Crunchy Chicken Salad Recipe

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This recipe features tender chicken and crunchy vegetables. With peanut oil, soy sauce and toasted sesame seeds, the dressing has a slight Asian flair. To save time when entertaining, you can cook the chicken and prepare the dressing the day before.—Diane Hixon, Niceville, Florida

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Crunchy Chicken Salad Recipe

Prep: 15 min. + chilling

Yield: 10 Servings

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Ingredients

4 cups shredded cooked chicken
2 cups shredded lettuce
1 cup julienned carrots
1 cup julienned cucumber
2/3 cup green onion strips, cut into 2-inch pieces
1 cup canned bean sprouts
DRESSING:
2 tablespoons canola oil
2 tablespoons lemon juice
2 tablespoons sesame seeds, toasted
1-1/2 teaspoons soy sauce
1/2 teaspoon salt, optional
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1/4 teaspoon ground mustard
Hot pepper sauce to taste

Directions

In a large salad bowl, toss the chicken, lettuce, carrots, cucumber, green onion and bean sprouts. Cover and refrigerate.
In a jar with a tight-fitting lid, combine dressing ingredients; shake well. Cover and refrigerate. Just before serving, shake dressing and pour over salad; toss to coat. Serve with breadsticks. Yield: 10 servings.

Diabetic Exchanges: One 1-cup serving of salad (without added salt) equals 2 lean mean, 1 vegetable, 1/2 fat; also, 156 calories 201 mg sodium, 42 mg cholesterol, 5 gm carbohydrate, 19 gm protein, 6 gm fat.

Originally published as Crunchy Chicken Salad in Taste of Home April/May 1994, p59