A couple of weeks ago my husband said “I need to buy some cabbage. I want to make Chinese Chicken Salad.” I thought that sounded really good and I also realized that we had not made it for a very long time so thus, Chinese Chicken Salad Revisited.
When I first posted this recipe in 2013 I made it gluten free for my father-in-law. We liked it that way but now can’t find rice chips in our local grocery store. We also had a hard time finding the packages of angel hair cabbage. Here is how we made it this time. We rediscovered how much we enjoyed this recipe.
Recipe
2 large chicken breasts, rotisserie chicken, cut in small pieces
6 green onions sliced
2 tbsp sesame seeds
1/2 head cabbage chopped small
1/4 cup slivered almonds
3 cups Chinese noodles
Dressing
2 tbsp sugar
2 tbsp oil
1 tsp salt
4 tbsp rice vinegar
2 tbsp sesame oil
1/2 tsp pepper
Mix salad ingredients in large bowl. Wisk together dressing. Toss salad and dressing together. Sprinkle with desired amount of Chinese noodle on each serving as served. When they are tossed in the whole salad they get soggy. Refrigerate leftovers.
I don’t know about you but we have a tendency to make and eat different foods in cycles. Sometimes some of them get forgotten like Chinese Chicken Salad did for us. It is a great meal in itself.
The original post
We made this variations to a friends recipe when we made it for a party that my father-in-law was going to attend. He was gluten intolerant and the Rice Chips are gluten free. They also add a great new texture and flavor. You can find Rice Chips in the heath food section of most supermarkets.
Chinese Chicken Salad with Rice Chips
Salad
2 large chicken breasts, grilled and cubed
6 green onions sliced
2 tbsp sesame seeds
1 10 oz bag of angel hair cabbage
1/4 cup slivered almonds
1 bag Rice Chips
Dressing
2 tbsp sugar
2 tbsp oil
1 tsp salt
4 tbsp rice vinegar
2 tbsp sesame oil
1/2 tsp pepper
Mix salad ingredients in large bowl. Wisk together dressing. Toss salad and dressing together. Crumble Rice Chips and top or stir into each serving so they don’t get soggy.
Mary Ellen
Rediscover some of your old favorites that have been forgotten.
I love Chinese food, we have it every sunday, either bought or homemade. I think the use of the rice chips is very creative for that added crunch every salad needs! Thank You so much for sharing. It’s a must make for sure!, Lizy
Lizy, thank you for your comment. This is one of my favorite salads, I hope you enjoy it,too. Mags
This sounds amazing, I love Chinese food. Thanks for coming by and sharing it on Fluster’s Creative Muster. Now that you found the party I hope that you’ll be joining us again.
Robin @ Fluster Buster
Thank you Robin, we will.