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Healthy Chinese Chicken Salad with Peanut Dressing
4.8 from 15 votes

Healthy Chinese Chicken Salad with Peanut Dressing

Protein packed with chicken over fresh greens and vegetables and topped with a homemade easy peanut dressing. Great main meal or meal prep in advance for lunch.

Prep Time
10 mins
Additional Time:
5 mins
Total Time
15 mins
Servings: 6 Servings
Calories: 533 kcal
Course: Salad
Cuisine: American

Ingredients

SALAD
  • 8 cups romaine lettuce napa cabbage, green cabbage chopped, mix
  • ½ cup purple cabbage thinly sliced
  • ½ cup carrot sliced, julienne
  • ½ cup red bell pepper thinly sliced
  • 3 green onions sliced
  • 1 cup mandarin orange sugar free drained well
  • 1 cup roasted peanuts
  • 1 cup wonton strips
  • 3 cups rotisserie chicken sliced or cubed
  • sesame seeds for garnish
Peanut Dressing
  • ½ cup extra virgin olive oil
  • ¼ cup peanut butter sugar free, creamy
  • 2 Tablespoons soy sauce reduced sodium
  • 1 tablespoon rice vinegar
  • ½ teaspoon sesame oil
  • 1 clove garlic minced
  • 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes crushed
  • salt to taste
  • black pepper to taste

Instructions

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  1. In a small bowl whisk together the peanut butter, soy sauce, rice vinegar, sesame oil, garlic, red pepper, salt & pepper. Or Place ingredients in a Mason jar, cover with a lid and shake ingredients together.
  2. Clean lettuce and cabbage and chop into bite size pieces.
  3. Slice vegetables; red bell pepper, carrots, green onions.
  4. Place salad in individual serving bowls or in a large salad bowl. Top with prepared chicken, mandarin oranges, peanuts, and green onions. Sprinkle each serving with sesame seeds.
  5. If serving in individual add peanut dressing to each bowl. Or toss dressing with salad ingredients in a large salad bowl.

Notes

  • ¼ teaspoon garlic powder can be used in place of the chopped garlic clove.
  • Sliced sweet orange segments can be used in place of mandarin oranges.
  • For a no fuss meal purchase salad bags; Romaine and Asian salads. Mix the two.
  • To lower the carbohydrates serve without wonton strips.

Nutrition Information

Serving 1g Calories 533kcal (27%) Carbohydrates 17g (6%) Protein 42g (84%) Fat 45g (69%) Saturated Fat 8g (40%) Polyunsaturated Fat 33g (194%) Cholesterol 109mg (36%) Sodium 835mg (35%) Fiber 6g (24%) Sugar 9g (18%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 6 Servings

Amount Per Serving

Calories 533

% Daily Value*

Serving 1g
Calories 533kcal 27%
Carbohydrates 17g 6%
Protein 42g 84%
Fat 45g 69%
Saturated Fat 8g 40%
Polyunsaturated Fat 33g 194%
Cholesterol 109mg 36%
Sodium 835mg 35%
Fiber 6g 24%
Sugar 9g 18%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.