Reviewed: Nov. 8, 2008

I loved this! I added chopped red bell pepper, celery, sliced almonds and mandarin oranges to the salad. I baked bone-in chicken breasts, cooled and shredded them, and thinned the dressing a little with the pear juice the oranges were packed in. Excellent!

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MrsPinky

Cooking Level: Expert

Reviewed: Sep. 7, 2008

OMGosh! This is a family favorite. My mother-in-law always requests this salad when we visit. The only changes I make to the recipe is instead of using wonton skins, I roast some slivered almonds & crushed up ramen noodles on 325 for about 10-25 minutes. Then top the salad with that. It adds a wonderful crunch & a fantastic flavor.

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Lola

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: San Jose, California, USA

Living In: Manassas, Virginia, USA

Reviewed: Aug. 13, 2008

This was really good and the longer the dressing sits the better it is. I also added some juice from mandarin oranges to the dressing. I baked the chicken on 350 for about 35 minutes and I basted it with hoisin sauce....yum

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Rob & Kara's Nana

Cooking Level: Expert

Living In: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Reviewed: Aug. 10, 2008

Excellent!! Made the dressing the night before. Used natural p'nut butter.

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tizzylizz

Home Town: Milford, Michigan, USA

Living In: Apex, North Carolina, USA

Reviewed: Aug. 8, 2008

I left out half of the peanut butter, and used vegetable oil because I didn't have any sesame. Also left out the chili paste, but added a pinch of red pepper flakes. Took others' advice by adding a can of manrarin oranges to the salad and some of the juice to thin the dressing. My last change was to cook the chicken in hoisin sauce. The end result was very good. My mom said it was the best Oriental salad she's had.

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Cook4U

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Apr. 17, 2008

Wow...I love this recipe. I did add napa cabbage and it made it even more colorful and yummy! The only thing I would actually change is how much fresh ginger is put in even after chopping it finely and putting it in the food processor I could still taste the chunks. I don't mind just a hint of taste but I'm sure others that don't like ginger will be thrown off by it. 5 stars! Yum...I will definately be making it again.

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MARYANNEC33

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: San Francisco, California, USA

Reviewed: Apr. 3, 2008

VERY GOOD, as is!

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IHATEL33T

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Mar. 17, 2008

Dressing was too strong, too salty. Hoisin sauce is already strong by itself and adding the peanut butter didn't make it any better. I eat hoisin sauce all the time and I think it wasn't used properly in this recipe. This would probably be better as a meat marinade or something.

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Aznsouris

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Glen Burnie, Maryland, USA

Reviewed: Jan. 19, 2008

I was hoping that I would like this, but it turned out that I didnt care for it. It was mainly the sauce. I thought the sauce was way to strong and had a wierd flavor. The salad is wonderful, but I would just prefer a different sauce to go with it. I just ended up making it into a regular chicken salad with ranch dressing.

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pink

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Aurora, Indiana, USA

Living In: Moores Hill, Indiana, USA

Reviewed: Jan. 7, 2008

Hmmm.. not what I was expecting. The dressing tasted a little off. I did add the mandarin juice, which salvaged it I think. My husband did say it was "ridiculous!", so I will give it 4**'s. Don't think I'll be making it again, though.

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