Chinese chicken salad
Chinese chicken salad, from above
Non vegCalifornia

Chinese chicken salad

Crunchy cabbage, chicken, oranges and almonds in a sesame ginger dressing. California's lunch icon.

30 minTime
28 gProtein each
mildSpice
California's Chinese salad2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayShredded chicken, cabbage, mandarins, almonds, sesame ginger dressing.
The original
354kcalsame
28 gproteinsame
6 gfibresame
30minutessame

Chinese chicken salad.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

4 servings
Chicken, boneless400 g breast
Cabbage¼ head napa or green cabbage, shredded
Lettucea few leaves, shredded
Carrot1, shredded
Spring onion (green onion, scallion)2, sliced
Orange2 mandarins or 1 orange, segmented
Almonds⅓ cup, sliced
Sesame seeds1 tbsp
Rice vinegar3 tbsp
Soy sauce1½ tbsp
Sesame oil1 tbsp
Cooking oil (vegetable oil)2 tbsp
Honey1 tbsp
Ginger2 tsp, grated
Garlic1 clove, grated
Salta pinch

Method

4 steps
  1. 1Poach or grill the chicken until no pink remains, then cool and shred.
  2. 2Toast almonds and sesame in a dry pan.
  3. 3Whisk vinegar, soy, both oils, honey, ginger and garlic.
  4. 4Toss cabbage, lettuce, carrot, spring onion and chicken with dressing. Top with orange, almonds and sesame.
Serve it like this

Pile high in wide bowls, oranges and almonds on top, extra dressing in a jug for the table.

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