Teriyaki Chick’n Salad
Serves 4
Who would have thought that a chick’n salad could offer such a dazzling rainbow of colors and textures? That’s exactly what you get with this composed platter, which is a contemporary innovation rather than a classic. I find that that scallopine-style or cutlet-style plant-based chicken works best for this, but use what you have on hand or is readily available. It will all taste (and look) fantastic.
INGREDIENTS
1/4 cup bottled teriyaki sauce or homemade Teriyaki Sauce
8 to 10 ounces plant-based chicken (see options at left), cut into narrow strips
Mixed baby greens or shredded lettuce to taste
2 large celery stalks, thinly sliced
1 heaping cup fresh or drained canned pineapple chunks and/or sections of small orange, such as mandarin or clementine
1/2 medium bell pepper, any color, cut into strips
1 cup halved fresh cherry or grape tomatoes
1/2 cup whole or halved cashews
Bottled sesame-ginger dressing to taste
INSTRUCTIONS
- Heat the teriyaki sauce in a medium skillet. Add the chick’n and cook over medium-high heat on both sides, stirring often, until nicely glazed, about 5 minutes. Remove from the heat.
- Line a large serving platter with salad greens. Arrange the chick’n in two or three spots atop the greens. Alternatively, arrange the chick’n in overlapping pieces or in a couple fo rows.
- Arrange the celery, pineapple and/or orange, bell pepper, tomatoes and cashews in aesthetically pleasing separate mounds on the salad greens.
- Let guests compose their own plates or compose each plate yourself from the components on the platter. Pass the dressing at the table.
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