Chicken Salad with Vietnamese Dressing - Dinner Spinner

[Delightful Den]

This was my first Dinner Spinner recipe. It was really easy and quite tasty. DW doesn't like chilli so I only put half a medium one in the dressing and it was enough.  I would happily make this again.

I purchased the Dinner Spinner app and found it really easy to use. It was very helpful when I was in the supermarket and needed to check a couple of ingredients.

[johnro]

This was delicious - made it last night.  2 more Dinner Spinners arrived in post yesterday after I ordered for friends who had been drooling over my copy - also purchased app as I needed Chilli Pork recipe before yesterday's delivery.  Great to have on hand when back at school (which is next Wed - eeeekkk!!!!!) wondering about evening meal - thanks Tenina for making life a little simpler.   

[Lellyj]

Next Wednesday--seriously Johnro?!  We were at school til Dec 22, but don't go back til Feb 1st.  Good luck for 2012--youre right, its a great recipe, my current fave when you need to take a salad. 

Have a great term 1 (sounds scary to me, my head is not there yet!)

[Cornish Cream]

This was delicious - made it last night.  2 more Dinner Spinners arrived in post yesterday after I ordered for friends who had been drooling over my copy - also purchased app as I needed Chilli Pork recipe before yesterday's delivery.  Great to have on hand when back at school (which is next Wed - eeeekkk!!!!!) wondering about evening meal - thanks Tenina for making life a little simpler.   

Blimey Robyn that six weeks flew by

[johnro]

Denise there have been many more descriptors used lately when the thought of commencing the school year is discussed and blimey has not surfaced      Lellyj you deserve the break until Feb 1 given you had to work up until Christmas - we finished Dec 9    

[Delightful Den]

Robyn by yhe dates you have mentioned I am guessing that you are a Registrar/Business Manager or School Officer in a state Gvt school.

Is this correct?  I work in DoE based in the wheatbelt region.

Dennis

[johnro]

....just a run of the mill secondary teacher (maths, early childhood studies - yeah and unfortunately a yr 10 Home Economics) Dashingden   

[Cornish Cream]

Denise there have been many more descriptors used latlely when the thought I commencing the school year is discussed and blimey has not surfaced      Lellyj you deserve the break until Feb 1 given you had to work up until Christmas - we finished Dec 9   

[Delightful Den]

....just a run of the mill secondary teacher (maths, early childhood studies - yeah and unfortunately a yr 10 Home Economics) Dashingden   

There is nothing run of the mill about any teachers.  My wife is a Primary school deputy principal and DD1 is a Primary teacher.  I couldn't read your signature at the bottom of your psot very well.  I read Rockhampton as Rocckingham.  WA teachers have another week loger off than you so I thought you must have been support staff.

I hope that you have a good first term.

[fundj&e]

DDand DS went to rockingham public school for a few years. i think my grand nephews and nieces go there now. wow i do say old 

[Yvette]

Going to make this soon, did everyone use breast or thigh fillets? Approx how many grams? Thanks

[johnro]

........did everyone use breast or thigh fillets? Approx how many grams? Thanks

.....used a double breast fillet Yvette with the weight being 760g - found that I had to cook longer and turned the chicken in the steamimg basket at the end of initial cooking time - you will so enjoy this     

[JulieO]

I especially love the dressing.  I'm going to use it on a chicken & mango salad that's planned for this week. 

[Delightful Den]

I used the left over chicken and dressing from when I made this the other day to make rice paper spring rolls for lunch. I shredded the cabbage and julienned some carrot and leb cucumber. I used the dressing as a dipping sauce.  This worked really well. It would probably work better for someone who can roll up spring rolls so they don't fall apart when you eat them.

I have never been any good at rolling things like this.  I always over fill soft shell tacos and burritos so they fall apart too. When I smoked as a young man I always had to buy tailor mades, I could neve smoke rollies.

[Yvette]

Thanks Robyn will let you know