Mandarin Orange Chicken Salad
This Mandarin orange chicken salad is a healthy Asian chicken salad recipe featuring tender shredded chicken, sweet mandarins, and a tangy sesame dressing. Perfect for quick, nutritious meals!
Ingredients
- 4 cups napa cabbage, or green cabbage, shredded
- 2 cups red cabbage, shredded
- 1 cup matchstick carrots
- 1 red bell pepper, thinly sliced
- 1/3 cup green onions or scallions
- 2 cups shredded chicken breast
- 2 mandarin oranges, or clementines
- 1/2 cup roasted and salted almonds, chopped
- sesame seeds, for topping, optional
- 1/4 cup freshly squeezed orange juice (juice from about 1 ½ mandarin oranges)
- 1/4 cup honey
- 3 tablespoons rice vinegar
- 3 tablespoons tamari
- 2 garlic cloves, roughly chopped
- 2-inch knob fresh ginger, roughly chopped
- 1/2 cup sesame oil
Instructions
- Combine the orange juice, honey, rice vinegar, tamari, garlic, ginger, and sesame oil in a blender. Blend until smooth and set aside.
- In a large bowl, toss together the napa cabbage, red cabbage, carrots, red bell pepper, green onions, and shredded chicken breast.
- Drizzle the prepared dressing over the salad and toss until evenly coated.
- Gently mix in the mandarin orange slices and chopped almonds.
- Sprinkle sesame seeds on top, if desired.
- Serve immediately or store in a glass container in the refrigerator for up to 4 days. For meal prep, reserve some dressing to add just before serving.