Asian Chicken Salad

Asian Chicken Salad

I swear it was February two days ago?! It will be spring in 3 weeks and it will be summer bikini body time before we know it! Eating salads at dinner is great for getting that bikini body. Eating Asian Chicken Salad is great for your taste buds too!

Not all salads are created equally. I can’t commit to eating salads if they’re boring, so I add some protein to it and I add some healthy fats to it. That all just makes that salad commitment easier! That’s what I did with this Asian chicken salad, or it’s technically a Chinese chicken salad.

I used Napa cabbage, which is also called Chinese cabbage, and it’s the one you find in the grocery store that has an oblong shape to it. I also added some red (err purple?) cabbage for some color to the cole slaw base, red and green peppers and some carrots. I marinated the chicken with Asian five-spice, which if you don’t have in your pantry, you need to check it out (or make your own blend)! You’ll be obsessed with it! It’s a mix of cinnamon, cloves, fennel, star anise, and Szechwan peppercorns. Can you just taste that chicken flavor through the screen?!

I thought the spice blend was the hero of this Asian chicken salad recipe, but it’s really the dressing! Why? Peanut butter! Smooth and creamy peanut butter that is absolutely just perfect for this salad recipe.

Mix it all together and you’ve got two ginormous Asian chicken salad bowls for dinner, or possibly four smaller bowls for lunch meal prep! I’m putting this on menu rotation until I create another epic dinner salad.

I hope you love this healthy-ish feelgood Asian Chicken Salad recipe. If you make it, please leave me a comment telling me how you like it, or use hashtag #feelgoodfoodie on Instagram so I can see your recreations.

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Asian Chicken Salad

Prep Time

15 mins

Cook Time

10 mins

Total Time

25 mins

 

This Asian Chicken Salad is the kind of salad you can eat for dinner any day of the week! It's colorful, packed with tons of flavor and super filling - not your boring salad for sure!

Course: Salads

Cuisine: Asian

Keyword: Salads

Servings: 2 servings

Calories: 427 kcal

Ingredients

For the Salad

• 1/2 head Napa cabbage thinly sliced
• 1 cup red cabbage thinly sliced
• 1/2 red pepper thinly sliced
• 1/2 green pepper thinly sliced
• 1 large carrot thinly sliced
• 3 green onions diagonally cut
• 2 6 oz boneless skinless chicken breast
• 2 tsp olive oil
• 1 tsp Chinese five-spice powder

For the Dressing

• 3 Tbsp rice vinegar
• 3 Tbsp smooth peanut butter
• 2 Tbsp soy sauce
• 1 Tbsp sesame seed oil
• 1 garlic clove
• 1 thumb ginger

Instructions

1. In a large bowl, combine the Napa cabbage, red cabbage, red peppers, green peppers and carrots.
2. In a small blender or food processor, blend together the ingredients for the dressing: rice vinegar, peanut butter, soy sauce, sesame seed oil, garlic and ginger. Pour the dressing over the bowl of cabbage and vegetables, and toss to combine. Divide the salad into two large bowls.
3. Marinate the chicken with the olive oil and Asian five-spice powder and cook thoroughly on both sides. Remove from the pan, slice diagonally and divide between the two bowls. Garnish with the green onions and enjoy!

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Nutrition Facts

Asian Chicken Salad

Amount Per Serving (1 g)

Calories 427 Calories from Fat 234

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 26g 40%

Saturated Fat 4.5g 23%

Cholesterol 20.7mg 7%

Sodium 963.1mg 40%

Total Carbohydrates 38g 13%

Dietary Fiber 8.9g 36%

Sugars 20.5g

Protein 17.5g 35%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.