Rainbow Chinese Chicken Salad Recipe
I bet you can almost taste this salad from your screen right now, amiright?
talk about CRUNCH. cabbage is so underrated!!! in this recipe I used both napa cabbage (for major crunch) and purple cabbage (for the gorge color) and because we’re building a rainbow salad here okay!
❤️red bell peppers
🧡orange carrots
💛yellow cabbage
💚green cilantro, limes + avocados
💜purple cabbage
and it’s all topped with juicy pan-seared chicken and a four ingredient sesame soy-flavored dressing. crunch on that!
Rainbow Chinese Chicken Salad
Juicy, soy-flavored chicken sitting on top of a bed of rainbow-colored veggies!
Ingredients
- 2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts trimmed of fat
- garlic powder
- salt + pepper
for salad
- 3 cups thinly sliced napa cabbage
- 1 cup thinly sliced purple cabbage
- 1 cup pre-shredded carrots
- 1 bell pepper thinly sliced into strips
- 1 shallot thinly sliced
- ½ jalapeño thinly sliced
- ½ avocado sliced
- ½ cup crushed unsalted peanuts sub cashews for Whole30
- chopped cilantro leaves
- lime wedges
for dressing
- 4 tbs. liquid aminos
- 2 tbs. sesame oil
- 2 tsp. sriracha
- 1 tsp. sesame seeds
Instructions
- Start by seasoning chicken breasts on both sides with garlic powder, salt + pepper. heat 2 tbs. olive oil over medium heat in a skillet. when warm, add chicken “pretty side” down first. after 6 minutes, flip over and cook for another 6. if breasts are thicker, sear the sides of them on the sides of the pan to help cook. let sit for at least 5 minutes before slicing for salad.
- Meanwhile, chop veggies for salad and place into large bowl, reserving sliced avocado. toss together with peanuts and cilantro (if using), then place avocado slices and lime wedges on top. top salad with sliced chicken.
- In small bowl, whisk together ingredients for dressing, adding spice with more sriracha if needed. pour over salad when ready to serve! dressed salad will keep in refrigerator for up to two days.
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