Recipe Test: Asian Chicken Salad with Honey Sesame Dressing

Credit:  www.heatherchristo.com

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INGREDIENTS:

Salad:

• Lettuce
• Red Cabbage
• Avocado
• Carrots
• Cucumber
• Edamama beans (shelled)
• Chicken (optional)
• Sesame seeds

Dressing: 

• Shallot
• Honey
• Rice Wine Vinegar
• Sesame Oil
• Sesame Seeds
• Kosher Salt

So I started getting excited just making it because simply the colors were gorgeous!  I caught myself saying "what a pretty salad!"  ... That has been cracking me up lately - how often I think of my food as pretty or beautiful.  I suppose it makes sense though.  I'm eating REAL food from nature and ... not to get too religious or anything here but ... God is the original cook here and he does a damn good job at making things pretty.  It's man that f*s it up!  

So ... I left out the chicken because this was a side instead of the main dish (I served it with Crisp Sesame Fish Fillets).  I also left out the edamame because stupid me bought a bag of them in the shell and didn't want to take the time to de-shell them.   I did make another salad for lunch with the leftovers the next day and added them. Unfortunately once you put the dressing on the salad lettuce doesn't keep well - gets slimy soggy overnight in the fridge.  So I tossed it out and then chopped up the rest of the red cabbage and just used it!   The dressing is YUM!  Just sweet enough.  

Next time THIS is the full dinner just add pulled or sliced chicken!