I love the delicious refreshing flavors of this salad… soy sauce, honey, Mandarin oranges and almonds. What’s not to love!!
| Chinese Chicken Salad |
Recipe Type: Salad, Main
Author:
Prep time: 10 mins
Total time: 10 mins
Serves: 2
This salad is delicious and quick… made even easier by using leftover Rotisserie chicken!
Ingredients
- FOR SALAD DRESSING:
- 1/4 cup rice wine vinegar
- 2 Tbsp soy sauce (I use low sodium)
- 1 Tbsp honey
- 1 tsp sesame oil
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tsp ginger, minced
- FOR SALAD;
- 2 chicken breasts, sliced or diced (I used leftover Rotisserie chicken)
- 1 head Romaine Lettuce, cut small
- 3 or 4 scallions, diced
- 1 small can water chestnuts, drained
- 1 small can mandarin oranges, drained
- FOR GARNISH:
- sprinkling of toasted black sesame seeds
- 1/4 cup slivered almonds
Instructions
- Whisk all the ingredients for the salad dressing together in a small bowl. Set aside.
- In a large bowl place the chicken, lettuce, scallions, water chestnuts and mandarin oranges.
- Pour salad dressing over salad and toss to coat.
- Divide the salad into two portions and top with some black sesame seeds and slivered almonds.
- Serve immediately.
Notes
TIP: When I buy fresh ginger I store it in the freezer in a ziplock freezer bag. It lasts a long time. Plus, when it’s frozen it’s super easy to grate the whole ginger for recipes… you don’t even need to peel it!
