Ahira's Hangar

Katherine's Famous Chinese Chicken Salad
submitted by: danlo

(my mom's)

Dressing:
2 tablespoons light oil
1 garlic clove pressed and chopped
1/4 teas. ground ginger
1 teas. Dijon mustard
1 tbls. honey
1 tbls. soy sauce
2 tbls. fresh lemon juice
dash of cayenne pepper

Salad:
1 cup lightly packed, cooked chicken pieces
4 cups shredded Romaine lettuce
3 scallions thinly sliced with part of green, too
2 tbls. cilantro leaves (coentro if you can can get it)
1 10oz can mandarin oranges drained
Chinese fried noodles (small type) La Choy
2 to 4 tbls. toasted slivered almonds (optional)

Combine dressing ingredients in a pint jar. Shake well. Add chicken to dressing. Cover tightly and refrigerate several hours or overnight (better). Put remaining ingredients, except noodles and almonds, in a large serving bowl. Refrigerate until serving time.

To serve: Add dressing and chicken (shake first) to serving bowl and toss all together. Divide nooldes between dinner plates and spread to edges. Spoon tossed salad in the center and spread almonds over.

Serves 2

To double it I would make 2 dressings and twice the chicken and put in 2 jars. Then double the lettuce, etc...

This is Danlo's mother's recipe. She passed away in the last year, so I am so glad to see this here. People can make her recipe, and remember an elegant and lovely woman.