Description
This Asian Chicken Crunch Salad is a vibrant and healthy dish, packed with crunchy veggies, tender chicken, and a flavorful peanut dressing that’s sure to impress your taste buds.
Ingredients
1 pound chicken breast
¼ cup low sodium soy sauce or tamari
1 tablespoon minced garlic
1–2 tablespoons brown sugar
1 tablespoon tahini
1 tablespoon toasted sesame oil
1 tablespoon rice vinegar
2 teaspoons fresh grated ginger
1 tablespoon sriracha
1 tablespoon sesame seeds
3 cups shredded purple cabbage
3 cups shredded green cabbage
1 cup shredded carrot
1 red bell pepper sliced into strips
½ cup shelled edamame
½ cup diced green onion
½ cup chopped cilantro
¼ cup chopped peanuts
3 tablespoons natural creamy peanut butter
2 tablespoons rice vinegar
2 tablespoons honey
1 tablespoon toasted sesame oil
2 tablespoons low sodium soy sauce or tamari
1 teaspoon fresh grated ginger
1 teaspoon minced garlic
2 teaspoons sriracha
2 tablespoons warm water
Instructions
- In a bowl, mix the chicken with soy sauce, minced garlic, brown sugar, tahini, sesame oil, rice vinegar, ginger, and sriracha. Marinate for at least 30 minutes.
- Preheat your grill or oven to medium-high heat, and cook the marinated chicken until fully cooked and juices run clear, approximately 6-8 minutes per side. Allow to rest before slicing.
- In a large bowl, combine the shredded purple and green cabbage, carrot, red bell pepper, shelled edamame, green onion, cilantro, and peanuts.
- For the dressing, whisk together the peanut butter, rice vinegar, honey, sesame oil, soy sauce, ginger, garlic, sriracha, and warm water until smooth. Adjust water for desired thickness.
- Toss the salad with the dressing and top with the sliced chicken and sesame seeds before serving.
Notes
Feel free to customize the salad with additional veggies or substitute chicken with tofu for a vegetarian option.
- Prep Time: 20
- Cook Time: 30
- Category: Salad
- Method: baking
- Cuisine: Asian
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 salad portion
- Calories: 360 kcal
- Sugar: 10 g
- Sodium: 520 mg
- Fat: 18 g
- Saturated Fat: 3 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 15 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 28 g
- Fiber: 6 g
- Protein: 28 g
- Cholesterol: 65 mg
Keywords: Asian Chicken Crunch Salad, salad recipe, crunchy salad, healthy chicken salad, Asian salad