Mideastern chicken salad

8 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1 cup Bulgur or cracked wheat
1 cup Chopped Italian parsley leaves
½ medium Red onion, peeled and chopped
4 Green onions, trimmed, with 2\" of green retained, sliced
2 smalls Green peppers, trimmed of seeds and stems, chopped
2 mediums Ripe tomatoes, peeled and seeded, roughly chopped
½ Cucumber, peeled, seeded and chopped
3 cups Small-cube grilled or broiled chicken
½ cup Freshly squeezed lemon juice
½ cup Extra virgin olive oil
Inner leaves of 1 or 2 heads of romaine lettuce
¼ cup Fresh mint leaves
20 Or so oil-cured black olives (opt)

Directions

Place the wheat in a large bowl and cover with 4 cups of cold water.

Soak for 20 minutes. Drain the wheat if any water has not been absorbed.

Add the parsley, onion, green onions, peppers, tomatoes, cucumbers and chicken to the wheat and mix well.

Whisk together the lemon juice and the olive oil, pour over the wheat mixture and combine thoroughly. Set the salad aside as cool room temperature for two hours.

Arrange the romaine leaves on a platter or on individual plates and mound the salad on top. Sprinkle with the mint leaves and garnish with the olives.

Submitted By MICHAEL ORCHEKOWSKI On 08-07-95

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