No Guilt Chinese Chicken Salad Food

CHINESE CHICKEN SALAD

Steps:

• Combine the Dressing ingredients in a jar and shake. Set aside for 10 minutes or so for the flavours to meld.
• Place the Salad ingredients together in a large bowl along with half the crunchy noodles. Drizzle over dressing then toss. (Note 4)
• Divide between serving bowls. Top with more crunchy noodles and a good sprinkle of sesame seeds. Serve immediately!

CHINESE CHICKEN SALAD

Steps:

• For the dressing: Put the peanut oil, soy sauce, ginger, brown sugar, rice vinegar, sesame oil, chili paste, garlic and lime juice in a small mason jar and secure the lid. Shake vigorously until well combined. Set aside.
• For the salad: Put the chicken, cabbage, romaine, kale, carrots, edamame, almonds, peanuts and bell peppers in a large bowl. Pour about two-thirds of the dressing over the salad and toss.
• Transfer to a platter or individual plates. Drizzle over the remaining dressing and garnish with the cilantro, mint and toasted sesame seeds.

NO GUILT CHINESE CHICKEN SALAD

Steps:

• Prepare dressing by combining all dressing ingredients except vegetable oil and sesame seeds. Blend on high speed.
• While blending, SLOWLY add oil to mixture to create an emulsion.
• After completing emulsion, Add sesame seeds and blend for just a couple of seconds.
• Pour dressing into a covered container and chill.
• Cut chicken in to bight size pieces.
• Build each salad by first arranging about 4 cups of iceberg lettuce in the bottom of a large salad bowl or plate.
• Sprinkle diced bite size pieces of chicken over the salad.
• Arrange about 4 mandarin orange wedges on each salad. (you can eliminate to reduce more sugar content).
• Add sesame dressing to each salad.
• Sprinkle about ¼ cup dried chow mein noodles and ¼ cup roasted sliced almonds on top of each salad and serve.