Recipe - Chicken Potato And Spinach Salad

THE DRESSING
1 Egg
3 tablespoon Grainy mustard
One fourth cup Whipping cream
1 tablespoon Chopped fresh tarragon; OR
1 tablespoon Dried tarragon
3 tablespoon Olive oil

THE SALAD
1 One half pound Medium potatoes
One fourth cup White wine vinegar
2 cup Diced cooked chicken
2 tablespoon Cooking oil
4 cup Fresh spinach; cleaned

TO PREPARE THE DRESSING: Combine mustard and the egg in a large mixing
bowl, mix well and set aside. Place the cream and dried tarragon leaves in
a small saucepan and bring to a boil over medium heat on the stove. Remove
from heat and whisk hot cream into the mustardyolk mixture. If using fresh
tarragon, add it now. Slowly whisk in 3 tablespoons olive oil. Set the
dressing aside.

TO PREPARE THE POTATO SALAD: Cut unpeeled potatoes into 1inch pieces.
Place in a pot, cover with water and place over high heat on the stove and
cook until potatoes are soft. Drain potatoes, place in a mixing bowl, pour
over the vinegar, cover and let sit for 5 minutes.

TO PREPARE THE CHICKEN: Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a medium skillet over
medium heat, add the chicken, cover and cook, 5 minutes for cooked chicken.
Scrape the chicken into the bowl with the dressing, add the potatoes and
mix well. To serve, add spinach to the bowl, mix well and mound on plates.

This is a favorite at Trumps restaurant in Los Angeles. With protein,
starch and vegetable, it's a full meal.

MICHAEL ROBERTS PRODIGY GUEST CHEFS COOKBOOK

From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini