Hunter Wild Rice And Chicken Salad

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 2/3 cups wild rice
• 3 1/3 cups water
• 1 (6 1/4 ounce) package chicken rice pilaf mix, pilaf
• 4 1/2 cups coarsely chopped cooked chicken (about 1-1/2 lbs)
• 1 medium sweet red pepper, cut into thin bite-size strips
• 8 ounces fresh pea pods, trimmed, strings removed, and pods cut into thin bite-size strips
• 1 cup bottled lemon-pepper salad dressing
• 1/4 cup bottled french dressing
• 1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 2 bunches green onions, cut into thin strips* (about 10 total)
• fresh pea pods (optional)

Recipe

• 1 rinse wild rice well.
• 2 bring water to boiling in a large saucepan. add wild rice.
• 3 return to boiling; reduce heat.
• 4 simmer, covered, about 40 minutes or until most of the water is absorbed and rice is tender.
• 5 drain, if necessary.
• 6 meanwhile, cook rice pilaf according to the package directions.
• 7 combine wild rice, rice pilaf, chicken, sweet pepper, and pea pods strips in a large bowl.
• 8 stir together salad dressings and black pepper in a small bowl.
• 9 pour over rice mixture.
• 10 stir gently to mix. cover and chill for at least 2 hours or up to 24 hours.
• 11 to serve, arrange green onions around edges of 6-8 chilled salad plates.
• 12 spoon rice mixture into center.
• 13 garnish each plate with additional pea pods, if desired.