This dish is a healthy and delicious take on chicken salad, filling you up, not out! Leftover chicken is tossed with fresh veggies then served over a bed of rice and salad greens.
If you find yourself wondering what to do with leftover chicken, I a fix for that. Here is something a bit different; though figure friendly and of course tasty.
In place of mayo, I opted for a light Asian-style dressing fresh with ginger root and all natural apricot preserves. This certainly was a tasty and satisfying meal and without any guilt or regrets.
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Asian Style Chicken Salad
- Total Time: 10 minutes
- Yield: 4 1x
Ingredients
For Salad:
- 6 cooked chicken boneless thighs -chopped
- 1 carrot - sliced thin
- 1 bell pepper - sliced thin
- 6 - 8 radishes - sliced thin
- 1/4 red onion - sliced thin
- 1/4 cup cilantro - chopped
- 1 inch piece of ginger - chopped fine
- 1/4 cup of Rice wine vinegar
- 1 tbs. sugar
- 11/2 cups uncooked rice
- Your favorite salad greens
For the Asian Sauce:
- 3 tbs. teriyaki sauce
- 3 tbs. soy sauce
- 1 tsp. sugar
- 1 tsp. chili paste
- 1 tsp. sesame oil
- 1 tsp. lemon juice
- 5 - 6 tbs. rice wine vinegar
- 1/4 inch slice of fresh ginger - chopped fine
- 2 1/2 tsp. Apricot preserve
Instructions
For Salad:
- Prepare rice as directed.
- In a bowl place the diced chicken, sliced carrots, sliced bell pepper, sliced radishes, sliced onion, chopped cilantro and ginger.
- Combine the vinegar with the sugar; add to the bowl with the chicken salad and toss.
For the Asian Sauce:
- Combine all of the above for the sauce in a bowl and whisk.
- Plate the salad greens. Top the greens with the rice, chicken salad and drizzle with the Asian sauce.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
Enjoy with Love,
Catherine
xo
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On another note, my dear friend Louise is hosting her final week of Cookbook Wednesday.
I am sharing the NYT Cookbook by Craig Claiborne. I had this book when I was younger and thoroughly enjoyed it. I had been looking for it for a while, and leave it to daughter to find me this copy online. I was thrilled to have this book again. The first thing I made from it was the Apple Tart, which received rave reviews from the family.
I look forward to sharing it with you all soon. Tammy will be sharing her Cookbook in a post later this week.
There is still plenty of time to link up your favorite cookbook! The linkup will remain open for the next five days!
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Comedy Plus says
One of my favorite light meals. Great for the summer when it's so hot outside. I love all things Asian.
Have a fabulous day Katherine. Big hugs. ♥♥♥
Angie@Angie's Recipes says
A light and very delicious meal!
Dan from Platter Talk says
What a fantastic salad here, and such a great use of leftovers!
Choc Chip Uru says
This chicken salad looks delicious, the flavour works so well together 😀
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
sandie says
Great dish - I need to come to your restaurant to eat!
Big Daddy Dave says
Catherine, Very appealing salad! My wife would love this anytime, anyplace... Take Care, Big Daddy Dave
Dottie Sauchelli Balin says
Dear Catherine,
A beautiful post and recipe. You can be certain you will be full as you consume this meal. I like all the ingredients and your presentation is just lovely. The chicken salad is perfect with all the flavors and resting in the leaves, just want some right now...Thank you for sharing this one...Have a great rest of the week and enjoy watching the Superbowl
Dottie 🙂
kitchen flavours says
This looks delicious! A great way of using leftovers chicken!
Mary Frances says
I always am looking for new ways to use leftover chicken! I've been wanting to experiment with more Asian flavors and this looks way too good to pass up. That apricot sounds delicious!
Medeja says
Love Asian salads especially with chicken 😀
Barbara says
I'm crazy about lettuce wraps, Catherine. Yours, with the Asian touch looks delicious and guilt free!
Kim says
Favorite cookbook... Not an easy task to choose one! I love your chicken salad in a lettuce leaf, so tasty and healthy!
Linda (Meal Planning Maven) says
I love everything about this salad...perfect for our Florida weather! beautiful post as well!
Penelope says
So nice and full of "fresh flavors" salad, dear Catherine :-).
Marjie says
Your chicken salad looks great. And I have that very cookbook, found at a used book sale some years back. (I also have a later edition of it, also found at a used book sale. One can never have too much Craig Claiborne, right?) I'll have to look up that apple tart recipe!
Louise says
What a delightful surprise Catherine! Not only are you enticing us with a gorgeous and refreshing Chicken Salad wrapped up in goodness, you also shared one of my very best favorite cookbooks. As Marjie duly noted, one can never have to much of Craig Claiborne!
I love that you nestled this Asian Style Chicken Salad on a bed of Romaine. It looks lovely and oh so healthy. As you know, I've been shying away from mayo based dressings. I love all the ingredients in the dressing. I must remember to "whip" some up the next time we have leftover chicken. (which is often around here:)
Thank you so much for sharing, Catherine and thank you for joining in on the Cookbook Wednesday fun! I can hardly wait to see what Tammy shares. From the sound of it, I may need to bring Cookbook Wednesday back in the near future. Many visitors are sad to see it go...
Wanda says
I love chicken salad in a lettuce leaf. The dressing sounds so good too. Have a lovely weekend.
Elaine says
I love your salad recipes!! They look so good!! I would love for you to stop by and share your stuff at my Link Party...it's still open!! http://www.cookinandcraftin.com/my-2-favorite-things-on-thursday-link-party-4/
Annalisa B says
A delicious preparation that do not resist!
Good weekend 🙂
Beth says
This salad looks great - a nice, light lunch meal.
Julia says
I definitely need to try this new salad! Looks divine!
Amanda says
Looks delicious--and healthy too! Thank you for sharing at Merry Monday!
Linda says
Looks so good and also healthy. I am always looking for different salads.
Laura@Baking in Pyjamas says
Such a delicious and healthy meal, it looks wonderful. Thanks for linking up to Sweet and Savoury Sunday, stop by and link up again. Have a great day!!