Mandarin oranges are in season and here is recipe that is easy to put together.
You might call them cuties, clementines, or mandarin oranges. Whatever you call them, they are in season right now and this week’s Cheap Eats recipe is full of these little orange treasures. You can use store-bought rotisserie chicken or oven baked chicken breast as I did.
Asian Chicken Salad
2 C. cooked and cubed chicken
1 bag Iceberg salad mix
1 head romaine lettuce
5-6 stalks green onions
½ bunch cilantro, chopped
½ C. dry roasted, unsalted peanuts
5 fresh Mandarin oranges, peeled and segmented
Asian Ginger Dressing
3 cloves garlic, minced
4 T minced fresh ginger root
¾ C. olive oil (or sesame oil)
½ C. rice vinegar
3 T honey
1 T soy sauce
In a jar, combine the ingredients for the dressing and set aside. Arrange the lettuces, cilantro, onion, and chicken in a salad bowl. Top with Mandarin oranges and peanuts. Shake the jarred dressing and pour over the salad. You might find you do not need all the dressing. For this meal I shopped mainly at Winco. I spent about $1 for the salad dressing, $2 in chicken and $4 for the other salad ingredients. Seven dollars for a delicious spring-time meal is some good cheap eating!
repost by betty fenar- palm desert/antebellum corespondent
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