Poppy Seed Fruited Chicken Salad
By
Pat Duran
@kitchenChatter
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Hope you like my salad, in this star shape.
Ingredients
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4 smallboneless skinless chicken planks, cut in bite size pieces
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1/2 craspberry walnut vinaigrette
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2 tsppoppy seeds
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1/2 cdiced red apple, cored but unpeeled
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1/2 cred bell pepper, diced
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1/4 cchopped almonds or walnuts, optional
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1/2 cnavel orange segments. diced
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1/2 cred grapes, halved
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1/2 cpineapple, chunks drained
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1 smallpersonal size seedless watermelon, sliced in 1/2
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DRESSING:
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1/4 cmayonnaise, to taste
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1/4 clight honey(dark is to strong)
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1/4 cthawed limeade concentrate, undiluted
How to Make Poppy Seed Fruited Chicken Salad
- Remove rind from melon and slice in 1-inch slices - stack 3 slices high and slice into 8- tri-angles. Stack the tri-angles in a circle like above photo forming a circle with pointed ends out- leaving a center open on a large cake plate; chill until ready to use.
- Put chicken pieces in raspberry vinaigrette in a ziploc freezer bag. Refrigerate to marinate for 1 hour. Remove chicken from marinade with tongs and discard marinade. Sauté chicken in 1 Tablespoon olive oil until cooked through, Chill.
- Mix the chicken, and fruit,nuts together in a large bowl.
Combine dressing ingredients and blend well - pour over chicken mixture in bowl, stir to coat evenly. - To serve. Fill center of melon star, mounding it up. Top with a few slivered almonds, if desired.