Chicken Salad

Quick Look_______________

If you been around long enough, I'm sure you had this salad at one point. It's easy to make and it's really good. When I normally serve salad, there are leftovers. Somehow this one always seems to go quickly

• Prep time: 20 minutes
• Cook time: 10-15 minutes
• Difficulty: Easy.
• Labor Intensity: Easy enough to do on your own, though an extra hand would be nice
• 30 servings, adjust by 1.5x if your group tends to eat multiple servings.
  

Ingredients_______________

• 5-6 heads of romaine lettuce [$3-4 at costco]
• 2 cans of mandarin oranges [$2-3 at safeway]
• 4 lbs chicken breast [$8 when on sale at safeway]
• Wonton skins [$2 at safeway]
• 1 bunch green onions [less than $1]
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 1 cup rice vinegar
• 1 cup sugar
• 4 tbsp sesame oil
• 1 tsp black pepper
• dash of soy sauce
• Total: somewhere under $20.00 (if you already have other ingredients)

Directions_______________

• Slice chicken into 1/2 inch x 1 inch strips
• stir fry the chicken
• drain out liquid as it comes out of chicken
• Set aside the chicken
• slice the wonton skins into 1/2 in width
• deep fry the skins for seconds, until light brown
• you can pour 1/2 inch of oil into a small pan to deep fry
• chop green onions
• tear lettuce into salad size pieces
• pour oil, vinegar, sugar, sesame oil, pepper and soy sauce in a bowl and mix well or pour into a jar and shake well
• mix all ingredients, top with green onions

Tom's Tips and Tricks_______________

The salad tastes better cold so you may want to do all the work the night before and refrigerate it. Then shake the dressing, assemble and serve.

[Possible side dish] You can eat this with almost any dish!