Description
This Asian Chicken Salad is packed with protein and loaded with chicken, Napa cabbage, mandarin oranges, avocado, and crispy wontons, all tossed in a spicy chili crisp dressing. It’s perfect for meal prep!
Yield: 4servings | Serving Size: 1¾ cups
Ingredients
½teaspooncrushed red pepper flakes
2teaspoonssesame seeds
1teaspoondried minced garlic
1 ½tablespoonssesame oil
3tablespoonsrice vinegar
1teaspoonliquid sweetener, honey, monk fruit, etc
1teaspoonkosher salt
4small wonton wrappers, omit for gluten-free
4cupsNapa cabbage, chopped
3 ½cupschicken breast, pulled rotisserie or chopped grilled (16 oz)
1cupchopped cucumber
¼cupchopped scallion, about 2-3 scallions
3small mandarins or clementines, separated into slices
5ouncesavocado, sliced
¼cupslivered almonds, toasted
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 325F.
- Add wonton wrappers to a parchment lined baking sheet and spray with cooking spray. Bake until golden and crisp, 10-12 minutes. Set aside to cool, then crumble.
- Meanwhile, make homemade chili crisp vinaigrette: In a small heat safe bowl combine red pepper flakes, sesame seeds and garlic. Heat the sesame oil in a small skillet over medium heat until hot and aromatic, 1-2 minutes. Pour into the bowl over the chili flake mixture. Once the seeds stop sizzling, add rice vinegar, sweetener and salt. Set aside to cool.
- While it cools, in a large bowl or 4 individual bowls, carefully add the cabbage, topped by the chicken, then cucumber, scallion, mandarin and avocado. Top with toasted almonds, crushed wontons and drizzle with chili crisp vinaigrette.
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Notes
For Meal Prep: This salad will hold well to save for later or for meal-prep, just add the avocado and wontons when ready to serve.
Variations:
- Double the Chili Crisp Dressing: You won’t regret it!
- Greens: I used hearty Napa cabbage because it holds up all week, but if you want to eat this the same day you make it, any lettuce will work.
- Oranges: Any fresh citrus works, like oranges, Cara Cara, or Sumo mandarins.
- Gluten-Free: If you want to make it gluten-free, skip the wontons. It will still be great.
- Time Savers: Buy wonton chips and a bag of coleslaw if you don’t have time to make the chips and chop the cabbage.
- Nuts: Swap almonds with peanuts or cashews, or make it nut-free and use sunflower seeds.
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Nutrition
Serving: 1¾ cups, Calories: 371kcal, Carbohydrates: 26.5g, Protein: 26.5g, Fat: 19g, Saturated Fat: 3g, Cholesterol: 60mg, Sodium: 433.5mg, Fiber: 6g, Sugar: 8.5g
