Wild Rice Salad-cold

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 2 cups uncooked wild rice
• 2 cups mayonnaise, real mayonnaise such as hellman's, not sure the exact amount maybe 2 cups
• 2 (15 ounce) cans mandarin oranges, -drained
• 2 (8 ounce) cans water chestnuts, -drained and cut into small pieces
• 1 (10 ounce) can cashews, whole
• 1/4 cup onion (optional)
• 6 boneless skinless chicken breasts

Recipe

• 1 cook the rice according to package directions(and then add about 10 minutes longer) make sure it is soft.
• 2 drain and cool.
• 3 cook chicken breasts either in water or you can bake them. (about 15-20 minutes). i cut the chicken in to bit sizes and boil. most pieces float when they are done.
• 4 cut sliced water chestnuts into small pieces.
• 5 drain mandarin oranges.
• 6 mix all together with mayo. use enough mayo to cover everything. sorry i don't remember how much mayo exactly. after refrigerating you may need to add a bit more. it soaks into the rice.
• 7 most of this recipe is to taste. how much you like of something.
• 8 refrigerate until cold or overnight.
• 9 cashews-mix in just before serving--whole cashews are the best. put in how many you like. i usually put in 3/4 a can. the cashews are a very important part of this recipe. they add the salt and crunch to this recipe.