This is THE Asian Chicken Salad. A favorite at our place. Full of tons of dynamic ingredients, leafy greens, and flavor, flavor, flavor. Did I mention the flavor?
This is a step by step on how to wow your friends and family with this healthy ethnic dish!
Asian Chicken Salad:
1-2 pounds of Chicken cut into easy-to-cook strips
3 stalks of Green Onion
1 bunch of Cilantro
1 bunch of Nappa Cabbage (pictured below)
1 bag of Romaine Lettuce
1/2 cup of crushed Almonds
1 package of Oriental or Chicken Ramen (Noodles broken up and packet set aside for dressing)
Dressing:
1 Ramen flavoring packet
3 tablespoons of Oil (vegetable or canola)
A couple squirts of Sriracha Hot Sauce
1 teaspoon of Sesame Oil
1 tablespoon of Soy Sauce
1 tablespoon of Rice Wine Vinegar
First, mix all of the ingredients listed under the dressing section together in a small bowl and whisk together. Then set aside.
Heat the stove to a medium-high heat. After seasoning the chicken with salt and pepper, cook 2-3 minutes on either side (depending on how thick the pieces are). Normally when it is about done I cut it into pieces in the pan. Set aside.
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Next, chop all of the greens. This includes the scallions, cilantro, and nappa cabbage into small pieces (salad like pieces). Mix all of these in a bowl with the bag of romaine pieces.
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After all of the greens are taken care of, empty the broken up pieces of dry ramen into the same bowl. Then add the crushed up almonds (easily done with a ziploc bag and a bottle of wine :)
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After you have added all of the current ingredients into the bowl, pour all of the dressing into the bowl and add the cut pieces of chicken. Mix thoroughly with a fork until the dressing covers all of the ingredients completely. Spoon onto a plate, and SERVE! Your taste buds won't know what hit 'em.
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TIP: It may seem like the dressing has a lot of random ingredients. Luckily, because I cook all sorts of meals with these ingredients I always have them on hand. If you are someone who is interested in trying all different type of asian inspired meals I would definitely invest ($15) in the asian sauce staples; rice wine vinegar, sriracha, sesame oil, and soy sauce.
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