Cold Chicken Papaya Salad For Summer Carrie Sheridan Recipes

COLD CHICKEN PAPAYA SALAD FOR SUMMER/CARRIE SHERIDAN

Steps:

• Mix papaya, chicken and celery.
• Mix ingredients for dressing.
• Add to papaya/chicken mixture.
• Serve on lettuce leaves.
• Can use condiments: sliced bananas, shredded coconut, slivered almonds, sliced black olives.
• You can also just add the dressing to the chicken and celery and spoon this into a seeded papaya half.
• This is especially cooling in the summer if it is chilled in the refrigerator for an hour or so.

COLD CHICKEN MACARONI SALAD

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of water to a boil and add chicken; continue to boil until no longer pink in the middle, 15 to 20 minutes. Let sit until cool enough to handle, then dice into small bite-sized pieces.
• While chicken cooks, bring a second large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook elbow macaroni in the boiling water, stirring occasionally, until tender yet firm to the bite, about 8 minutes. Drain and rinse under cool water.
• At the same time, place eggs in a saucepan and cover with water. Bring to a boil, remove from heat, and let eggs stand in hot water for 15 minutes. Remove eggs from hot water, cool under cold running water, and peel.
• Mix mayonnaise, sugar, vinegar, onion salt, salt, mustard, and pepper together in a large bowl. Mix in eggs, pasta, and chicken, adding a little more mayonnaise if too dry. Chill for 1 hour, to overnight.

CHICKEN AND GREEN PAPAYA SALAD

Steps:

• Chicken:
• Rub chicken with soy sauce, sugar, and five-spice powder; season with salt and pepper. Let sit at least 1 hour.
• Prepare grill for medium-high heat and oil grate. Grill chicken, turning often and being careful not to char, until cooked through, 5-8 minutes total. Let cool, then shred.
• DO AHEAD: Chicken can be seasoned 1 day ahead of grilling; cover and chill. Chicken can be cooked 1 day ahead; cover and chill.
• Salad and assembly:
• Whisk garlic, lime juice, sugar, and fish sauce in a large bowl. Add shredded grilled chicken, papaya, cucumber, daikon, carrot, scallions, and chile to bowl; season with salt and toss to coat.
• Serve salad on banana blossom petals, if using, sprinkled with sesame seeds.

PINA COLADA THAI CURRY CHICKEN -- CARRIE SHERIDAN

Steps:

• Fry the curry paste, garlic, ginger and onions in the oil (add them and let them warm up with the oil so as not to brown the garlic or ginger) until fragrant and onions are tender. Use 1/4-1/2 of the can for less spice and the whole can for a medium spiciness level (you can add more at the end if you want to test out how much heat you want the first time you make it).
• add the chicken pieces and saute until coated and no longer pink.
• add in the rest of the vegetables, pineapple chunks AND the juice, coconut milk, and cashews and stir to combine well.
• Cook on medium heat for 15 or so minutes until thoroughly hot and giving the flavors a chance to combine well.
• Add 1/4 cup cream of coconut, then taste again. if you'd like it sweeter, add the remaining 1/4 cup. usually use enture 1/2 cup with the entire can of curry paste.
• Mix together the cornstarch and cold water to make a slurry. while stirring, add in the slurry to the simmering curry to thicken.
• Turn off the heat and add the basil, thinly sliced or broken into pieces so as not to dissipate the oil of basil in the leaves and add at the last minute.
• serve over rice or Tinkyada brand brown-rice spaghetti -- .