Healthy Chicken Salad Recipe

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5 from 1 vote

Crunchy napa cabbage, lots of colorful veggies, tender chicken, plus a creamy, light ginger vinaigrette. Inspired by our trip to Charleston, SC and Cafe Cru. This is a great make ahead recipe. Roast chicken, chop your veggies and make the dressing a few days ahead. You will have a nice lunch or dinner ready in about 5 minutes during the week.

Prep Time15

Total Time15

Course: Salad

Cuisine: American, Chinese

Servings: servings

Calories: 444kcal

Author: Sally Cameron

Ingredients

Creamy Ginger Vinaigrette (makes ⅔ cup)

¼ cup sesame oil toasted or plain
3 tablespoons unseasoned rice vinegar, white vinegar or Champagne vinegar
1 ½ tablespoons ginger puree in a jar
1 tablespoon low sodium tamari soy sauce or coconut aminos
1 tablespoon creamy cashew butter or tahini, peanut butter
2 teaspoons honey
½ lime, juiced

Salad

1-2 heads Napa cabbage or Chinese cabbage
2 large carrots scrubbed
1 large red bell pepper
1 large green bell pepper
6-8 radishes
2 scallions or green onions
3-3 ½ cups cooked shredded chicken 1 pound
¼ red onion

Instructions

Make the Dressing (Makes ⅔ cup)

For a creamy dressing, place all ingredients in a blender and puree until smooth, about 20 seconds. For a thinner vinaigrette, place all ingredients in a jar and shake well.

Prep the Salad

Slice cabbage crosswise into thin ribbons, starting at the top of the leaf. When you get down to mostly white core, discard the rest. Chop carrots and bell peppers into long thin pieces (julienne). For radishes, either slice thinly or quarter. For red onion, slice thin. For scallions, slice thin on the diagonal.

Assemble the Salad

You can assemble the salad two ways. One - Add all veggies to a large bowl and toss together, add chicken with 6 tablespoons of dressing and toss again, divide between for plates and serve. Second, you can toss the veggies with a little dressing and divide between four plates, then add the chicken on top. Serve extra dressing on the side.

Notes

See notes in post for histamine intolerance tips.

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