse feathery green leaves; chop enough to measure 2 to 3 tablespoons and save a few others for garnish. Discard remaining leaves and stalks. Trim root end, any bruised areas, and coarse fibers from fennel head. Rinse head and cut into paper-thin slices. In a bowl, combine chopped leaves, sliced fennel, and chicken.
- Cut dates lengthwise into 1/2-inch-wide slices; discard pits. Add dates to bowl.
- Rinse tangerines and cut in half crosswise. Ream juice from 1/2 the fruit and add to bowl. Cut remaining tangerines (including peel) vertically into paper-thin slices, discarding seeds; add to bowl, along with vinegar and oil. Sprinkle mixture with cayenne, mix gently, and spoon onto plates. Garnish with a few of the reserved green fennel leaves. Add salt to taste.
- Note: Nutritional analysis is per serving.
head fennel, shredded boned, dates, tangerines, rice vinegar, salad oil, cayenne, salt
Taken from www.myrecipes.com/recipe/date-chicken-salad (may not work)