Easy Chinese Chicken Salad

By zhanghengshuo

5 Person

30 Minutes

0 Calories

This easy Chinese chicken salad gets tossed with a bright, gingery dressing and topped with crunchy noodles. Makes a great make-ahead salad for a backyard party or a weekday lunch. I experimented with few different dressings and ultimately settled on this one, which I think is just the right balance of soy sauce, rice vinegar (or rice wine vinegar; they’re the same), ginger, garlic, and sesame oil. Whisk everything together, taste and adjust the seasonings to your liking, then toss with the salad. The dressing stored on its own will also keep for at least a week or longer.

Ingredients

Dressing

1/4 cup Peanut or canola oil
1 tablespoon Dark sesame oil
2 teaspoons Sugar
1/2 teaspoon Chili pepper flakes
1 clove Garlic, minced
1 teaspoon Fresh grated ginger
1 teaspoon Mustard powder
2 tablespoons Unseasoned rice vinegar
1 tablespoon Soy sauce

Chow mein noodles
1/2 cup Roasted peanuts
1/2 cup Loosely packed cilantro leaves, chopped
1 Carrot, julienned
3 Scallions, sliced
1/2 Sweet bell pepper, thinly sliced
1 head Iceberg lettuce or Napa cabbage, thinly sliced
1/2 tablespoon Red pepper flakes
1 tablespoon Canola or peanut oil
1 tablespoon Dark sesame oil
Salt
1 pound Boneless, skinless chicken breast, sliced into short strips

Method

01

Sauté the chicken: Heat both oils over high heat in a large sauté pan for 1 minute, then add the red pepper flakes and cook for 30 seconds. Pat dry the chicken strips, sprinkle them with a little salt, and add them to the pan. Stir-fry the chicken over high heat until cooked through, 3-6 minutes depending on how hot your burner gets. Remove and set aside to cool.
02

Make the dressing: In a small bowl, whisk together the dressing ingredients. Adjust seasonings to taste.
03

Toss salad to serve: In a large bowl, toss the chicken and salad ingredients together. Just before serving, toss with dressing and top with the chow mein noodles.

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Easy Chinese Chicken Salad

4.5

( By zhanghengshuo )

01 Information

Grade easy
Serving 5 servings
Prep Time 15 Mins
Cook Time 15 Mins
Total Time 30 Mins

02 Ingredients

Dressing

1/4 cup Peanut or canola oil

1 tablespoon Dark sesame oil

2 teaspoons Sugar

1/2 teaspoon Chili pepper flakes

1 clove Garlic, minced

1 teaspoon Fresh grated ginger

1 teaspoon Mustard powder

2 tablespoons Unseasoned rice vinegar

1 tablespoon Soy sauce

Chow mein noodles

1/2 cup Roasted peanuts

1/2 cup Loosely packed cilantro leaves, chopped

1 Carrot, julienned

3 Scallions, sliced

1/2 Sweet bell pepper, thinly sliced

1 head Iceberg lettuce or Napa cabbage, thinly sliced

1/2 tablespoon Red pepper flakes

1 tablespoon Canola or peanut oil

1 tablespoon Dark sesame oil

Salt

1 pound Boneless, skinless chicken breast, sliced into short strips

03 Method

Step 1

Sauté the chicken: Heat both oils over high heat in a large sauté pan for 1 minute, then add the red pepper flakes and cook for 30 seconds. Pat dry the chicken strips, sprinkle them with a little salt, and add them to the pan. Stir-fry the chicken over high heat until cooked through, 3-6 minutes depending on how hot your burner gets. Remove and set aside to cool.

Step 2

Make the dressing: In a small bowl, whisk together the dressing ingredients. Adjust seasonings to taste.

Step 3

Toss salad to serve: In a large bowl, toss the chicken and salad ingredients together. Just before serving, toss with dressing and top with the chow mein noodles.

04 Author