RECIPE: Chinese chicken salad

[Aviva Garrett]

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.RH MOD.RECIPES-SOURCE CHICKEN-SALAD1 M "27 Jan 87" 1987
.RZ "CHINESE CHICKEN SALAD" "Chicken salad with Chinese seasonings"
This is a delicious salad my mother has been making for years. She found the
recipe in the cookbook that came with her wok. If you leave out the fried
bean threads, this is a reasonbly low-calorie dish. And if you use all
vegetable oils, there's almost no cholesterol in it (except for what's in
the chicken).
.IH "serves 3\-4"
.IG "2 lbs" "chicken parts" "1 kg"
.IG "2 Tbsp" "soy sauce" "30 ml"
.IG "1 Tbsp" "sherry" "15 ml"
.IG "dash" "garlic powder"
.IG "2 tsp" "minced fresh ginger" "10 g"
.IG "2 oz" "bean thread" "60 g"
(one package)
.IG "2 cups" "oil" "5 dl"
.IG "2 stalks" "green onions"
.IG "1" "iceberg lettuce"
.IG "1" "bunch coriander"
.IG "\(12 tsp" "dry mustard" "2.5 ml"
.IG "1 Tbsp" "oil" "15 ml"
.IG "2 Tbsp" "sesame oil" "30 ml"
.IG "1\-2 Tbsp" "vinegar" "1\-2 cl"
.IG "3 Tbsp" "toasted sesame seeds" "30 g"
.PH
.SK 1
Mix soy sauce, sherry, garlic powder, ginger.
Marinate the chicken in this mixture for several hours.
.SK 2
Bake the chicken, skin side up, for 45 minutes at
.TE 350 175 .
Let the cooked chicken cool.
.SK 3
When the chicken is cool, shred it.
.SK 4
Deep-fry the bean thread in small batches in
.AB "2 cups" "5 dl"
oil. Drain.
.SK 5
Shred the green onions and lettuce.
.SK 6
Cut the coriander into
.AB "1-inch" "2-cm"
lengths.
.SK 7
Place the chicken, lettuce, green onions, and coriander
in a large bowl. Mix in the dry mustard.
Add the sesame oil, oil, soy sauce, vinegar, sesame seeds, and
bean thread. Mix well. Serve.
.NX
You can add garlic and ginger to the salad dressing that goes on
the salad.
.PP
This is also good hot\(emheat it just enough to get it hot and
serve immediately.
.SH RATING
.I Difficulty:
easy.
.I Time:
baking: 45 minutes; preparation: 20 minutes.
.I Precision:
approximate measurement OK.
.WR
Aviva Garrett
Santa Cruz, California, USA
Excelan, Inc., San Jose, Calif.
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