No Guilt Chinese Chicken Salad

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My wife and i love wendy's mandarin salad. she is diabetic so i had to come up with some thing she could eat. This tastes just like my original with out all the sugar. it's great.

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Steps

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Prepare dressing by combining all dressing ingredients except vegetable oil and sesame seeds.

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Blend on high speed.

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While blending , slowly add oil to mixture to create an emulsion.

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After completing emulsion , add sesame seeds and blend for just a couple of seconds.

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Pour dressing into a covered container and chill.

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Cut chicken in to bight size pieces.

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Build each salad by first arranging about 4 cups of iceberg lettuce in the bottom of a large salad bowl or plate.

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Sprinkle diced bite size pieces of chicken over the salad.

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Arrange about 4 mandarin orange wedges on each salad.

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Add sesame dressing to each salad.

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Sprinkle about cup dried chow mein noodles and cup roasted sliced almonds on top of each salad and serve.

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Ingredients

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sugar-free apricot jam, white distilled vinegar, pineapple juice, rice wine vinegar, soy sauce, sesame oil, splenda granular, brown sugar, salt, paprika, black pepper, canola oil, sesame seeds, creamy peanut butter, chicken, iceberg lettuce, mandarin orange segments, chow mein noodles, sliced almonds