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Crunchy Chicken Salad with Peanut Dressing

This Crunchy Chicken Salad with Peanut Dressing is full of delicious vegetables and mouthwatering juicy chicken. It's the perfect healthy dinner or lunch!

Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
5 mins
Total Time
18 mins
Servings: 2 salads
Course: Main Course , Salad
Cuisine: Asian , Thai

Ingredients

Ingredients for salad
  • 2 chicken breasts pounded slightly thin
  • salt for seasoning
  • pepper for seasoning
  • 4 cups baby spinach
  • 1 romaine heart chopped
  • 1 red pepper seeded and chopped
  • 1 small cucumber cut into thin rounds
  • ¾ cup sugar snap peas
  • 1 large carrot peeled and then peeled into strips
  • ½ small red onion thinly sliced
  • ¼ cup peanuts chopped
  • 1 TBS sesame seeds
Ingredients for dressing
  • ¼ cup rice vinegar
  • 1 teaspoon ginger chopped
  • 2 TBS reduced sodium soy sauce
  • 1 TBS honey
  • 3 TBS sesame oil
  • ¼ cup vegetable or canola oil
  • 3 TBS creamy peanut butter

Notes

  • *The chicken is even more flavorful if you marinate in a teriyaki sauce before grilling, but that is optional.
  • Originally published in 2016. Recipe updated in 2022.