Chinese Chicken Salad Recipe

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Chinese chicken salad recipes share similar ingredients in crunchy noodles, carrots, cilantro and a soy based dressing. This chicken salad is full flavored with nappa cabbage, cilantro and a tangy dressing combine for a light salad that is sure to please.

Chinese Chicken Salad:

4 small chicken breast halves
1 small head nappa cabbage
1 head ice burg lettuce
1 cup snow peas
1 cup julienne carrots
2 cups cooked rice noodles
1/4 cup scallions minced
5 tablespoons fresh minced cilantro

Vinaigrette:

1/2 cup canola oil
1/4 cup dark sesame oil
1/4 cup rice vinegar
1/4 cup soy sauce
1/2 cup orange juice
1/2 teaspoon ground dry ginger
1/2 teaspoon minced fresh garlic
1/2 teaspoon red chili flakes

Combine vinaigrette ingredients in blender and blend for 1 minute and reserve. Cook rice noodles in boiling water until soft (3 - 4 minutes), drain and place in an ice bath to cool. Remove rice noodles from ice bath and reserve. Grill chicken breasts until fully cooked; cut into thin strips and reserve. Slice both nappa cabbage and ice burg lettuce in very thin strips. In a large bowl combine the ice burg lettuce, nappa cabbage, snow peas, carrots, rice noodles and cilantro. Toss with 1/3 cup of the Chinese vinaigrette and divide salad among four plates and top with grilled chicken strips, serve.

Serves 4
Recipe by Brian Johnson

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