Szechwan Chicken Salad With Dressing

Daughter gives us a Harry and David fruit of the month gift for Christmas. This month was "pearsnapples" and the insert had this wonderful salad. It is out of this world.

• Ready In: 25 mins
• Serves: 2

Ingredients

• 1  medium pear
• 1  medium apple
• 1  chicken breast, cooked and shredded
• 1  cucumber, julienne cut
• 1⁄4 teaspoon  chopped  coriander
• 3  cups green leaf lettuce, shredded (I use baby spinach.)
• 1  tablespoon lemon juice

• Dressing

• 1⁄4 cup peanut butter
• 2  tablespoons soy sauce
• 1  tablespoon  sesame oil
• 1  tablespoon vinegar
• 1  tablespoon honey
• 1  clove garlic, minced
• 1⁄2 teaspoon  hot pepper sauce
• 1⁄4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1 -2  tablespoon water

Directions

1. Place all ingredients for dressing into a small saucepan.
2. Warm on low heat until creamy and well blended, whisking constantly.
3. Add a 1 or 2 tablespoons of water to dressing until desired consistency.
4. Mix about 2 cups of cold water and 1 Tbsp of lemon juice.
5. Core apple and pear, cut into thin slices and drop into cold water.
6. Wash and tear greens into bite size pieces.
7. Combine chicken, cucumber and coriander.
8. When ready to serve, drain and lightly dry the fruit.
9. On chilled salad plates divide the greens into 2 portions, place chicken mixture in mound on top.
10. Arrange the fruit slices on top and serve with the dressing.