Chinese Chicken Salad
Phenomenal
Taken from:
Chewoutloud.com
Preptime: About 20 minutes
Cook Time: ~ 20 minutes
Servings: 6-8
Ingredients
For the Dressing:
- ¼ cup seasoned rice wine vinegar, found in most stores’ Asian aisles
- ½ tsp ground ginger
- 1 tsp Sriracha
- 1 TB Light soy sauce, or gluten-free Tamari
- 2 TB pure honey
- 3 tsp granulated sugar
- ⅓ cup olive oil, or canola oil
- Dash garlic powder
- ¼ tsp kosher salt
- ½ tsp fresh ground black pepper
- *Optional: 1 TB toasted sesame seeds
- *Optional: 2 TB Asian toasted sesame oil, caramel brown in color
For the Salad:
- 4 cups Napa cabbage, about 1/2 head, finely shredded
- 3 cups Romaine lettuce, finely shredded
- 1 cup red cabbage, finely shredded
- Half of a large cucumber, thinly sliced
- 2 large carrots, peeled and grated
- 2 cups rotisserie chicken, or freshly cooked chicken breasts, shredded
- 15 oz mandarin oranges, drained
- ½ cup crispy chow mein noodles, dried ramen noodles may be substituted
- *Optional: ½ cup toasted sliced almonds
DIRECTIONS:
- In a bowl, whisk together all dressing ingredients until well blended. Transfer to desired container and keep chilled.
- When ready to serve: In salad bowl, toss together Napa cabbage, Romaine lettuce, cucumber, carrots, and enough dressing to coat the veggies well.
- Gently toss in shredded chicken and mandarin oranges, sprinkling in more dressing as desired. Garnish top of salad with almonds (if desired) and crispy noodles. Serve immediately.
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