Asian Chicken Salad

I love a fresh salad that can be an entire meal. This Asian Chicken Salad checks both of those boxes. The sweet and savory dressing perfectly complements the tender chicken, juicy mandarin oranges, crunchy almonds, and Romaine base. And don’t forget the pasta! The bowtie noodles are sure to make this a hit with your whole family.

Asian Chicken Salad

Grab a rotisserie chicken at the store to make this meal even easier to put together!

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 10 minutes mins

Total Time 25 minutes mins

Course Salad

Servings 6

Ingredients

  

Salad

• 1 pound cooked chicken shredded or chopped (I use rotisserie)
• 3 cups bow tie pasta (half of the box) cooked
• 1/2 cup sliced almonds toasted
• 2 heads romain lettuce chopped
• 1 cup cucumber chopped
• 1/2 cup green onion chopped
• 15 oz can of mandarin oranges drained

Dressing

• 1/3 cup rice vinegar
• 1 tbsp soy sauce
• 2 tsp ginger paste
• 1 tbsp honey
• 1/4 cup olive oil

Instructions

 

Salad

• Shred rotisserie chicken or cook chicken breast in a skillet and chop.
• Cook the bow tie pasta following the directions on the back of the box. Drain and set aside.
• Heat a small skillet over medium-high heat. Add sliced almonds, cooking for about 5 minutes, mixing every minute until they start to brown and smell nutty. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, mix together chopped lettuce, cucumber, green onion, mandarin orange, pasta, chicken, and almonds.
• Pour dressing over the salad, toss, and serve. Only dress the portion of salad you are going to eat!

Dressing

• Whisk the rice vinegar, soy sauce, ginger, honey, and olive oil.
• Use on the salad immediatley or save in the fridge for later.

Notes

I like to use rotisserie chicken for this salad but you can easily grill or sauté chicken breast and chop it up to use. 

To save leftovers I keep the toasted almonds in an airtight container and keep the dressing on the side to keep the lettuce fresh and almonds crunchy when you eat it the next day. 

Check out some of my other favorite salad recipes: Strawberry Spinach Salad, Southwest Chicken Salad, and Kale Apple Almond Salad!