Cantonese chicken salad with cashews

 
                    CANTONESE CHICKEN SALAD WITH CASHEWS
 
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 Serving Size  : 6    Preparation Time :0:00
 Categories    : Oriental                         Salads
                 Poultry
 
   Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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    2       c            Peanut or vegetable oil
    2       oz           Rice stick noodles
    1       tb           Dry spicy mustard
    1 1/2   tb           Water
    1       pn           Sugar
    1       pn           Salt
    1                    Roast Chicken
                         - Deli (Cantonese-style)
                         - left whole
    4       tb           Roast chicken juices
    2       ts           Soy sauce
    1       tb           Vinegar
    1       t            Asian sesame oil
    4                    Green onions
                         - mostly white section,
                         - cut into
                         - 2" long fine shreds
    1       bn           Fresh coriander leaves
    2       tb           Toasted sesame seeds
    6       c            Shredded iceberg lettuce
                         -ÿÿRomaine lettuce
    1       c            Roasted cashews
 
   IN A WOK OR SMALL SAUCEPAN heat the oil to 375F. Pull noodles apart into 4
   small batches. Add 1 small handful at a time into the hot oil. They should
   puff within a few seconds. If they do not, the oil is not hot enough. With
   chopsticks or tongs, remove noodles and drain on paper towel. Repeat with
   the remaining noodles. Lightly crumble noodles. Makes about 4 cups. In a
   small bowl, blend thoroughly the mustard, water, sugar and salt; set aside
   for at least 10 minutes. Open the cavity of the roast chicken; pour out the
   juices and add them to any juices accompanying the chicken. Strain and
   degrease the juice. Mix 4 tablespoons of the strained juice with soy sauce,
   vinegar and sesame oil; set aside. Remove the chicken meat from the bones.
   Hand shred by tearing the meat into 1/4-by-2-inch-long shreds. Cut skin
   into 1 1/2-inch long thin slivers. In a large bowl mix together the skin,
   chicken and reserved mustard mixture. Add the green onions, coriander,
   sesame seeds and reserved roasting juice mixture; toss together like a
   salad. Just before serving, add lettuce and cashews; toss together. Arrange
   over a bed of crumbled rice stick noodles. Serve at room temperature.
  
 
 
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