Chinese Chicken Salad

Sorry Mom.  Got a little behind on my updating.  I have made two or three good ones I think you'd like to try.   My goal is to add them this weekend.  However, what I made for tonight was pretty easy and I thought I'd share it!  It's from our friend Rocco DiSpirito's Now Eat This.

Ingredients:

- 1 cup low fat, low calorie Stir Fry Sauce
- Juice from 1 lime
- 1 teaspoon chili garlic sauce
- Shredded skinless breast meat from 1 rotisserie chicken or roast chicken
- 4 cups shredded cabbage
- 4 ounces snow peas, strings removed
- 1/2 cup chopped cilantro
- 2 tablespoons black sesame seeds
- 6 tablespoons TVP (textured vegetable protein) such as Bob's Red Mill (optional)

In a large bowl, whisk together the Stir Fry Sauce, lime juice, and chili garlic sauce.  Add the shredded chicken, red cabbage, snow peas, cilantro, and sesame seeds.  Toss the salad to combine.  Chill in the refrigerator until serving time, up to 6 hours.

If desired, sprinkle the salad with the textured vegetable protein right before serving.

** A coupe notes about this one.  First, I haven't eaten yet, so I will have to get back to you on the end result.  However, I tasted a piece of the chicken after it was all mixed and I have to say it was pretty tasty.  Also, the whole thing took about 10 minutes to make.

     I went super easy on this one and bought pre-shredded cabbage and pre-washed and cut snow peas.  I also left out the cilantro, I just do not like that flavor!  This was a really good quick meal.  Good for gym nights!  However, I am already a little worried that Andrew might say, "Is there anything else?"  I question how filling it will be.  I bought some spinach to serve underneath of it.

     Also, the TVP.  Haven't tasted it yet, and it took us a couple of tries to actually find it.  I thought I was looking for a spice, but they are actually flakes.  It almost looks like oatmeal.  We found it in an organic grocery store we happened to be in.  Bob's Red Mill is an organic company.  It is supposed to replace the fried noodles that typically goes in the Chinese chicken salads.  Basically it is a byproduct of making soybean oil and it is high in protein, but low in fat.  (This also made it appealing for a gym night when I have training.  Build those muscles right?!)

    Here is a picture of it with the TVP.  Figured you might want to see what those crunchy little bits look like.

Here's the fun info:

Original Version:    Fat:   21.6 grams       Calories:  801
Rocco's Version:    Fat:    5.5 grams          Calories:  221 (I think that's a pretty decent savings!)

Also, Rocco's version has 25 grams of protein, 19 grams of carbohydrates, 44 mg of cholesterol and 5 grams of fiber.