ObaChine Chinese Chicken Salad

This is a family favorite - but not an original.  This recipe comes direct from Wolfgang Puck

 

Total preparation time:  40 minutes

 

Dressing:

        1/3 cup    soy sauce

     1/2  cup    rice vinegar

       1/3 cup    Chinese hot mustard

1      egg yolk

           2 Tb    honey

            1 Tb    sesame paste

           2 Tb    chopped pickled ginger

            1 Tb    chili oil

          salt

          freshly ground pepper

     3/4  cup    peanut oil

 

·        Combine soy sauce, vinegar, mustard, egg yolk, honey, sesame paste, and chile oil in blender.  Season with salt and pepper.  Blend thoroughly.  Slowly blend in peanut oil.  Taste and adjust seasoning.  Set aside.  Makes about 2 cups.

 

 

Salad:

                 1    mango, peeled & cut into strips

         5 cups    nappa cabbage, cut into thin strips

                2    carrots, peeled and cut into thin strips

         1 head    radicchio, cut into thin strips

        4 cups    mixed greens or watercress

                3    bonelss, skinless chicken breasts, cooked, cooled, and diced

                 1    12oz package of won ton wrappers

           2 Tb    toasted sesame seeds

 

• In large salad bowl, mix mango, cabbage, carrots, radicchio, greens & chicken.
• Heat ½ inch oil in small skillet over medium heat.  Cut won ton wrappers into ½” strips.  Fry strips until golden brown, about 30 seconds each side.  Drain on paper towels and let cool.  Toss with salad.
• Toss salad with 1 cup Dressing.  Add more dressing if needed.  Sprinkle with sesame seeds.

 

 

8 servings.

Each serving: 741 calories; 522 mg. Sodium; 92 mg Cholesterol; 56 grams fat;

26 grams carbohydrates; 42 grams protein; 3.75 grams fiber