Banana Chicken Salad Food

EASY BANANA CHICKEN

Steps:

• Wash chicken breasts and dip them in oil.
• Mash bananas.
• Arrange chicken on a baking sheet and cover each piece with banana.
• You can garnish this with almost any spice imaginable--popular ethnic ones are paprika, coriander, poppyseeds, or cinnamon.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes or until chicken reaches internal temperature of 165 degrees.

BANANA BLOSSOM SALAD

Steps:

• Peel off and discard the tough, old outer layers (called bracts) of the banana blossom. Use a Japanese mandolin with the thinnest setting and cut into fine julienne strips; immediately plunge into large bowl of cold water and the white vinegar. When ready to prepare the salad, remove the julienne strips and shake off the tiny white buds (chopped up baby buds). Rinse and drain. Squeeze dry of the excess water. Place 4 cups well-packed strips into a bowl. Add the White Vinaigrette and toss for a few seconds. Pour off the excess liquid.
• In a separate bowl, toss the shredded chicken with salt, pepper, and lime juice. Add the grapefruit, rau rum, and chili fish sauce and mix together thoroughly.
• To serve, mound the salad equally onto 4 separate plates. Top each salad with 1 tablespoon crispy shallot flakes and 1 tablespoon chopped peanuts. Serve immediately.
• Mix all ingredients together in a medium bowl until the sugar and salt are dissolved. Set aside.

BANANA SALAD

Steps:

• Combine pineapple juice, sugar, lemon juice, and cornstarch in a saucepan over medium heat; cook and stir until sugar dissolves and sauce is smooth, about 5 minutes.
• Stir about 1 tablespoon sauce into the bowl with the egg until egg is slightly warmed. Slowly pour egg mixture into sauce, whisking until sauce is smooth and thickened. Remove saucepan from heat and freeze sauce, stirring occasionally, until completely chilled, about 15 minutes.
• Mix bananas, cream cheese, and pineapple together in a bowl. Add sauce and mix until evenly coated.

HEALTHY NAPA CHICKEN SALAD

Steps:

• For the tarragon yogurt dressing: Put the yogurt, mustard, honey, vinegar, celery seed and tarragon in a small bowl. Season with 1/4 teaspoon salt and about 1/8 teaspoon pepper and whisk to combine.
• For the chicken salad: Combine the chicken, grapes, almonds, celery and onion in a medium bowl. Add the dressing to the chicken mixture and toss until evenly coated.
• Serve the chicken salad on top of butter lettuce, cucumber slices, rice cakes, your favorite bread or even by itself!

SOUTH SEAS CHICKEN AND BANANAS

Steps:

• In a food processor or blender, blend the lemon juice, condensed milk, milk, coconut and cardamom until smooth. Pour into a bowl. Dip bananas into milk mixture; roll in cornflakes and set aside. , Dip chicken into remaining milk mixture; roll in remaining cornflakes and place in two greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking pans. Drizzle with 1/2 cup of the melted butter. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 1 hour. , Arrange bananas over the chicken. Drizzle with remaining butter. Bake 15 minutes longer or until chicken juices run clear. Garnish with kiwi and starfruit if desired.

TANGY BANANA SALAD

Steps:

• Mix together the yogurt, mustard powder, and salt in a serving bowl. Add the banana slices and stir gently until bananas are evenly coated with yogurt mixture.
• Garnish with chopped cilantro and chili powder. Serve immediately.

MAW-MAW GILMAN'S PEANUT BANANA SALAD

Steps:

• Over low-medium heat, cook the egg, sugar, vinegar, water and butter until thickened, stirring constantly.
• Layer in serving bowl, alternating bananas, nuts and sauce.
• Cool.