Red Robin BBQ Chicken Salad

Crisp greens topped with tomato, barbecued chicken, black beans, cheese, bacon, sliced avocado, and crunchy French fried onions.  Served with ranch dressing.

1 cups chopped romaine lettuce
1 cups chopped iceberg lettuce
1/2 cup chopped red cabbage
1/2 cup refried black beans
1 boneless, skinless chicken breast
1/2 cup barbecue sauce, Bull's Eye or K.C. Masterpiece
1/4 cup chopped tomatoes
1/2 cup shredded Cheddar cheese
1/4 cup French's French fried onions
2 slices bacon, cooked and drained, crumbled
1/4 avocado, sliced
1/4 cup ranch dressing, for serving, purchased

1. Do ahead: Combine the 2 lettuces with the cabbage. Heat the
refried beans.

2. Preheat the grill or broiler.

3. Grill the chicken breast, basting with the barbecue sauce on both sides. When cooked through and no longer pink in the middle, let it cool, then slice into bite-sized pieces.

4. Spread the lettuces and cabbage on the bottom of a plate. Cover with the chopped tomato. Spread the warm beans over the tomatoes on one side of the plate, and put the sliced chicken over the tomatoes on the other side of the plate.

5. Sprinkle the whole plate with the shredded Cheddar, then the fried onions and the crumbled bacon. Finish with the slices of avocado. Serve with ranch dressing on the side.

Serves 1

Luchow's German Potato Salad

1 pound (3 medium) potatoes
6 slices bacon, diced
1 medium-size onion, diced
1/2 cup vinegar
1/2 cup stock or bouillon
1 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
1 tsp. sugar
1 egg yolk, beaten

Scrub potatoes; rinse. Boil in jackets; let cool. Peel and cut in 1/4-inch slices. Cook bacon in hot pan until crisp. Add onion; stir and cook until transparent. Add vinegar, stock or bouillon, and seasonings. Stir; let come to a boil. Stir in egg; remove from heat and pour over potatoes.

Serves 2-4.

Houston's Grilled Chicken Salad

Lime Dressing:
1/2 cup lime juice
4 teaspoons honey mustard
7 1/2 tablespoons honey
4 tablespoons vegetable oil
2 garlic cloves, minced fine
1 teaspoon pepper
1/2 teaspoon salt

Peanut Sauce:
4 tablespoons Peanut butter
4 tablespoons soy sauce
4 tablespoons hot water
2 teaspoons sesame oil
1 tablespoon ground ginger

Mix ingredients for lime dressing, then mix ingredients for peanut sauce.

Salad ingredients for Houston's grilled chicken salad: mixed greens, carrots, thin tortilla strips, and grilled chicken breasts sliced in thin slices.

Mix the salad ingredients with the lime dressing. Drizzle peanut sauce on top.

Applebee's Oriental Chicken Salad

Salad:
1 egg
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup flour
1/2 cup corn flake crumbs
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1 boneless, skinless chicken breast half
oil for frying
3 cups chopped romaine lettuce
1 cup red cabbage
1 cup Napa cabbage
1/2 carrot, julienned or shredded
1 green onion, chopped
1 tablespoon sliced almonds
1/3 cup chow mein noodles

Dressing:
3 tablespoons honey
1 1/2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar
1/4 cup mayonnaise
1 teaspoon Grey Poupon Dijon mustard
1/8 teaspoon sesame oil

Prepare dressing ingredients by mixing in a small bowl. Refrigerate while preparing salad.

Cut each chicken breast into 5 strips. In one bowl, beat egg with milk.

In another bowl, combine flour with corn flake crumbs, salt and pepper.

Preheat oil over medium heat.

Dip individual chicken pieces in egg mixture and then roll in the flour mixture. Fry chicken until browned, drain and set aside.

Prepare salad by tossing the chopped romaine with the chopped red cabbage, Napa cabbage, and carrots. Sprinkle sliced green onion on top of the lettuce. Sprinkle almonds over the salad, then the chow mein noodles. Cut the chicken into small chunks. Place the chicken onto the salad forming a pile in the middle.

Serve with salad dressing on the side.