Poppy Seed Fruited Chicken Salad
By
Pat Duran
@kitchenChatter
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This photo by Betty Crocker recipes, inspired me to make my own salad and place it in this star design.
Hope you like my salad, in this star shape.
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.
