Pea Pod And Chicken Salad Oriental Recipes

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• Cook macaroni to desired doneness as directed on package. Drain and rinse with cold water. In large bowl, combine cooked macaroni, pea pods, chicken, green onions, and water chestnuts. In small bowl, blend mayonnaise, soy sauce, pepper and ginger; add sherry, if desired. Pour over pea pod mixture. Mix well. Cover, refrigerate atleast 3 hours. When serving, garnish with almonds.
• To blanch pea pods, place in boiling water, cook and cover for 1 minute. Immediately drain and rinse with cold water.

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• Cook pasta as directed on package, adding pea pods during last 1 to 2 minutes of cooking. Drain; rinse with cold water to cool. Drain well.
• Meanwhile, in large bowl, mix chicken, onions and water chestnuts. In small bowl, mix dressing ingredients until well blended.
• Gently stir cooled cooked pasta and pea pods into chicken mixture. Pour dressing over salad; stir gently to coat. Cover; refrigerate at least 3 hours or until serving time.
• To serve, line serving bowl with lettuce leaves. Spoon salad over lettuce. Sprinkle with almonds.

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• Remove Noodles from soup mix. Discard Seasoning Mix or reserve for another use. Break up uncooked noodles.
• Mix broken noodles with all remaining ingredients except dressing in large serving bowl.
• Add dressing; toss to coat.

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• In a medium saucepan, add the chicken and enough cold water to cover it by 1 inch. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat. When the water begins to boil, lower heat immediately to a gentle simmer, cover partially with a lid and cook for 10 minutes. (Monitor that the bubbles never get too big; lower heat if so.) Turn off the heat, cover completely with lid, and leave on the stovetop for another 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, prepare the sugar snap peas: Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. When it begins to boil, set a bowl of ice water next to the stovetop. Drop sugar snap peas into boiling water and cook until crisp-tender, 30 to 45 seconds. Use a slotted spoon to transfer the sugar snap peas to the ice water to cool completely. Drain well and pat dry on a clean dish towel in a single layer.
• Transfer sugar snap peas to a cutting board and trim the tips, if needed, then slice lengthwise into thirds on a slight diagonal. Transfer to a large bowl or lidded container, and refrigerate.
• Prepare the dressing: In a mortar and pestle, coarsely grind the sesame seeds, leaving some whole. In a small bowl, combine ground sesame seeds, mayonnaise, soy sauce, rice vinegar, sesame oil, sugar and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Stir until smooth.
• Set a bowl of ice water next to the stovetop. Transfer the chicken to the ice water to cool completely. When chicken is cool enough to handle, pat dry, then finely shred the meat using your fingers. The shreds should be similar in size to the cut sugar snap peas.
• Add the shredded chicken and all of the dressing to the chilled snap peas; toss gently until coated. Enjoy immediately, or refrigerate for up to 1 day.

Steps:

• Cook macaroni to desired doneness as directed on packate. Drain and rinse with cold water.
• Mix in large bowl, combine cooked macaroni, pea pods, chicken, green onions and water chestnuts.
• Combine in small bowl, blend mayonnaise, soy sauce, pepper and ginger. Add sherry if desired. Pour over pea pod mixture. Mix well. Cover. Refrigerate at least 3 hours or until served.
• Garnish with almonds.
• To blanch pea pods place in boiling water. Cover and cook 1 minute. Immediately drain and rinse with cold water.

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• Mix oil, sugar, vinegar and soy sauce in large bowl.
• Add remaining ingredients; toss. Serve immediately.

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• In a large salad bowl toss together the romaine and pea pods.
• In a small bowl stir together the dressing and hoisin sauce.
• Pour over romaine and toss to coat. Sprinkle with sesame seeds.

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• Tear apart chicken into strips.
• Cook peas: place in pot, cover with water, bring to boil, and boil for 3 minutes. Drain.
• Combine dressing ingredients.
• Stir everything together. Refrigerate at least 2 hours before serving to allow salad to chill and for chicken to absorb dressing flavor.