Recipe: Applebee's Oriental Chicken Salad and Asian Chicken Salad Dressing for Evelyn

Asian Chicken Salad Dressing
like Applebee's
Serves : 8

4 cups water
1 cup granulated sugar
1/3 cup dry pectin
2 Tbls. white vinegar
2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. soy sauce
1/2 tsp. black pepper
1/2 tsp. garlic powder
1/2 tsp. paprika

Bring all ingredients to a rolling boil over medium heat, stirring constantly. Remove from heat, cool, cover, and refrigerate up to 6 weeks.

NOTES : Serve this fat-free dressing over a salad of romaine and iceberg lettuce, red and green cabbage, and shredded carrot. Garnish with minced green onions and chow mein noodles. Top with chicken breasts marinated in teriyaki sauce, grilled, and sliced.

Applebee's Oriental Chicken Salad FULL recipe

Oriental Dressing:
3 Tablespoons honey
1 1/2 Tablespoons rice wine vinegar
1/4 Cup mayonnaise
1 Teaspoon Grey Poupon Dijon mustard
1/8 Teaspoon sesame oil

Salad:
1 egg
1/2 Cup milk
1/2 Cup flour
1/2 Cup corn flake crumbs
1 Teaspoon salt
1/4 Teaspoon pepper
1 boneless skinless chicken breast half
4 Cups vegetable oil (for frying)
3 Cups chopped romaine lettuce
1 Cup red cabbage
1 Cup Napa cabbage
1/2 carrot julienned or shredded
1 green onion chopped
1 Tablespoon sliced almonds
1/3 Cup chow mein noodles

Preheat oil in deep fryer or deep pan over medium heat. You want the temperature of the oil to be around 350 degrees. Blend together all ingredients for dressing in a small bowl with an electric mixer. Put dressing in refrigerator to chill while you prepare the salad. In a small, shallow bowl beat egg, add milk, and mix well. In another bowl, combine flour with corn flake crumbs, salt and pepper. Cut chicken breast into 4 or 5 long strips. Dip each strip of chicken first into egg mixture then into the flour mixture, coating each piece completely. Fry each chicken finger for 5 minutes or until coating has darkened to brown. Prepare salad by tossing the chopped romaine with the chopped red cabbage, Napa cabbage, and carrots. Sprinkle sliced green onion on top of the lettuce. Sprinkle almonds over the salad, then the chow mein noodles. Cut the chicken into small bite-size chunks. Place the chicken onto the salad forming a pile in the middle. Serve with salad dressing on the side. Makes 1 dinner-size salad.