Hot Chicken And Apple Salad

Serves:

Ingredients:

1/2 ts Paprika
1/4 ts Pepper
1/8 ts Salt
1 lb Boned, skinned chicken
-breast, cut into bite-sized
-pieces
3 tb Unsweetened apple cider
1 c Sliced carrots
3 c Cubed Granny Smith apples
1/2 c (2 oz) crumbled Gorgonzola
-cheese, divided
2 tb White wine vinegar
2 ts Minced shallots
4 c Torn fresh spinach

Method:

Combine first 3 ingredients; sprinkle over chicken.
Place chicken and cider in an 8-inch square baking dish; microwave on MEDIUM-HIGH (70% power) 6 to 7 minutes, or until done, stirring every three minutes.
Drain chicken, set aside, reserving cider mixture.
Add carrots to cider; cover and microwave on HIGH 2 minutes.
Stir in apples; microwave on HIGH 2 minutes.
Drain, reserving 2 Tbsp cider in dish.
Combine apples, carrots, chicken and 1/4 c cheese in a bowl, set aside.
Add vinegar and shallots to reserved cider mixture, microwave on HIGH 1 minute.
Drizzle over chicken mixture; toss gently, and divide among spinach-lined serving plates.
Sprinkle with remaining 1/4 c cheese, and serve warm.
4 servings.
///\oo/\\\ From the hearth in Sandee's Kitchen.
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