Name: Chinese Chicken Salad with Pasta
Ingredients: 3/4 lb Fettucine; 12 oz Cooked chicken or smoked chicken; 4 Scallions; thinly sliced; 2 tb Oriental sesame oil; (up to 3); 2 tb Rice vinegar; (up to 3); 2 ts Chinese chili paste with garlic; 1/4 c Chunky peanut butter; Salt; Crushed red pepper; Spinach leaves as a bed for salad; 2 Kirby cucumbers; peeled, seeded and grated, for garnish; Chopped peanuts; for garnish, and/or cilantro leaves, optional

The Scriptural authority for the doctrine of decrees: 1. [They] are eternal (Ac. 15:18; Eph. 1:4; 3:11; 1 Pet. 1:20; 2 Thes. 2:13; 2 Tim. 1:9; 1 Cor. 2:7). 2. They are immutable (Psm. 33:11; Isa. 46:9). 3. They comprehend all events. a. The Scriptures assert this of the whole system in general embraced in the divine decrees (Dan. 4:34, 35; Ac. 17:26; Eph. 1:11). b. They affirm the same of fortuitous events (Pr. 16:33; Mat. 10:29, 30). c. Also of the free actions of men (Eph. 2:10, 11; Phil. 2:13). d. Even the wicked actions of men (Ac. 2:23; 4:27, 28; 13:29; 1 Pet. 2:8; Jude 4; Rev. 17:17. As to the history of Joseph, compare Gen. 37:28, with Gen. 45:7, 8, and Gen. 50:20. See also Psm. 17:13, 14; Isa. 10:5, 15). 4. [They] are not conditional (Psm. 33:11; Pr. 19:21; Isa. 14:24, 27; 46:10; Rom. 9:11). 5. They are sovereign (Isa. 40:13, 14; Dan. 4:35; Mat. 11:25, 26; Rom. 9:11, 15-18; Eph. 1:5, 11). 6. They include the means (Eph. 1:4; 2 Thes. 2:13; 1 Pet. 1:2). 7. They determine the free actions of men (Ac. 4:27, 28 ; Eph. 2:10). a. God Himself works in His people that faith and obedience which are called the conditions of salvation (Eph. 2:8; Phil. 2:13; 2 Tim. 2:25). b. The decree renders the event certain (Mat. 16:21; Lk. 18:31-33; 24:46; Ac. 2:23; 13:29; 1 Cor. 11:19). c. While God has decreed the free acts of men, the actors have been none the less responsible (Gen. 50:20; Ac. 2:23; 3:18; 4:27, 28).

James Boyce

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Meats, Grains	Chinese	Chicken-sal, Meal-sal	4	Servings

INGREDIENTS

3/4	lb	Fettucine
12	oz	Cooked chicken or smoked chicken
4		Scallions; thinly sliced
2	tb	Oriental sesame oil; (up to 3)
2	tb	Rice vinegar; (up to 3)
2	ts	Chinese chili paste with garlic
1/4	c	Chunky peanut butter
		Salt
		Crushed red pepper
		Spinach leaves as a bed for salad
2		Kirby cucumbers; peeled, seeded and grated, for garnish
		Chopped peanuts; for garnish, and/or cilantro leaves, optional

INSTRUCTIONS

Boil the pasta until al dente, about 10 minutes.
While the water is coming to a boil for the pasta and the pasta itself is
cooking, cut the chicken into strips about 2 inches long and 1/4-inch wide.
In the bottom of a mixing bowl combine the
scallions, sesame oil, rice vinegar, chili paste and peanut butter. Whisk
until smooth and season
with salt and crushed red pepper. Add more of any ingredient to make it
taste as you wish.
Add the chicken. When the pasta is done, drain and rinse it under cold
water to stop the cooking process and pat dry. Add the pasta to the bowl,
toss the ingredients together and adjust the seasoning.
Transfer the salad to a platter lined with spinach leaves (dressed or not
as you wish with a vinaigrette or favorite salad dressing). Garnish with
cucumbers, peanuts or cilantro.
Yield: 4 servings
Copyright, 1997, TV FOOD NETWORK, G.P., All Rights Reserved
MC format by Gail Shermeyer <4paws@netrax.net>
Recipe by: MONDAY TO FRIDAY SHOW #MF6710 Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #728
by 4paws@netrax.net (Shermeyer-Gail) on Aug 08, 1997

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