Thai Chicken Salad Recipe
Ingredients:
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3 cups vegetable oil, for frying
20 won ton
skins, cut into 1/4 inch strips
8 cups shredded mixed salad greens
4 cups bite-size pieces of barbecued or
roast chicken (from a 3 lb bird)
1 cup bean sprouts
1
large yellow bell pepper, cut into thin julienne
1/2 European
seedless cucumber (about 8 oz), cut into thin julienne
6 tblsp fresh lime juice
1/4 cup fish sauce (nuoc mam)
1/4 cup (packed) light brown sugar
4
serrano chiles, seeded and minced
1/2 tsp freshly grated nutmeg
1 tblsp finely minced fresh lemon grass
(optional)
1 tblsp finely minced fresh ginger
1/4 cup minced fresh mint
3 tblsp minced fresh basil
1/4 cup dry-roasted unsalted peanuts, coarsely
chopped
Instructions:
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In a large skillet, heat the oil over moderately high heat until
a strip
of won ton bounces across the surface. Add the won ton
strips in
batches and fry, turning, until crisp and golden, about 1
minute.
Transfer to paper towels; drain well.
In a large bowl, combine the mixed greens, chicken, bean
sprouts, yellow
pepper and cucumber.
In a medium bowl, whisk together the lime juice, fish sauce,
brown
sugar, chiles, nutmeg, lemon grass, ginger, mint and basil.
Add the
dressing to the salad and toss well. Gently fold in the
crisp won ton
strips. Turn out onto a serving platter and sprinkle with
the peanuts.
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