Oriental sweet-and-sour pasta salad

1 pk Suddenly Salad classic
           -pasta salad mix
      2 tb Vegetable oil
      3 tb Cold water
      1 tb Vinegar
      1 tb soy sauce
      2 ts Sugar
      1    L/2 Cups cut-up cooked
           -chicken
    1/2 c  Red bell pepper strips, cut
           -in half
    1/2 c  Bite-size pieces fresh
           -Chinese pea pods
      1 cn (8 ounces) sliced water
           -chestnuts, drained
 
  Prepare salad as directed on package ,except stir
  vinegar, soy sauce and sugar into water-oil mixture.
  Stir in remaining ingredients before tossing with
  Parmesan Cheese.
  
  6 servings.
  
  From the files of Al Rice, North Pole Alaska.    Feb
  1994
 
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