Oriental Chicken Salad

From Diane, a family friend

This reminds me of Panera's Asian Sesame Chicken Salad.  I found that the dressing needs to be mixed very well and that it separates very easily.  Also, since the recipe doesn't specify what type of vinegar to use, I started off by making it with apple cider vinegar.  However, I didn't like the flavor that created and ended up just using plain white vinegar. There's probably a better tasting vinegar to use but seeing as though my husband doesn't like vinegar, those were the only two options in my pantry.

Ingredients

Salad:

3 cups cooked, cubed chicken breast

2 heads lettuce, chopped

2 T. minced onion

1   pkg. slivered almonds
¼ c. poppy seeds

1 can chow mein noodles

Dressing:

8 T. sugar

8 T. vinegar

4 t. salt

1 t. pepper

1 c. olive oil

Directions

Combine all dressing ingredients thoroughly.  Set aside.

Combine all salad ingredients except chow mein noodles.  Add dressing and noodles just before serving.

Yields: 1 salad