Self Generated #1 A Nod to Luorinda

    Lourinda's recipes are the best, but I would like to add a recipe that I've come across and I find to be a perfect summer's dinner. It serves about twenty, depending on the size of the cabbage head, but it also keeps well. Every one who has eaten it has asked for the recipe. I am happy to share it.

        

Chinese Chicken Salad

Total preparation time one hour

Serves twenty

1 head of cabbage  

4 boneless chicken breast

 1 green onion

2 packages of  Oriental flavor Ramen Noodles (reserve the flavor packets)

1/4 cup of silvered almonds

1/4 sesame seeds

1 cup of canola oil

2 tablespoons vinegar 

1 teaspoon black pepper

3 tablespoons soy sauce 

4 tablespoons sugar

    Cook chicken (boil or grill) and chop into one inch cubes. Cool. Chop cabbage into one inch cubes or shred. Slice green onion thinly. Toss chicken with cabbage and onion.

  Do not boil the noodles, instead break them into small pieces, spread on cookie sheet with almonds and sesame seeds, toast in oven at 375 degrees for ten minutes.  

 Make the dressing by blending the oil, vinegar, soy sauce, pepper, sugar and the flavor packets from the ramen noodles.Toss with chicken and cabbage. Stir in the toasted mixture just before serving.

   I know one cup of oil seems like a lot, I use a scant cup. That is more than three quarters of a cup but less than a cup. The recipe really does make a very large amount. I share it with my neighbors, and they have all asked for the recipe. I browse new recipes but seldom serve them without a practice run. I call that test driving a recipe. Kale chips are also winners in my household. My grandsons absolutely devour them. I haven't told them yet that kale is good for them. That's just Gammy's secret! Every time they come over, they are starving, or so that is what they would lead me to believe. Their Dad just rolls his eyes. I told him that is pay back because he did the very same thing at his Grandma's house. Isn't it funny how time seems to repeat the moments that leave the best memories?