This protein-packed Asian Chicken Salad is loaded with hen, Napa cabbage, mandarin oranges, avocado, and crispy wontons tossed in a spicy chili crisp dressing. Perfect for meal prep!
Asian Chicken Salad
Now that the climate’s warming up, I’m prepared for large, daring, principal dish salads—and this crispy Asian Chicken Salad has been on the high of my record currently. If you’re something like me, lunch must be high-protein, recent, and simple to prep forward. Bonus factors if it really makes you excited to eat a salad. Well, this one has all of it! Plus, it’s meal prep gold. Make a giant batch, and lunch is dealt with for the week. You can also need to do this Asian Chicken Chopped Salad.
Why You’ll Love This Asian Chicken Salad
I devoured this Asian hen salad after I first examined this recipe. It’s protein-packed with tender hen breast, Napa cabbage, mandarin oranges, creamy avocado, slivered almonds, and crispy wonton chips. Everything will get tossed in a easy chili crisp dressing that you simply may need to double, it’s that good. Here are extra causes to strive it:
- High in protein to maintain you full and gasoline your day
- Crunchy and recent due to the cabbage and toppings
- Flavorful with juicy mandarin oranges and a chili crisp dressing
- Meal-prep Friendly: Just retailer the dressing, avocado, and toppings individually.
- Dietary Restrictions: Weight Watchers-friendly, gluten-free (if omitting wontons), high-protein, dairy-free; vegetarian and vegan (if omitting hen)
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What You’ll Need
Here are the elements for this simple Asian hen salad recipe. See the recipe card under for the precise measurements.
- Wonton Wrappers: Make do-it-yourself wonton chips with wonton wrappers and cooking spray.
- Asian Chicken Salad Dressing: For the spicy chili crisp dressing, you’ll want pink pepper flakes, sesame seeds, garlic, sesame oil, rice vinegar, honey, and salt.
- Napa Cabbage is a hearty inexperienced, making it excellent for meal prep. Compared to lettuce, cabbage doesn’t get as soggy as shortly.
- Chicken Breast: If you’ve gotten leftover grilled hen, use it, or you should buy rotisserie hen should you don’t need to prepare dinner.
- Vegetables: Cucumbers, scallions, and avocado
- Oranges: Fresh mandarins or clementines add a burst of juicy sweetness.
- Slivered Almonds for extra crunch and protein
How to Make Asian Chicken Salad
The spicy chili crisp French dressing elevates this salad, making it completely craveable. See the recipe card on the backside for printable instructions.
- Make the Wonton Chips: Place the wonton wrappers on a parchment- lined baking sheet and spray them with cooking spray. Bake at 325°F for 10 to 12 minutes till golden and crisp.
- Make the Chili Crisp Vinaigrette: Combine the pink pepper flakes, sesame seeds, and garlic in a small heat-safe bowl. Warm the sesame oil in a small skillet over medium warmth. Pour it into the bowl with the chili flake combination. Once the seeds cease scorching, add rice vinegar, sweetener, and salt, and let it cool.
- Assemble the Salads: Add the cabbage, hen, greens, and oranges to a big bowl or 4 smaller ones. Top with the almonds and crushed wontons, and drizzle with the French dressing.
Variations:
- Greens: I used hearty Napa cabbage as a result of it holds up all week, however if you wish to eat this the identical day you make it, any lettuce will work.
- Oranges: Any recent citrus works, like oranges, Cara Cara, or Sumo mandarins.
- Gluten-Free: If you need to make it gluten-free, skip the wontons. It will nonetheless be nice.
- Time Savers: Buy wonton chips and a bag of coleslaw should you don’t have time to make the chips and chop the cabbage.
- Vegetarian/Vegan: Omit the hen and add additional greens, like bell pepper or carrots, or tofu to make it heartier.
- Nuts: Swap almonds with peanuts or cashews, or make it nut-free and use sunflower seeds.
Storage
The salad will final for 4 days within the fridge. Here’s tips on how to meal prep it:
- Store the dressing and wontons in separate containers.
- Mix the remaining elements collectively and retailer in an hermetic container.
- Slice the avocado earlier than eating.
More Chicken Salad Recipes You’ll Love
For extra salad concepts utilizing hen, take a look at these 5 scrumptious hen salad recipes to encourage your subsequent meal!
Yield: 4 servings
Serving Size: 1 ¾ cups
- ½ teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- 2 teaspoons sesame seeds
- 1 teaspoon dried minced garlic
- 1 ½ tablespoons sesame oil
- 3 tablespoons rice vinegar
- 1 teaspoon liquid sweetener, honey, monk fruit, and so forth
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 4 small wonton wrappers, omit for gluten-free
- 4 cups Napa cabbage, chopped
- 3 ½ cups hen breast, pulled rotisserie or chopped grilled (16 oz)
- 1 cup chopped cucumber
- ¼ cup chopped scallion, about 2-3 scallions
- 3 small mandarins or clementines, separated into slices
- 5 ounces avocado, sliced
- ¼ cup slivered almonds, toasted
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Preheat the oven to 325F.
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Add wonton wrappers to a parchment lined baking sheet and spray with cooking spray. Bake till golden and crisp, 10-12 minutes. Set apart to chill, then crumble.
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Meanwhile, make do-it-yourself chili crisp French dressing: In a small warmth secure bowl mix pink pepper flakes, sesame seeds and garlic. Heat the sesame oil in a small skillet over medium warmth till scorching and fragrant, 1-2 minutes. Pour into the bowl over the chili flake combination. Once the seeds cease scorching, add rice vinegar, sweetener and salt. Set apart to chill.
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While it cools, in a big bowl or 4 particular person bowls, fastidiously add the cabbage, topped by the hen, then cucumber, scallion, mandarin and avocado. Top with toasted almonds, crushed wontons and drizzle with chili crisp French dressing.
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Variations:
- Double the Chili Crisp Dressing: You gained’t remorse it!
- Greens: I used hearty Napa cabbage as a result of it holds up all week, however if you wish to eat this the identical day you make it, any lettuce will work.
- Oranges: Any recent citrus works, like oranges, Cara Cara, or Sumo mandarins.
- Gluten-Free: If you need to make it gluten-free, skip the wontons. It will nonetheless be nice.
- Time Savers: Buy wonton chips and a bag of coleslaw should 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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Serving: 1 ¾ cups, Calories: 371 kcal, Carbohydrates: 26.5 g, Protein: 26.5 g, Fat: 19 g, Saturated Fat: 3 g, Cholesterol: 60 mg, Sodium: 433.5 mg, Fiber: 6 g, Sugar: 8.5 g
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