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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