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Recipe: Oriental Chicken Salad With Spicy Peanut Sauce edit

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Created by: Anonymous

Tags: Asian, Condiment, Nuts, Oriental, Poultry, Salad

Yield: 4 servings

edit Ingredients

1 ⅓

tablespoons Seasame seeds

6

ounces Snow peas (fresh or frozen)

½

cup Chopped celery (inner stalk)

¾

cup Corn kernels (fresh/frozen)

¼

cup Chopped cilantro

½

pound Pasta (short bite-sized)

1

pound Boneless skinless chicken breasts

2 ⅔

tablespoons Soy sauce

2 ⅔

tablespoons Unseasoned rice vinegar

¼

cup Cold water

2

tablespoons Sugar

¼

teaspoon Salt

1 ½

teaspoons Minced ginger root

1

teaspoon Minced garlic

¼

cup Ground roasted peanuts

2

tablespoons Peanut oil

2

tablespoons Sesame oil

2

tablespoons Hot chili oil, or to taste

edit Preparation

Step 1

Toast sesame seeds in a small, dry skillet over medium heat, stirring constantly until seeds are golden, 3-4 minutes.

Step 2

Blanch fresh snow peas and corn in boiling water for 30 seconds, or thaw if frozen. Cook pasta, drain and cool. Poach chicken in simmering water in a covered skillet until chicken is just done, about 15 to 20 minutes. Don't overcook.

Step 3

To prepare sauce, add first 7 ingredients to a blender and process on high speed 1 minute. Add ground peanuts and process 1 minute more. In a cup, combine oils and drizzle into blender mixture while blending at low speed.

Step 4

In a large bowl combine blanched or thawed corn, cooked pasta, celery, cilantro and 3/4 of the sauce. Chop chicken and arrange with snow peas over the pasta mixture. Top with remaining sauce and toasted sesame seeds.

Step 5

Serve chilled or at room temperature

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