Applebee's Oriental Chicken Salad

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 3 tablespoons honey
• 1 1/2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar
• 1/4 cup mayonnaise
• 1 teaspoon dijon mustard
• 1/8 teaspoon sesame oil
• 1 egg
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/2 cup flour
• 1/2 cup corn flake crumbs
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon ground pepper
• 1 boneless skinless chicken breast half
• 2 -4 cups vegetable oil (for frying)
• 3 cups chopped romaine lettuce
• 1 cup red cabbage
• 1 cup napa cabbage
• 1/2 carrot, julienned
• 1 green onion, chopped
• 1 tablespoon sliced almonds
• 1/3 cup chow mein noodles

Recipe

• 1 preheat oil in deep fryer or deep pan over medium heat. you want the temperature of the oil to be around 350 degrees.
• 2 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.
• 3 in a small, shallow bowl beat egg, add milk, and mix well.
• 4 in another bowl, combine flour with corn flake crumbs, salt and pepper.
• 5 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.
• 6 fry each chicken finger for 5 minutes or until coating has darkened to brown.
• 7 prepare salad by tossing the chopped romaine with the chopped red cabbage, napa cabbage, and carrots.
• 8 sprinkle sliced green onion on top of the lettuce.
• 9 sprinkle almonds over the salad, then the chow mein noodles.
• 10 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.