Sesame Chicken Salad
Cuisine: Salad
Prep time: 
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Serves: 2-4 servings
 
Ingredients
  • 1 head romaine lettuce, chopped
  • ½ small red cabbage, thinly sliced and then roughly chopped
  • 2 large carrots, peeled and julienned*
  • 1 bunch of cilantro, leaves only, roughly chopped or torn
  • 1 bunch green onions, sliced
  • 1 cucumber, peeled, seeds removed, and chopped*
  • 1½ cups cooked shredded chicken
  • ¼ cup rice vinegar
  • ¼ cup peanut oil
  • 2 tbsp. sesame oil
  • 3 tbsp. soy sauce
  • 1 tbsp. honey
  • ½ tsp. salt
  • ¼ tsp. ground black pepper
  • ½ tsp. garlic powder
  • ¼ tsp. ground ginger
  • 1 tbsp. Sriracha sauce
  • ½ cup crunchy chow mein noodles (optional)
Instructions
  1. In a large bowl, toss together lettuce, red cabbage carrots, cilantro, green onions, cucumber, and shredded chicken.
  2. In a mason jar or shaker bottle, blend rice vinegar, peanut oil, sesame oil, soy sauce, honey, salt, pepper, garlic powder, ginger, and Sriracha sauce.
  3. Pour dressing over salad and toss to coat (If not serving immediately, wait to toss with dressing unti serving).
  4. Serve topped with chow mein noodles.
  5. Enjoy!
Notes
*I love having a julienne tool for carrots. They look so pretty in salads like this and the tool is about the same size as a vegetable peeler. If you don't have one, you can simply keep peeling the carrots, chop them, or spiralize them and give them a rough chop to make them into bite-sized pieces.
*A regular spoon will do the trick to remove the seeds from cucumbers! Just cut in half lengthwise and scoop them out.
Recipe by For the Love of Gourmet at https://fortheloveofgourmet.com/sesame-chicken-salad/