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Asian Chopped Salad
Asian chopped salad is a decadent salad with crunchy vegetables, flavorful nuts, thick, rich lettuce, coleslaw mixture and tender grilled chicken breast.
This was such a yummy salad, and you could totally (easily) make it vegetarian, just leave it off your salad.
Here are a few of my favorite salads that are easy to make and delicious: Greek Chicken Wedge Salad, Chicken avocado Caesar salad, Honey dijon chicken Cobb Salad or Greek Chicken chopped salad.
What you need to make Asian Chopped Salad
One of the things I loved about this salad is the crunch of the fresh vegetables, the nuts, the sweet peppers, the salty dressing.
It was a party on my palette. I ate it for lunch and dinner!
Dressing:
- minced garlic cloves
- piece fresh ginger or 1 tsp
- soy sauce
- red wine vinegar
- Raw honey
- Sesame oil
- Water
Salad:
- Coleslaw mix
- Green leaf lettuce
- Sugar snap pea
- Cucumber- diced
- Almonds- slivered
- Cilantro- chopped
- Green onion
- Cashews- chopped
- Mini peppers
- Grilled chicken breast
How do you make Asian Chopped Salad?
Only 3 steps to make this easy go-to salad. It is perfect for a quick lunch break!
- Mix dressing ingredients together.
- Mix salad stuff together.
- Top with desired amount of dressing.
Can you make this Asian Chopped Salad ahead of time? Yes!
This salad is perfect for meal prepping. It makes it nice and easy to use all the ingredients at once by making several make-ahead meals for your week.
Super simple to make and lasts for about 3 days in an airtight container.
Asian Chopped Salad
Asian chopped salad is a decadent salad with crunchy vegetables, flavorful nuts, thick, rich lettuce, coleslaw mixture and tender grilled chicken breast.
Course: asian, Chinese
Cuisine: side dish, main dish, lunch time
Keyword: Chopped Salad
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Total Time: 5 minutes
Servings: 4
Calories: 186kcal
Ingredients
Dressing
- 2 tsp minced garlic cloves
- 1 inch piece fresh ginger or 1 tsp
- 1/2 cup soy sauce low sodium so it won’t be too salty
- 1/4 cup red wine vinegar
- 2 tbsp raw honey
- 3 drops sesame oil
- 1 tbs water
Salad
- 3 cups coleslaw mix
- 3 cups chopped green leaf lettuce
- 1 cup chopped sugar snap peas
- 1/2 cucumber diced
- 1/4 cup slivered almonds
- 1/4 cup cilantro chopped
- 1/4 cup green onion chopped
- 1/4 cup chopped cashews
- 3-5 sweet mini peppers chopped
- Grilled chicken breast chopped (optional)
Instructions
Mix dressing ingredients together.
Mix salad stuff together.
Top with desired amount of dressing.
Nutrition
Calories: 186kcal | Carbohydrates: 23g | Protein: 8g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 1644mg | Potassium: 465mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 14g | Vitamin A: 3131IU | Vitamin C: 66mg | Calcium: 80mg | Iron: 3mg
Our recipe card software calculates these nutrition facts based on averages for the above ingredients, different brands, and quality of produce/meats may have different nutritional information, always calculate your own based on the specific products you use in order to achieve accurate macros for this recipe.
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