Cold Chicken and Rice Salad

Name: Cold Chicken and Rice Salad
Prep time: 1 h 10 min
Cook time: 1 h 10 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoons black pepper, divided; 59 milliliters diced celery; 79 milliliters dried cranberries; 59 milliliters thinly sliced green onion tops; 59 milliliters thinly sliced green onions; 3 Tbsps fresh lemon juice; 4 lemon wedges; 12 leaves 12 green leaf lettuce leaves, torn; 2 Tbsps olive oil; 59 milliliters chopped pimiento-stuffed olives; 59 milliliters diced red bell pepper; 177 milliliters uncooked long-grain rice; 1 teaspoons salt, divided; 340 grams skinless, boneless chicken breast halves

Cold Chicken and Rice Salad might be just the main course you are searching for. This recipe makes 4 servings with 372 calories, 22g of protein, and 11g of fat each. This recipe covers 21% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have green onions, lettuce leaves, lemon wedges, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the rice you could follow this main course with the Rice Pudding as a dessert.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 40

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Sprinkle chicken with 1/4 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper.

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Whole Chicken

Pepper

Salt

Heat a medium ovenproof skillet over medium-high heat. Coat pan with cooking spray.

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Cooking Spray

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Add chicken to pan; cook 3 minutes. Turn chicken over.

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Whole Chicken

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Place pan in oven; bake at 400 for 8 minutes or until done.

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Remove chicken from pan, and let stand for 5 minutes. Shred chicken, and chill for 30 minutes.

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Whole Chicken

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Cook rice according to package directions, omitting salt and fat. Coat a jelly-roll pan with cooking spray.

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Cooking Spray

Jelly

Rice

Roll

Salt

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Spread rice in an even layer in pan; chill for 30 minutes.

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Spread

Rice

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Combine remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt, remaining 1/4 teaspoon pepper, juice, and oil in a large bowl, stirring with a whisk.

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Pepper

Juice

Salt

Cooking Oil

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Whisk

Bowl

Add chicken, rice, cranberries, and next 5 ingredients (through lettuce) to juice mixture in bowl, and toss gently. Divide the rice mixture evenly among 4 plates, and sprinkle with green onion tops.

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Green Onions