Chicken, Rice, and Tropical Fruit Salad

Name: Chicken, Rice, and Tropical Fruit Salad
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 59 milliliters sliced almonds, toasted; 237 milliliters uncooked basmati rice; 2 Tbsps canola oil; 473 milliliters cubed skinless, boneless rotisserie chicken breast; 2 Tbsps finely chopped fresh mint; 2 Tbsps fresh lemon juice; 237 milliliters jarred sliced peeled mango, drained and chopped (such as Del Monte SunFresh); 237 milliliters cubed fresh pineapple; 118 milliliters seedless red grapes, halved; 4 romaine lettuce leaves; 0 teaspoons salt

Chicken, Rice, and Tropical Fruit Salad is Head to the store and pick up almonds, mint, canolan oil, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the red grapes you could follow this main course with the Rose Levy Beranbaum's Chocolate Tomato Cake with Mystery Ganache as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes.

Instructions

Cook rice according to package directions, omitting salt and fat. Cool.

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Rice

Salt

Combine rice and next 5 ingredients.

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Rice

Combine mint and next 3 ingredients in a small bowl, stirring with a whisk.

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Mint

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Whisk

Bowl

Drizzle mint mixture over rice mixture; toss well. Cover and chill.

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Mint

Rice

Place 1 lettuce leaf on each of four plates. Spoon 1 1/2 cups rice mixture onto each lettuce leaf.

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Lettuce Leaf

Rice

for your toddler: Omit the lettuce leaf.

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Lettuce Leaf

Place a spoonful of the salad in a small bowl or resealable plastic dish. Refrigerate it until serving time, or pack it in an insulated bag.

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Bowl

Serve it with whole-wheat crackers, cucumber slices, and milk. Remember to pack a spoon or fork.

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Whole Wheat Crackers

Cucumber

Milk

Rotisserie Chicken Rotisserie chicken is great to keep on hand for a quick meal. When buying rotisserie chicken at the grocery store, pick it up at the end of your shopping trip so it stays hot until you get it home.

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Rotisserie Chicken