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Cold Chicken with Lime Dressing


Title: Cold Chicken with Lime Dressing
Categories: Chicken
Yield: 4 Servings

1 lb Poached skinless, boneless
-chicken breasts
1 c Thinly sliced celery
1 c Diced red bell peppers
1/2 c Chopped scallions
1 ts Granted lime peel
1/4 c Fresh lime juice
1/4 ts Crushed dried red peppers
1/2 ts Ground cumin
1/2 c Extra-virgin olive oil
One-third cup chopped dry
-roasted, unsalted peanuts
8 lg Romaine lettuce leaves,
-rinsed and drained

Cut chicken into 1/4 inch strips. Place in a large bowl with celery, red
bell peppers and scallions.

For dressing, combine lime peel, lime juice, dried red peppers, cumin and
olive oil with a wire whisk. Pour dressing over chicken and vegetables.
Toss well and refrigerate 1 hour. Sprinkle with peanuts just before
serving on romaine leaves.

Yield: 4 servings, each containing 545 calories; 39 grams protein; 94
milligrams cholesterol; 35.8 grams total fat.

NOTE: To avoid pickling effect, don't marinate chicken in lime juice more
than 3 to 4 hours.

From: The Low-Cholesterol Olive Oil Cookbook The Asbury Park Press 08/26/92
Shared By: Pat Stockett
Posted to MM-Recipes Digest V3 #207

Date: Thu, 1 Aug 1996 07:01:29 -0500

From: pickell@cyberspc.mb.ca (S.Pickell)