Chicken Recipes

Wild Rice and Chicken Salad

Once you have cooked the wild rice, this is a very simple salad to make.

INGREDIENTS
1 cup (dry-weight) wild rice, boiled or steamed
2 stalks celery, thinly sliced
2 ounces scallions, chopped
1 1/2 cups small button mushrooms, quartered
1 pound cooked chicken breast, diced
1/2 cup vinaigrette dressing
1 teaspoon fresh thyme leaves
2 pears, peeled, halved and cored
1/4 cup walnut pieces, toasted

SERVES 4

1. Combine cooled cooked wild rice with the celery, scallions, mushrooms and chicken in a bowl.

2. Add the dressing and thyme; toss well together.

3. Thinly slice the pear halves lengthwise without cutting through the stem end and spread the slices into a fan. Divide the salad among 4 plates. Garnish each with a fanned pear half and walnuts.