's Style Chicken Salad

Total Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 4 boneless skinless chicken breast halves (broiler/fryer)
• 4 chicken thighs, skinned,broiler/fryer type
• 3 cups chicken broth
• 5 teaspoons curry powder, divided
• 11 ounces mandarin oranges, canned and drained
• 1/2 cup cashews, halved,unsalted
• 1/2 cup dates, pitted and chopped
• 2 teaspoons red peppers, diced
• 1 cup mandarin orange yogurt
• 1/2 cup reduced-calorie mayonnaise
• 1/4 cup coconut, flaked
• 1/4 cup chutney, finely chopped
• curly lettuce cup
• flaked coconut
• cashews, chopped

Recipe

• 1 put the chicken in a deep saucepan.
• 2 add broth and 4 teaspoons of the curry powder.
• 3 cover and simmer for about 30 minutes or until the chicken is fork tender.
• 4 remove from the heat and allow the chicken to cool in the broth.
• 5 when cool, separate the meat from the bones.
• 6 discard the bones and broth.
• 7 cut chicken into bite-sized pieces and put it into a large bowl with the oranges, cashew halves, dates, and red pepper; set aside.
• 8 in a small bowl, make the dressing by mixing together the yogurt, mayonnaise, coconut, chutney, and the remaining teaspoon of curry powder; blend well.
• 9 fold the yogurt dressing into the chicken-orange mixture.
• 10 arrange lettuce cups on a large platter.
• 11 fill with salad, garnish with coconut and cashews.
• 12 *plain orange or lemon yogurt may be substituted.