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Warm-Spiced Chicken Salad

Ingredients

Salad

  • 3 cups shredded lettuce red leaf, Romaine, iceberg--whatever you have
  • 1/2 cup sliced or julienned radishes

Chicken

  • 1/2 tsp ground cumin
  • 1/2 tsp ground coriander
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/4 tsp black pepper
  • 1/2 pound boneless skinless chicken breasts
  • 2 Tbs peanut oil or other vegetable oil

Scallion Dressing

  • 3 Tbs balsamic vinegar
  • 2 tsp sesame oil
  • 3 Tbs peanut oil
  • 1/3 cup sliced green onions

Instructions

  • Put the lettuce in a serving bowl.  Hold the radishes aside to add at the end.
  • Pound the chicken between two pieces of plastic wrap so it's thin and about the same thickness all over. I like thinner pieces of chicken so pounded ours quite thin.
  • Mix the spices together in a small bowl and then rub all over the chicken.  Heat the oil in a skillet and cook the chicken until done, turning halfway through.  How long it takes to cook will depend on how thin  you pound the chicken. If in doubt, pull a piece out and cut in half. You're going to cut them all into strips to serve anyway.
  • When the chicken is done, take the pieces out of the skillet but leave the drippings in the pan to make the dressing.  Cut the chicken into strips and put on top of the lettuce.   Put the radish pieces on top or around the chicken. (It's kind of pretty in a ring around the chicken slices.)
  • After you take the chicken out of the skillet, leave the heat on medium and add all the dressing ingredients. Stir and cook for a minute or two, then pour the warm dressing over the salad and serve.