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Asian Chicken Salad

02/17/2014 by Judy 7 Comments

Recently I came across a very old asian inspired chicken salad recipe I use to make.  I thought it would be fun to make it again and see if it was as good as I remembered it to be.  With a little tweaking of the dressing from the original recipe and a few additional ingredients, I have to say I really enjoyed this Asian Chicken Salad.

This Asian Chicken Salad has a tasty dressing with ginger and SrirachaMy original recipe called for poaching chicken breasts in water with ginger and letting it sit overnight. That called for too much advance planning so I just grilled some chicken breasts and diced them up.  I think using a store bought rotisserie chicken would be perfect in this recipe as well, and would really make this a breeze to throw together.

The dressing uses the seasoning packet from ramen noodles, along with apple cider vinegar, sugar or honey, a little salt and pepper.  After tasting the dressing I thought it needed more zip for my tastebuds so I jazzed it up by adding fresh ginger and Sriracha.  It added just what I was looking for!

Delicious, simple, Asian inspired Chicken SaladI recommend keeping the toppings for this Asian Chicken Salad seperate and only adding the amount you want after tossing the salad with the dressing.  You want to keep the noodles, almonds, and sesame seeds crunchy and not soggy!

Asian Chicken Salad
 
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Ingredients
  • 2 large chicken breasts, cooked, diced
  • ½ head green cabbage, shredded (you could try napa cabbage if you want)
  • 1 head romaine lettuce, chopped
  • 1 bunch green onions, sliced
  • 1 red bell pepper, diced
  • ¼ C. chopped cilantro
  • 1 can sliced water chestnuts
  • ½ C. slivered almonds, toasted
  • ¼ C. sesame seeds, toasted
  • 1 pkg. chicken flavor ramen noodles
  • 4 Tbls. apple cider vinegar
  • 4 Tbls. sugar or honey
  • 1 tsp. salt
  • ⅛ tsp. pepper
  • ½ C. vegetable oil
  • 1-2 tsp. grated, fresh ginger root
  • 1-2 tsp. Sriracha (to taste)
Instructions
  1. In large bowl, combine chicken, cabbage, lettuce, green onions, red bell pepper, cilantro, water chestnuts and keep in refrigerator until ready to serve.
  2. Make the Dressing: In small saucepan, combine the seasoning packet from the ramen noodles, cider vinegar, sugar or honey, salt, pepper and bring to a boil to melt sugar or honey and combine ingredients. Set aside and cool, then add vegetable oil, ginger and Sriracha and shake well to combine.
  3. Crush ramen noodles and sauté them in 1 tablespoon of oil until golden brown. Remove from heat and set aside.
  4. Toast almonds in dry skillet or oven until toasted, remove and set aside.
  5. Toast sesame seeds in dry skillet or oven until toasted (watch them, they burn fast), remove and set aside.
  6. When ready to serve, toss salad with desired amount of salad dressing, add almonds, ramen noodles, sesame seeds and toss again.
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Comments

  1. Emily says

    09/10/2015 at 01:00

    This salad looks amazing! I am a huge fan of Asian chicken salads at restaurants but haven’t tried making one myself (unless you include the pre-made ones from Costco). I think when I make it I will double the cilantro- I can’t get enough of that herb!

    Reply
    • Judy says

      09/10/2015 at 07:05

      I’m with you…can’t get enough of cilantro. Love it!!!

      Reply
  2. Michelle @ The Complete Savorist says

    09/10/2015 at 01:45

    This looks great. I used to eat dishes like this all the time and then they all just went out of vogue. Glad to see one again. I must make it.

    Reply
  3. Marye says

    09/10/2015 at 07:45

    This salad looks perfect! I am saving this for later!

    Reply
  4. Ali @ Home & Plate says

    09/10/2015 at 08:31

    I think the idea of using the seasoning from the ramen noodles is genius. And I agree that crunchy is key. Your salad looks fantastic.

    Reply
    • Judy says

      09/10/2015 at 08:37

      I wish I could take credit for using the seasoning but it was from one of those recipes floating around in the 80’s! 😉

      Reply
  5. Christie says

    09/11/2015 at 17:03

    What a lovely and refreshing salad. I love the crunch from the sesame seeds

    Reply

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