Mideastern Chicken Salad Recipe
Yield: 8 servingsRecipe by luhu.jp
Ingredients:
1 cup: Bulgur or cracked wheat,
1 cup: Chopped Italian parsley leaves,
1/2 medium: Red onion, peeled and chopped
4: Green onions, trimmed, with 2" of green retained, sliced
2 small: Green peppers, trimmed of seeds and stems, chopped
2 medium: Ripe tomatoes, peeled and seeded, roughly chopped
1/2: Cucumber, peeled, seeded and chopped
3 cup: Small-cube grilled or broiled chicken,
1/2 cup: Freshly squeezed lemon juice,
1/2 cup: Extra virgin olive oil,
Inner leaves of 1 or 2 heads of romaine lettuce,
1/4 cup: Fresh mint leaves,
20: Or so oil-cured black olives, opt
Directions:
Place the wheat in a large bowl and cover with 4 cups of cold water.
Soak for 20 minutes. Drain the wheat if any water has not been
absorbed.
Add the parsley, onion, green onions, peppers, tomatoes, cucumbers and
chicken to the wheat and mix well.
Whisk together the lemon juice and the olive oil, pour over the wheat
mixture and combine thoroughly. Set the salad aside as cool room
temperature for two hours.
Arrange the romaine leaves on a platter or on individual plates and
mound the salad on top. Sprinkle with the mint leaves and garnish
with the olives.
Submitted By MICHAEL ORCHEKOWSKI On 08-07-95
Source from luhu.jp
Soak for 20 minutes. Drain the wheat if any water has not been
absorbed.
Add the parsley, onion, green onions, peppers, tomatoes, cucumbers and
chicken to the wheat and mix well.
Whisk together the lemon juice and the olive oil, pour over the wheat
mixture and combine thoroughly. Set the salad aside as cool room
temperature for two hours.
Arrange the romaine leaves on a platter or on individual plates and
mound the salad on top. Sprinkle with the mint leaves and garnish
with the olives.
Submitted By MICHAEL ORCHEKOWSKI On 08-07-95
Source from luhu.jp