Name: Lighter Chinese Chicken Salad Recipe
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Asian
Ingredients: For Salad:; 2 chicken breasts; 3 tbsp soy sauce; 2 tbsp rice wine vinegar; salt and pepper; 2 tbsp olive oil; 1 head romaine lettuce; 4 cups red cabbage; 1 cup edamame; ⅔ cup carrots; ½ cup chow mein noodles; ¼ cup almonds; For Sesame Ginger Vinaigrette:; ¼ cup Vegetable Oil; 3 tbsp honey; 2 tbsp rice wine vinegar; 1 tbsp fresh ginger; 1 tbsp soy sauce; 1 clove garlic; 2 tsp sriracha chile sauce; 1 tsp sesame oil; salt and pepper

How To Make Lighter Chinese Chicken Salad

This Chinese chicken salad has fresh lettuce, cabbage, carrots, chow mein noodles, and edamame and served with a flavorful sesame-ginger vinaigrette.

Preparation: 20 minutes

Cooking: 10 minutes

Marinate Time: 15 minutes

Total: 45 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

For Salad:

2chicken breasts,skinless, boneless
3tbspsoy sauce
2tbsprice wine vinegar
salt and pepper
2tbspolive oil
1headRomaine lettuce,shredded
4cupsred cabbage,shredded
1cupedamame
⅔cupcarrots,shredded
½cupchow mein noodles
¼cupalmonds,toasted, sliced

For Sesame Ginger Vinaigrette:

¼cupvegetable oil,or olive oil
3tbsphoney
2tbsprice wine vinegar
1tbspfresh ginger,grated
1tbspsoy sauce
1clovegarlic,minced
2tspsriracha chile sauce,optional
1tspsesame oil
salt and pepper,pinch

Instructions

Salad:

Combine chicken breasts, soy sauce and rice wine vinegar in a large bowl or ziplock bag and let marinate in the refrigerator for at least 15 minutes.
Remove the chicken from the marinade, and season both sides of each chicken breast with salt and pepper.
Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat.
Cook the chicken for 4 minutes per side or until the chicken is cooked through and no longer pink inside. Remove and let rest for at least 5 minutes. Then cut into thin strips.
In a large bowl, toss together Romaine, red cabbage, edamame, carrots, chicken, chow mein noodles and almonds until combined. Toss with desired amount of vinaigrette. Serve immediately.

Sesame Ginger Vinaigrette:

Whisk together all ingredients until combined. Add more sriracha for an extra kick.

Nutrition

Calories: 384.45kcal
Fat: 24.57g
Saturated Fat: 3.24g
Trans Fat: 0.14g
Monounsaturated Fat: 14.48g
Polyunsaturated Fat: 4.58g
Carbohydrates: 25.08g
Fiber: 6.23g
Sugar: 13.69g
Protein: 19.23g
Cholesterol: 39.78mg
Sodium: 731.69mg
Calcium: 115.23mg
Potassium: 804.52mg
Iron: 3.15mg
Vitamin A: 616.40µg
Vitamin C: 42.13mg

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