Applebee’s Inspired Oriental Chicken Salad

Portions:1 dinner-size salad
Cooking Time:30 minutes
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Ingredients

Oriental Dressing:

  • 3 tablespoons honey
  • tablespoons rice winevinegar
  • ¼ cup mayonnaise
  • 1 teaspoon Grey Poupon Dijon mustard
  • teaspoon sesame oil

Salad:

  • 1 egg
  • ½ cup milk
  • ½ cup flour
  • ½ cup corn flake crumbs
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • ¼ teaspoon pepper
  • 1 boneless skinless chicken breast half
  • 4 cups vegetable oil for frying
  • 3 cups chopped romaine lettuce
  • 1 cup red cabbage
  • 1 cup Napa cabbage
  • ½ carrot julienned or shredded
  • 1 green onion chopped
  • 1 tablespoon sliced almonds
  • cup chow mein noodles

Instructions

  • Preheat oil in deep fryer or deep pan over medium heat.
  • You want the temperature of the oil to be around 350 degrees.
  • Blend together all ingredients for dressing in a small bowl with an electric mixer. Put dressing in refrigerator to chill while you prepare the salad
  • In a small, shallow bowl beat egg, add milk, and mix well.
  • In another bowl, combine flour with corn flake crumbs, salt and pepper.
  • Cut chicken breast into 4 or 5 long strips.
  • Dip each strip of chicken first into egg mixture then into the flour mixture, coating each piece completely.
  • Fry each chicken finger for 5 minutes or until coating has darkened to brown.
  • Prepare salad by tossing the chopped romaine with the chopped red cabbage, Napa cabbage, and carrots.
  • Sprinkle sliced green onion on top of the lettuce.
  • Sprinkle almonds over the salad, then the chow mein noodles.
  • Cut the chicken into small bite-size chunks.
  • Place the chicken onto the salad forming a pile in the middle.
  • Serve with salad dressing on the side.
  • Makes 1 dinner-size salad.
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Course Chicken / Main Dish / Salad
Cuisine American