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Spring Chicken Salad with Creamy Lime Dressing

 

Delicious flavors...
 

 

 

DRESSING:

 

½ cup 

 

mayonnaise

 

½ tsp 

 

finely shredded lime peel

 

2 Tbs 

 

fresh lime juice

 

1 clove 

 

garlic,minced

 

2 tsp 

 

Jamaican jerk, Mediterranean or Greek seasoning

 

¼ tsp 

 

salt
 

 

 

 

SALAD:

 

One 2¼- lb. 

 

purchased whole roasted chicken

 

4 cups 

 

coarsely chopped fruit, such as pineapple, mango or kiwi

 

2 cups 

 

coarsely chopped and peeled jicama

 

2 Tbs 

 

thinly sliced green onion

 

 

 

Bibb lettuce

 

2 cups 

 

mesclun salad greens, cut into bite-sized pieces

 

 

 

pea shoots or watercress sprigs

 

 

1

Prepare creamy lime dressing by whisking together all dressing ingredients. Cover and refrigerate.

2

Remove skin from chicken; discard. Remove meat from bones; discard bones. Coarsely chop chicken (you should have about 3 cups). In a very large bowl combine chicken, fruit, jicama, and green onion. Spoon about half the dressing over chicken mixture; toss to coat well.

3

Line 6 individual serving plates with bibb lettuce. Divide mesclun mix among plates. Arrange some of the chicken mixture on each plate. Top with pea shoots. Drizzle with some of the remaining dressing.

 

 Recipe Source

Better Homes and Gardens

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