dee's chinese chicken salad

Ingredients

• 4 - 6 - grilled chicken breast halves
• 4 cups cole slaw mix from a bag or shreaded cabbage
• 4 - 6 cups shreaded romaine lettuce
• 3/4 cup angle sliced green onions (about 6-7)
• 1 can sliced water chestnuts, julianned
• 1/4 pound fresh pea pods, sliced, about 1 1/2 cups
• 2 - 11 ounces cans mandarin oranges, drained
• 1 cup sliced toasted almonds
• 2 packages top ramin noodles, uncooked & broken up
• MARINADE FOR CHICKEN & SALAD DRESSING
• 1/2 cup canola oil
• 1/4 cup soy sauce
• 1/4 cup rice vinegar
• 2 tablespoons sesame oil
• 1/3 cup brown sugar, or to taste
• a 1 inch pound piece of ginger root, grated
• 1 clove garlic, grated
• 1 - seasoning packet from 1 package of top ramin
• - the juice from the mandarin oranges to taste
• - to make this low fat you can omit the oil, add 2 tsp cornstarch. and simmer dressing until thickened. cool and pour onto salad.