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Crunchy Chicken Salad Recipe

This special salad is packed with hearty chicken, fresh produce and fantastic flavor. Best of all, it's good for you. So you can enjoy every flavorful bite.

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Diabetic Friendly

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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 (2-inch pieces)
1 cup canned bean sprouts
DRESSING:
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
2 tablespoons lemon juice
2 tablespoons sesame seeds, toasted
1-1/2 teaspoons light soy sauce
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. Refrigerate. In a small bowl, combine dressing ingredients. Refrigerate. Just before serving, pour dressing over salad and toss gently. Yield: 10 servings.

Nutritional Facts 1 cup equals 156 calories, 6 g fat (0 saturated fat), 42 mg cholesterol, 201 mg sodium, 5 g carbohydrate, 0 fiber, 19 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 2 lean meat, 1 vegetable, 1/2 fat.

Originally published as Crunchy Chicken Salad in Taste of Home's Down-Home Diabetic Cookbook Annual 1995, p38