Chinese Noodle And Chicken Salad

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 20
• 2 lbs linguine, cooked
• 1/4 cup oriental sesame oil
• 5 lbs chicken, roasted, skinned, boned, shredded
• 4 bunches green onions, sliced
• 2 bunches fresh cilantro, chopped
• 4 jalapeno chilies, seeded, deveined, minced
• 1 1/4 lbs snow peas, stringed, thinly sliced, lengthwise
• 1 cup soy sauce
• 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter (do not use old fashioned style or freshly ground)
• 1/2 cup rice vinegar
• 1/2 cup oriental sesame oil
• 2 tablespoons sugar

Recipe

• 1 for salad:
• 2 cook linguine in large pot of boiling salted water until just tender but still firm to bite.
• 3 drain.
• 4 rinse with cold water to cool; drain well.
• 5 transfer to a large bowl.
• 6 add sesame oil; toss to blend.
• 7 mix in chicken, onions, cilantro and chilies.
• 8 cook snow peas in medium saucepan of boiling salted water until just crisp-tender, about 1 minute.
• 9 drain.
• 10 rinse with cold water to cool; drain well.
• 11 mix into salad.
• 12 for dressing:
• 13 combine soy sauce, peanut butter, vinegar, sesame oil and sugar in processor; blend until smooth.
• 14 pour dressing over salad and mix with hands to blend well.
• 15 (can be prepared 1 day ahead. cover and refrigerate.)
• 16 line large platter with napa cabbage leaves.
• 17 mound salad over and serve.