Chicken Salad with Peanut-Lime Vinaigrette
- 1 pound cooked chicken (from rotisserie chicken, leftover roast chicken, or from the deli section of the supermarket), cubed
- 1 cup diced fresh tomatoes
- 1/2 cup diced celery
- 1/4 cup diced red onion
- 1/2 cup Thai Peanut Sauce, recipe follows
- 1/4 cup light mayonnaise
- 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 6 cups shredded lettuce
- 1/4 cup chopped dry-roasted peanuts
- 3 cups reduced-sodium beef broth
- 2 tablespoons reduced-sodium soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons creamy peanut butter
- 2 teaspoons toasted sesame oil
- 1 teaspoon hot sauce
- In a large bowl, combine the chicken, tomatoes, celery, and onion.
- Add the peanut sauce, mayonnaise, and lime juice and toss to combine.
- Season with salt and pepper.
- (At this point, you can refrigerate the salad for up to 3 days.)
- Place the lettuce on 4 individual plates and top with the chicken mixture.
- Sprinkle the peanuts over the top just before serving.
- In a medium saucepan, whisk together the sauce ingredients until well blended and set the pan over medium heat.
- Bring to a simmer and let simmer for 10 minutes.
- The leftover peanut sauce will keep in the refrigerator up to 4 days or in the freezer up to 3 months; thaw completely in the refrigerator or microwave for about 3 minutes on LOW before using.
- Yield: approximately 3 1/2 cups
chicken, tomatoes, celery, red onion, peanut sauce, light mayonnaise, lime juice, salt, shredded lettuce, peanuts, beef broth, soy sauce, peanut butter, sesame oil, hot sauce
Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/robin-miller/chicken-salad-with-peanut-lime-vinaigrette-recipe.html (may not work)