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SALAD

Vivian's Chinese Chicken Salad, American

Ingredients

    SALAD

  • 2 cooked chicken breasts - cut up
  • ½ to 1 head lettuce, shredded
  • 5 green onions, sliced thin
  • ½ pkg. Won Ton skins, sliced thin, brown in oil, drain
  • ¼ cup toasted sesame seeds
  • ¼ cup toasted slivered almonds
  • DRESSING

  • 4 tbsp. Sugar
  • 2 tsp. salt
  • ½ tsp. pepper
  • 4 tbsp vinegar
  • ½ cup salad oil
  • 1 tbsp. sesame oil - THIS IS THE KEY - exactly this proportion.
Preparation Instructions

You can prepare & mix all the dressing ingredients ahead of time. Toss all salad ingredients in a large salad bowl and dress. Serves 6-8.

Contributed by Vivian Calder, 1990

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