Thai-Style Chicken Salad with Spicy Peanut Dressing

Name: Thai-Style Chicken Salad with Spicy Peanut Dressing
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Thai
Ingredients: 3 - 3 1/2 pound, whole chicken; 1/2 cup, canola oil; 3 tablespoons, smooth peanut butter; 1/2 cup, fresh lime juice from 3 to 4 limes; 2 tablespoons, water; 3 small cloves, garlic, minced or pressed through garlic press (about 1 1/2 teaspoons); 2 teaspoons, finely grated fresh ginger; 2 tablespoons, light brown sugar; 1 1/2 teaspoons, hot red pepper flakes; 1/2 , medium cucumber, peeled, seeded, and cut into 1 inch by 1/4-inch matchsticks (about 1 cup); 1 , medium carrot, peeled and grated on large holes of box grater (about 1/2 cup); 4 , scallions, white and green parts, sliced thin; 3 tablespoons, minced fresh cilantro leaves; 1/2 cup, chopped toasted peanuts

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated May/June 2006

SERVES6

TIME2¼ hours

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

To come up with dinner-size chicken salad recipes with fresh, bold flavors, we turned to vinaigrette dressing. We found that a properly chosen third ingredient, an emulsifier (pureed roasted red peppers, pureed sun-dried tomatoes, or peanut...

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