Wendy's Garden Sensation Mandarin Chicken Salad Copycat

Prep Time: 45 Minutes

Cook Time: 0 Minutes

Ready In: 45 Minutes

Servings: 4

COPY OF THIS OH SO YUMMY SALAD! (45 minutes if you have to cook chicken from fresh) From

Ingredients:

1/2 cup corn syrup

3 tablespoons white distilled vinegar

2 tablespoons pineapple juice

4 teaspoons granulated sugar

1 tablespoon light brown sugar

1 tablespoon rice wine vinegar

1 tablespoon soy sauce

1 teaspoon sesame oil

1/4 teaspoon ground mustard

1/4 teaspoon ground ginger

1/8 teaspoon salt

1/8 teaspoon paprika

1 dash garlic powder

1 dash ground black pepper

1/2 cup vegetable oil

1/2 teaspoon sesame seeds

4 chicken breast fillets

1 head iceberg lettuce, chopped

4 cups red leaf lettuce, chopped

1 1/3 cups canned mandarin orange segments

1 cup rice noodles

1 cup roasted sliced almonds

Directions:

1. Prepare dressing by combining all dressing ingredients except vegetable oil and sesame seeds in a blender on high speed.
2. Slowly add oil to mixture (to create an emulsion).
3. Add sesame seeds and blend for just a couple seconds.
4. Pour dressing into a covered container (such as a dressing cruet) and chill until needed.
5. (1 1/2 CUPS DRESSING) Rub each chicken breast fillet with oil, then lightly salt and pepper each piece.
6. Grill on medium/high heat until done.
7. Chill chicken breasts in refrigerator.
8. When chicken is cold, build each salad by first arranging about 4 cups of iceberg lettuce in the bottom of a large salad bowl or on a plate.
9. Arrange a cup of red leaf lettuce on the iceberg lettuce.
10. Dice each chicken breast into bite-size pieces and sprinkle the pieces from each one over each salad.
11. Arrange about 1/3 cup of mandarin orange wedges on each salad.
12. Next, sprinkle about 1/4 cup of rice noodles and 1/4 cup of roasted sliced almonds on top of each salad.
13. Add desired amount of sesame dressing and serve.

By RecipeOfHealth.com