I know we already have a recipe on the blog for a Chinese Chicken Salad. The reason I am posting this recipe is because after I made the Asian Ribs--sesame oil has changed my life forever. I found this recipe for the salad that included it and had to make it. I love the dressing. It's so good and yummy. I basically ate the entire salad last time. True story!
Asian Chicken Salad
Prep Time: 15 Minutes Ready In: 35 Minutes
Ingredients:
2 tablespoons brown sugar
2 teaspoons soy sauce
1 tablespoon sesame oil (optional)
1/4 cup vegetable oil
3 tablespoons rice vinegar
1 (8 ounce) package dried rice noodles
1 head iceberg lettuce - rinsed, dried, and
chopped
4 boneless chicken breast halves,
cooked and shredded
3 green onions, chopped
1 tablespoon sesame seeds, toasted
Directions:
1. Prepare the dressing 30 minutes ahead of time by combining the brown sugar, soy sauce, sesame oil, salad oil, and rice vinegar in a salad dressing carafe.
2. To prepare the Chinese rice noodles, heat a skillet with a few tablespoons of oil and break off a little bit of the noodles and add them to the skillet and fry them. They will puff up in the skillet, so only add a few at a time. As they begin to puff up, remove and drain them on paper towels. Be sure to cook long enough as the under cooked noodles will be like eating needles. Once cooked, add them to the salad mixture.
3. In a large bowl combine the iceberg lettuce, cooked and shredded chicken, green onions and toasted sesame seeds. Let chill about 10 minutes, and just before serving add the cooked rice noodles. Serve in salad bowls and offer the dressing in a pourable container so your family can add as much dressing as they want. You can also pour the dressing over the top of the salad, toss, and serve immediately.
3 comments:
This is so on the menu for us next week! Not only do we have everything to make it (sesame oil changed my life as well! Try adding it to homemade fried rice!!) but my boys love salad (weird, I know, because they are so picky about everything else). I'll let you know how it goes! Oh, and I'm totally adding slivered toasted almonds too. Yum!
Amen to the sesame oil! Where has it been all my life?This is going on my menu too! It would also be good for a lunch bunch!
Man, I have been out of the loop for a while! Now you lady's get a major dosage of my comments, sorry!
Love a good salad recipe and also love sesame oil. Celeste introduced me to it with her fried rice. It is pricey but you only use a little. The guy at the store told me the darker the oil, in color, the more flavor it has. I will have to give this recipe a go this week. Thanks for sharing something healthy :)
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