Panera Bread Asian Sesame Chicken Salad - Copycat

"Chicken, romaine, cilantro, almonds, sesame seeds, crispy wonton strips, and an Asian sesame vinaigrette. Mmmmmmm! From America's Most Wanted Recipes - Copycat Versions of Everyone's Best-Loved Food."
 
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Ready In:
30mins
Ingredients:
13
Serves:
4
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ingredients

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directions

  • Preheat the oven to 350°.
  • Cut the wonton wrappers into 1/4-inch strips.
  • Heat about 2 inches of canola oil to 365° in a heavy skillet. Fry the wonton strips in the oil until they are crisp, about 30 seconds. Remove with a slotted spoon and drain on paper towels.
  • Spread the almonds out on a baking sheet. Toast them in the oven for 5 minutes, toss them around, and then toast for 5 minutes more. Remove from the oven and let cool.
  • To make the dressing, in a bowl, mix together all of the ingredients except the oil. Use a wire whisk to blend well and then slowly drizzle in the oil to create an emulsion.
  • To assemble the salad, in a large bowl, toss the romaine lettuce, cilantro, fried wonton strips, chicken and dressing.
  • Transfer to plates and top with the sesame seeds and almonds.

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  1. The dressing is definitely not the dressing Panara uses on their Asian Sesame Seed Salad. It does not have soy sauce in it or red pepper. Its clear and sweet. Much lighter than this dressing. When I was making it I knew it didn't have soy sauce in it but made it anyway and was disappointed I wasted my ingredients. Maybe I'll use it to marinate some meat.
     
  2. The salad was okay, but did not taste like Panera's salad at all. The dressing wasn't sweet enough and there was some type of seasoning missing on the chicken. Maybe it's just that I'm pregnant and was really craving the true salad recipe... but both me and my husband were disappointed.
     
  3. I'm not putting any stars, I just have a question; does anyone know how to make the citrus chicken they put on this? That and the dressing is what makes this salad SO good!
     
  4. Good Recipe! but where's the Panera bread? The dressing is a winner! Can substitute finely-chopped Char Siu--chinese roast pork--and purchase packaged wonton strips to save time. Will be adding this recipe to my cookbook, thanks to mailbox.
     
  5. Very good salad. I think I would add some cabbage slaw to make the salad a little more substantial. Served with Recipe #68656 as an appetizer.
     
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