This Chinese Chicken Mandarin Salad is a delicious salad with crisp lettuce and red cabbage and the added crunch of uncooked ramen noodles. It might sound weird to add uncooked noodles to this Chinese mandarin chicken salad but when they are broken up and crushed, the noodles act like croutons. Don’t worry if you don’t have any almonds, you can use cashew nuts or roasted peanuts instead.
Making this Chinese chicken salad recipe with mandarin oranges couldn’t be easier. The hardest part is chopping and shredding the ingredients! Assemble the salad by combining the lettuce, red cabbage, shredded chicken, mandarin oranges, crushed ramen noodles, carrots, green onions and sliced almonds together in your favorite salad bowl.
So, how do you make Chinese Chicken Mandarin Salad?
Mix 3 cups of shredded lettuce, 2 cups of shredded red cabbage, 2 cups of shredded cooked chicken, ½ a cup of mandarin oranges, 1 crushed instant ramen packet, ½ a cup of shredded carrot, ⅓ cup of sliced green onions and ¼ cup of sliced almonds together in a large salad bowl.
In a separate bowl or jug, mix 3 tablespoons of rice wine vinegar, 2 tablespoons of honey, 1 tablespoon of sesame oil, 1 tablespoon of hoisin sauce, 2 tablespoons of soy sauce, 1 teaspoon of minced ginger and 1 minced clove of garlic together. Gradually drizzle in ¼ cup of vegetable oil and whisking until the dressing is completely emulsified.
Drizzle the salad with the dressing and toss well to combine.
Serve immediately.
This Chinese Chicken Mandarin Salad is a delicious Asian inspired salad with the added crunch of uncooked ramen noodles! Try out this unique salad soon and don’t forget to come back to leave a comment letting me know what you think.
Colorful & delicious salad!
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