How To Make Asian Chicken Noodle Salad with Ginger Peanut Dressing
With bell peppers, peanuts, scallions, and cilantro, this chicken noodle salad is light, flavorful, and completely satisfying.
Serves:
Ingredients
For Chicken:
- 2chicken breasts,(or 2 cups cooked), shredded meat, bone in skin on
- 1tbspvegetable oil
- kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
For Salad:
- 10ozsoba noodles,or spaghetti
- 1red bell pepper,thinly sliced into bite-sized pieces
- 4scallions white and green parts,thinly sliced
- ½cupsalted peanuts,chopped
- ¼cupfresh cilantro,chopped
- 1tbspsesame seeds
For Dressing:
- 6tbspsoy sauce,use gluten free if needed
- 3tbsprice wine vinegar,seasoned
- 2tbsppeanut oil
- 1tbspsesame oil,Asian/toasted
- 1½tbspcreamy peanut butter
- 2smallgarlic cloves,roughly chopped
- 1tbspfresh ginger,minced
- 1tbspsugar
Instructions
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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
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Place the chicken breasts on a foil lined sheet pan. Rub the skin with vegetable oil and sprinkle liberally with salt and pepper.
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Roast for 35 to 40 minutes, until the chicken is just cooked. Set aside until cool enough to handle.
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In the meantime, bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Cook noodles according to package instructions, stirring occasionally so they don’t stick. Drain and rinse well under cold water.
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Make the dressing by combining all ingredients in a small food processor or blender. Blitz until mixture is smooth.
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Remove skin from chicken breasts and shred meat into bite-sized pieces. In a large bowl, toss shredded chicken with noodles, dressing, bell peppers, peanuts, scallions, cilantro and sesame seeds.
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Taste and adjust seasoning if necessary. Serve immediately.
Nutrition
- Calories: 710.44kcal
- Fat: 35.77g
- Saturated Fat: 6.49g
- Trans Fat: 0.13g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 17.24g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 9.17g
- Carbohydrates: 67.06g
- Fiber: 3.60g
- Sugar: 6.40g
- Protein: 37.24g
- Cholesterol: 55.68mg
- Sodium: 2015.40mg
- Calcium: 98.07mg
- Potassium: 765.87mg
- Iron: 4.11mg
- Vitamin A: 78.69µg
- Vitamin C: 41.51mg
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