Oriental Chicken Salad

I have been on a salad craze this week. Taco salad, now Oriental Chicken Salad, and later this week, Bajio/Cafe Rio Salad. Guess that is what happens when you buy lettuce/spinach in bulk at Costco! Gotta use it up! This is a recipe that I wasn't so sure I would like the dressing. I am kind of the boring, plain jane, stick to the usual type of person. I like my ranch dressing best. This actually is a Green onion dressing. And it is GREEN! Looks kind of gross, but tastes good on salad. Bad part about this salad, it really doesn't have many veggies in it, so I add mushrooms. The other bad thing, the rice noodles and wontons are fried. That is never good. But the good thing about this is that it is different than your everyday salad, and it has that oriental flavor.

-4 Chicken Breast halves (seasoned, cooked, and chopped or shredded; I cook mine in italian dressing in the oven or on the stove)
-1 head romaine lettuce (chopped)
-1 head red leaf lettuce (I don't usually have this so I substitute spinach) (chopped)
4 green onions finely sliced
6 oz. toasted slivered almonds

4 oz. Rice sticks (basically a big handfull)
(You can find these in almost any store in the Asian section. They are kind of hard to break apart so use scissors.)
Heat oil and throw in rice sticks. Turn over once to lightly brown. Remove from oil and drain on paper towels. (If oil is hot enough, they will "poof" up. If the oil is not hot enough, they will be hard and inedible.)

12-16 oz. egg roll wrappers or wonton skins - Cut into 1-1/2 inch squares. Lightly brown in medium hot oil, drain on paper towels.

Mix all above ingredients in LARGE salad bowl. Serve tossed with dressing, or dressing on the side.

Dressing:
Mix well in blender:
8 green onions (entire onion)
1/2 C. sugar
1 C. oil
3/4 C. Seasoned Rice Vinegar
1 tsp. Pepper
1 tsp. Salt

You can make half the dressing. It will feed about 3-4 people. You only need a little bit because it is strong (as you can imagine with 8 green onions!). Don't think about kissing anyone after you eat this :)