Recipe(tried): Ramen Noodle Salad

Sheryl, I offer this recipe for a change of pace. It is a repost, originally posted by Tara, Michigan. I have made it several times. DH likes it and I also took it to a pot luck at school last month. Everyone liked it and asked for the recipe. I have used both broccoli slaw and cole slaw (packaged in the produce section of your grocery store) for this recipe. Both are good. I think that the broccoli slaw adds a little more color to the salad. You can always use a rotisserie chicken from the grocery store, skin and bones removed, and the meat cut up or shredded to make this a faster meal.

RAMEN NOODLE CHICKEN SALAD

1/4 cup canola oil
3 tbsp. rice vinegar
1/8 cup sugar
1/4 tsp. salt
seasoning packet from chicken Ramen noodles
2 cups cooked chicken
2 cups cole slaw
1/4 cup almonds (I toasted the almonds for 5-6 minutes in a 350 degree F oven so they would have more flavor)
1/2 small onion,diced fine
1/8 cup toasted sesame seeds
1 packet Ramen noodles, cooked
tabasco sauce to taste

Combine oil, vinegar, sugar, salt, and seasoning packet. Pour over combined remaining ingredients. Chill at least two hours before serving.

If you want to make your own chicken, you can cook chicken breasts with skin and bones (In other words, not skinless, boneless chicken breasts) in water to cover, with a couple of chicken bouillion cubes, a slice of onion, a stalk of celery cut up and a bay leaf). Heat water and chicken etc. to boiling, then turn the heat down so the water simmers. Cook for 25 minutes. Then, turn the heat off and let the chicken cool for 30 minutes in the broth. Remove the chicken from the broth and skin and debone it. Cut into pieces or shred for the salad. You can use the same method for a whole chicken but cook it for 45 minutes and cool for about an hour in the broth before skinning and deboning it.

Note: you should wash/rinse raw chicken under cold water before cooking it. Also, be sure to wash your hands and any work surfaces that the raw chicken has touched with hot, soapy water (preferrably anti-bacterial liquid dish soap) after.