Leftover chicken? Use it in a wild and wonderful chicken salad.
North Woods Chicken Salad
- Prep Time 15 min
- Total 2 hr 15 min
- Servings 6
- Ingredients 13
Ingredients
Dijon Vinaigrette
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil
- 1/4 cup rice vinegar
- 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
- 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
Salad
- 3 cups cold cooked wild rice
- 2 cups cubed cooked chicken
- 1/2 red bell pepper, diced
- 1 cup 1-inch pieces snap pea pods
- 3 medium green onions, sliced (3 tablespoons)
- 1/2 cup cashews
Instructions
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Step1In food processor, cover and process all vinaigrette ingredients until smooth.
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Step2In large bowl, toss vinaigrette and all salad ingredients except cashews until coated. Cover and refrigerate at least 2 hours to blend flavors but no longer than 24 hours.
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Step3Toss salad and cashews just before serving.
Nutrition
360
Calories
21g
Total Fat
19g
Protein
24g
Total Carbohydrate
3g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 360
- Calories from Fat
- 190
- Total Fat
- 21g
- 32%
- Saturated Fat
- 3 1/2g
- 18%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 40mg
- 13%
- Sodium
- 580mg
- 24%
- Potassium
- 330mg
- 10%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 24g
- 8%
- Dietary Fiber
- 3g
- 10%
- Sugars
- 3g
- Protein
- 19g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 15%
- 15%
- Vitamin C
- 45%
- 45%
- Calcium
- 2%
- 2%
- Iron
- 10%
- 10%
Exchanges:
1 1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 2 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 3 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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