Applebee's Oriental Chicken Salad

Applebee's Oriental Chicken Salad

This salad is what I always order at Applebee's. It is a little work to make it at home but so worth it. Sometimes when I have been in a hurry, I just go to Kentucky Fried Chicken and buy a couple orders of their chicken fingers and cut them up and use them instead of breading and cooking my own...which is the most time consuming part of this recipe. The dressing is good on any salad.

Oriental Chicken Salad with Honey Dressing
Dressing: (serves 2)
6 Tbsp. honey
3 Tbsp. rice wine vinegar
1/2 cup mayo
2 tsp dijon mustard
1/4 tsp. sesame oil

Chicken

2 egg

3/4 cup milk

3/4 cup flour

3/4 cup corn flake crumbs

1 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon pepper

2 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves or 8 chicken tenders

vegetable oil (for frying)

Salad

3 cup chopped romaine lettuce

1 cup red cabbage

1 cup Napa cabbage (it is kinky/curly)

1/2 carrot, julienned (I love that you can buy them this way at the store now)

1-2 green onions, chopped

2 T. sliced almonds, toasted

1/2 cup chow mein noodles

Preheat oil in deep fryer or deep pan over medium heat. You want the temperature of the oil to be around 350 degrees.

Blend together all ingredients for dressing in a small bowl with an electric mixer. Put dressing in refrigerator to chill while you prepare the salad.

In a small, shallow bowl beat egg, add milk, and mix well.In another bowl, combine flour with corn flake crumbs, salt and pepper.Cut chicken breast into 4 or 5 long strips. Dip each strip of chicken first into egg mixture then into the flour mixture, coating each piece completely.Fry each chicken finger for 5 minutes or until coating has darkened to brown.

Prepare salad by tossing the chopped romaine with the chopped red cabbage, Napa cabbage, and carrots.Sprinkle sliced green onion on top of the lettuce.Sprinkle almonds over the salad, then the chow mein noodles.Cut the chicken into small bite-size chunks. Place the chicken onto the salad forming a pile in the middle. Serve with salad dressing on the side.