Chicken And Wild Rice Salad

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 (6 ounce) package long grain and wild rice blend (near east or uncle ben's)
• 2 cups chicken, cooked and cut up or shredded
• 3 green onions, sliced
• 10 cherry tomatoes, halved
• 1 (4 ounce) can water chestnuts, drained and halved
• 1 (8 ounce) package mushrooms, sliced
• 1 tablespoon butter (optional)
• 1 -2 tablespoon dry sherry (optional)
• 1 cup firmly packed spinach, chopped
• 1 (12 ounce) bottle girard's light champagne vinaigrette, to taste (or your favorite salad dressing)

Recipe

• 1 cook rice according to package directions, omitting butter and using only 1 1/2 - 2 cups water. cool.
• 2 saute mushrooms in butter and sherry. (this step is totally optional). add to rice mixture.
• 3 add salad dressing to taste. if making the salad in advance, reserve a little salad dressing to add in just before serving.
• 4 mix remaining ingredients and chill.
• 5 if making more than a couple of hours in advance, do not add the tomatoes or green onions until right before serving.
• 6 the recipe doubles and triples very easily, making it great for entertaining.