Thai Citrus Chicken Salad
"This is a healthy and delicious summer salad. Great for lunch while sitting out in the garden with a a nice cold glass of white wine. :)"
photo by Julesong
- Ready In:
- 1hr
- Ingredients:
- 15
- Serves:
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2
ingredients
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DRESSING
- 1 tablespoon minced ginger
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 2 teaspoons light soy sauce
- 1⁄4 cup rice wine vinegar
- 2 oranges, juice of
- 1 lime, juice of
- 1 teaspoon brown sugar
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SALAD
- 2 cups Chinese cabbage, shredded
- 100 g bean sprouts
- 1 red onion, thinly sliced
- 1 orange, peeled and sliced into 1 inch segments
- 2 grilled chicken breasts, sliced
- chopped fresh cilantro (for garnish)
- salt & freshly ground black pepper
- 1⁄4 cup fresh cilantro, chopped
directions
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DRESSING:
- Combine the ginger, garlic, soy sauce, rice wine vinegar, orange juice, lime juice, and brown sugar together.
- Add salt and freshly ground pepper and taste for seasoning.
- Refrigerate 1 hour to allow flavors to infuse.
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SALAD:
- Combine the Chinese Cabbage, bean sprouts, sliced red onion and orange segments. (I like to drop everything in a large zip-lock bag).
- Toss with half of the dressing. (Again, if you use a zip-lock bag you can easily pour in half of the dressing, seal and fumble to mix dressing in with salad; place in the refrigerator until ready to use.).
- Add the sliced chicken to a frying pan and brown lightly with a small amount of olive oil.
- Add the remainder of the citrus dressing; bring to a boil; reduce for 30 seconds to allow mixture to thicken slightly.
- Place Chinese cabbage mixture on two dinner plates.
- Arrange sliced chicken on top and pour over the remaining sauce.
- Top with freshly chopped cilantro.
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Reviews
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Lovely. I've made this twice now, and will certainly make it many more times. :-) Once I did not have the bean sprouts, so I substituted cucumber and celery for them. This is so light and healthy. Thanks! -
I used the juice of just 1 orange in part because I only had balsamic vinegar and I thought the sweetness would be enough. I decided to wilt my bok choy a bit in the same pan I did the chicken in, and tossed it with the dressing in that pan. I also used bamboo shoots and some baby corn. I topped the salad with some toasted almonds for a tasty garnish. I made the dressing a day ahead and it really improved over the 24 hours. -
Super yummy! Although the dressing never thickened up & it was pretty runny. The chicken I used soaked up most of it, but if chicken wasn't used, the salad would have been a bit wet. the flavors were great. Will make again!
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I used the dressing to pour in my cabbage and carrot salad. It was delicious!
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Great salad. I used coleslaw mix, Mandarin oranges and left over roast chicken, even with those changes it is a great salad. Light and nice for a warm summer afternoon.
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Tweaks
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This was wonderful! I doubled the recipe leaving the cilantro and red onion as per the original recipe. In the freezer section of our grocer (Loblaws) I buy frozen fresh crushed ginger and garlic, they look like mini ice cube trays - love them! I grilled the breasts seasoning them only with a little garlic salt. I also used canned (drained) madarin oranges and subbed julienned carrots for the sprouts. The flavour of the chicken after the quick fry with the dressing is fabulous!!! TRY IT!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Carla C.
Netherlands
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