Curried Chicken Salad With Jicama Food

CURRIED CHICKEN SALAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Place the chicken breasts on a sheet pan and rub the skin with olive oil. Sprinkle liberally with salt and pepper. Roast for 35 to 40 minutes, until the chicken is just cooked. Set aside until cool enough to handle. Remove the meat from the bones, discard the skin, and dice the chicken into large bite-size pieces.
• For the dressing, combine the mayonnaise, wine, chutney, curry powder, and 1 1/2 teaspoons salt in the bowl of a food processor fitted with the steel blade. Process until smooth.
• Combine the chicken with enough dressing to moisten well. Add the celery, scallions, and raisins, and mix well. Refrigerate for a few hours to allow the flavors to blend. Add the cashews and serve at room temperature.

JICAMA CHICKEN SAUTE

Steps:

• Sprinkle the chicken cubes with salt and 1/2 teaspoon of the curry powder.
• In a small bowl, combine the broth, onions, crushed red pepper and remaining curry powder; set aside.
• In wok, heat oil over medium high heat.
• Add the chicken; cook and stir until browned.
• Add jicama and bell pepper to wok.
• Cook 3 minutes, stirring often.
• Add broth mixture; cook and stir 3 minutes or until heated through.
• Serve over rice and garnish with peanuts.

CURRIED CHICKEN SALAD WITH JICAMA

Steps:

• Heat canola oil in a non-stick skillet.
• Sauté chicken for three minutes over medium-high heat.
• Add onion, sauté until translucent. Stir in curry powder. Sauté one minute over low heat.
• Remove chicken mixture from pan and place in refrigerator to cool completely.
• While chicken cools, prepare remaining ingredients.
• When chicken is cold, combine all ingredients.

SKINNY CURRIED CHICKEN SALAD WITH JICAMA

Steps:

• Peel and segment orange; halve or quarter each segment. In a large mixing bowl, combine orange, chicken, grapes, jicama, and celery.
• For dressing: In a small bowl, stir together mayonnaise, yogurt, soy sauce, and curry powder. Pour dressing over chicken mixture; toss gently to coat. Cover and chill for 1 to 24 hours. Serve in papaya halves and garnish with fresh chives, if desired.

GRILLED CHICKEN AND JICAMA SALAD WITH CILANTRO-LIME VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• Preheat ridged grill pan.
• For vinaigrette: In medium bowl, combine lime juice, cilantro, cumin and pinch of cayenne pepper. Slowly whisk in oil until emulsified. Add salt and adjust seasonings to taste.
• In shallow dish, place chicken and cover evenly with 1/3 of vinaigrette.
• In grill pan over medium-high heat, grill chicken until just done, about 6 minutes per side. Transfer to cutting board and let cool 5 minutes.
• Meanwhile, in large serving bowl, toss lettuce with small amount of vinaigrette. In another bowl, combine jicama, radishes, onion, avocado and mango. Gently toss with more vinaigrette.
• Place vegetable and fruit mixture on top of lettuce. Diagonally cut chicken into 1/2-inch-thick slices and arrange on top of salad. Top chicken with remaining vinaigrette and pepitas.

CHICKEN JICAMA SALAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine chicken, celery, jicama, carrots, onion, parsley and dill weed.
• Add sour cream, mayo (start w/ just the 1/4 cup of mayo and see if you need more), pepper and salt.
• Stir to coat evenly.
• Chill until ready to serve.