Chinese chicken salad is made with crunchy cabbage, bean sprouts, carrot, green onions, and cubes of chicken that are tossed in simple Asian dressing. Toasted peanuts and crispy chowmein noodles are a bonus!
4cupsgreen cabbageor Chinese cabbage, finely shredded
1 ½cupsred cabbagefinely shredded
1cupcarrotshredded
1 ½cupbean sprouts
2cupscooked chickenshredded or cut into cubes
½cupgreen onion
½cupfresh cilantro and mint leaves
For Asian chicken salad dressing
1clovegarlicminced
1 ½teaspoongingerminced
2tablespoonsoy sauce
3tablespoonrice wine vinegaror rice vinegar or apple cider vinegar
1teaspoontoasted sesame oil
2tablespoonvegetable oillike grapeseed oil or canola oil or sunflower oil
2teaspoonAsian chili saucelike sriracha or other types
1 ½teaspoonbrown sugar
Pinchof salt and pepper
1 ½teaspoonlemon juicefresh squeezed
For garnish
Toasted peanuts
Crispy chowmein noodles
Green onion
Instructions
Prepare the vegetables. Using a mandolin slicer thinly sliced green cabbage, red cabbage, and carrot. You can use a knife and slice the vegetables thin if you don’t have a mandolin slicer.
Make the dressing. Into a jar mix fresh ginger, fresh garlic, soy sauce, rice vinegar, chili sauce, toasted sesame oil, vegetable oil, brown sugar, a pinch of salt, and freshly squeezed lemon juice. Mix well and keep aside.
Assemble the salad. Combine thinly shredded green cabbage, red cabbage, carrot, bean sprouts, cooked and shredded chicken, green onion, toasted peanuts, crunchy chowmein noodles, fresh cilantro, and mint leaves. Pour the dressing over the salad and toss well.
Serve immediately.
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Notes
Please keep in mind that the nutritional information provided is only a rough estimate and can vary greatly based on the products used.