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Recipe: Oriental Chicken (or Salmon) Salad w/ Oriental
Salad Dressing & Spicy Peanut Sauce
By Jordan & Nikki Rubin – From the Extra Ordinary Health -
Perfect
Weight America Program
Yield: 4 servings
 This vegetable-rich salad is delicious and full of fiber and
antioxidants. For example, the green and red bell peppers are good
sources of vitamin C—an antioxidant that helps strengthen the immune
system helps fight cardiovascular disease by protecting the lining of
arteries from oxidative damage, and helps protect the body from smoke
and air pollutants. The sesame seeds are full of the antioxidant
vitamin E whose antioxidant effects are magnified when ingested with
vitamin C, selenium, and beta carotene (found in other ingredients in
this scrumptious salad.)
3 Tbsp. soy sauce
2 tsp. grated fresh ginger
2 skinless, boneless chicken breasts (free range or organic)
5 cups mixed salad greens
1 cup fresh bean sprouts
1 cup fresh snow pea pods, trimmed
1/2 green bell pepper, thinly sliced
1/2 red bell pepper, thinly sliced
1 small or medium cucumber, thinly sliced
1 cup sliced green onions
2 tsp. sesame seeds, toasted
Oriental Salad Dressing (see below for recipe)
Spicy Peanut Sauce (see below for recipe)
Combine soy sauce and ginger in a shallow baking dish. Add chicken or
salmon. Cover and marinate in refrigerator up to 4 hours. Remove
chicken or salmon from marinade, and discard remaining marinade. Cook
until lightly browned.
Combine mixed salad greens and next 6 ingredients. Pour ½ cup Oriental
Salad Dressing over salad and toss. Arrange cooked chicken or salmon
on top and pour more salad dressing on top. Serve with Spicy Peanut
Sauce.
Oriental Salad Dressing
Yield: 1 cup
4 Tbsp. rice vinegar
2 Tbsp. soy sauce
2 tsp. grated ginger
2 tsp. toasted sesame oil
2 tsp. finely chopped green onion or chives
2 cloves garlic, peeled and mashed
1 tsp .raw honey
2/3 cup extra virgin olive oil
2 tsp. unrefined flax seed oil
Place all ingredients in a jar and shake vigorously.
Spicy Peanut Sauce
Yield: 1 1/3 cups
1/2 cup peanut butter
1/3 cup coconut milk
2 Tbsp. soy sauce
1 Tbsp. grated fresh ginger
1 Tbsp. sesame oil
1/4 tsp. dried crushed red pepper
1/4 cup chicken broth
Combine all ingredients in a bowl and mix well.
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