Since I didn't share this event with you then, I thought I'd throw in a few pictures so y'all can see some of my sweet sisters here in Nashville.
As my son-in-law Joe said to me...."You know, Amy Grant had it right...It really is a Tender Tennessee Christmas!"
By the way, the recipe calls for rice noodles. You should have seen all the varieties of noodles that showed up. Have you ever tried to eat Vermicelli rice noodles uncooked? (They are like spaghetti noodles, only tougher to chew.) Well, they were not cooked...just broken up and tossed in the salad. We got a really good laugh over that one. Thanks to all the polite sisters who ate them while trying to choke them down. We also got some long wide noodles cooked and ready to toss. At least they were dropped off in a zip lock baggie and not tossed into the salad. Can you imagine cold wet noodles in a green salad? Yummm! 
It was lots of fun!
Here's the recipe...enjoy!
Chinese Chicken Salad
Serves 12-15
12 oz spinach
21 oz. romaine lettuce
(Add some red leaf lettuce for color)
1 cup shredded carrots
3 cups mandarin oranges
1 1/4 cups bacon (cooked and cut into pieces)
2 1/4 cups toasted almonds (sliced)
1 1/2 bag Chow Mein Noodles
Poppy Seed Dressing
1/3 cup vinegar
3/4 cup sugar
Heat and dissolve sugar in vinegar
Add:
1 Tbsp dry mustard
1 1/2 Tbsp. poppy seeds
2/3 cup oil
1/2 tsp. salt
Whip together to mix oil and vinegar. It will mix completely and not separate IF whipped together long enough. This makes about 1 2/3 cups.
Chicken
Cook and cube 4 chicken breast halves. Thaw chicken or, if fresh chicken pieces are used, remove skin and trim fat. Dust in flour mixed with some seasoning mix (Lawry's Chicken Rub). Shake on a bit more of the seasoning and a tiny bit of garlic and bake in butter at 375 for 35 minutes, turning the chicken once.
The spinach, romaine, red leaf, and carrots can all be mixed together ahead of time. the rest of the ingredients are to be mixed in just prior to serving.
9 comments:
That's so funny...I love the variations of noodles....I can just imagine you all trying to gnaw through the crunchy, hard ones. Ha ha! Looks like a fun party, though!
Looks like you did a great job. Thanks for sharing the recipe sounds GOOD!!
YUM! Thanks for sharing! It can be interesting when ingrediants are misunderstood...one time I put regular sugar in almond gooey bars instead of powdered sugar and YIKES that was scary (like a volcano in my oven)!
That recipe sounds delightful! I'm going to have to try it sometime. There was a recipe I tried recently that called for a chinese noodle called maifun. It may be similar to what your recipe was looking for... You just break off one handful at a time and fry it in oil. It cooks within just a few seconds and has a fun crunch to it.
I'm excited to try your recipe.
I haven't had dinner yet and that recipe for Chinese chicken salad sounds soooooo good!
Thanks for sharing your recipe. You'll have to make it for me sometime.
What great pictures, and the recipe sounds yummy!! What a funny story about the noodles, we all have our own idea of what is correct!
I forgot to tell you that I went to Sartori's farewell last weekend and they have a blog.
elderandsistersartori.blogspot.com
Saw a few neighbors, sat by Pulsiphers and had a good visit with Buttars.
We all need to go to girls camp one more time, just the big girls though...
That sounds nummy...sans the hard as rock noodles of course. I miss your face, I am beginning to wonder if I will ever see it again. You just live too far away for me. Looks like your putting roots down in Tennessee too and well that's ok I guess but don't make it too permanent, then I won't ever ever ever get to see you both again! Unless I suddenly become rich and can travel at will and well with my husbands chosen vocation I think we both know how likely that is! They're lucky to have you!
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