Mai fun chicken salad with hoisin dressing

2 servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
3tablespoonsRice vinegar
¼cupSalad oil
1tablespoonHoisin sauce
Napa/Savoy cabbage leaves
2cupsMai fun *
1cupFinely shredded carrots
2teaspoonsSesame seeds
2teaspoonsMinced fresh gingerroot
2Lg cooked chicken breasts*
½cupSugar snap peas **
Vegetable garnishes ***

Directions

HOISIN DRESSING

SALAD

*Note: Mai fun should be prepared according to package directions.

*Chicken breasts should be skinned, boned and cut into thin slices.

**Snap peas should be blanched and chilled. ***Suggested vegetable garnishes: Japanese or regular cucumber slices, straw mushrooms, carrot flowers. Combine vinegar, oil, hoisin sauce, sesame seeds and gingerroot in jar with lid. Cover and shake well. Chill. Meanwhile, to make salad, for each serving, line plate with cabbage leaves and over them arrange layer of mai fun. Then arrange shredded carrots, chicken slices, sugar snap peas and vegetable garnishes on plates as desired. Shake dressing again and pass at table. (C) 1992 The Los Angeles Times