Oriental Chicken Salad

By deanarrca

Lettuce salad topped with tender seasoned fried chicken breast, sliced almonds, chow mein noodles, and a homemade honey-mustard salad dressing resulting in a tasty Chinese salad.

Ingredients

• Salad ingredients:
• leaf lettuce, washed and torn
• shredded red cabbage (optional)
• sliced almonds
• chow mein noodles
• fried chicken strips (recipe below)
• homemade honey mustard dressing (recipe below)
• Fried chicken strips ingredients:
• 2 lb chicken breast
• ~1 1/2 c flour
• 1 T seasoned salt
• 1/4 t black pepper
• 1 T garlic powder
• 1 t parsley flakes
• 1/4-1/3 c oil
• Dressing Ingredients:
• 6 T honey
• 3 t white vinegar
• 8 t mayonnaise or salad dressing
• 2 T Dijon mustard
• 1/4 t sesame or olive oil

Details

Servings 8
Adapted from tammysrecipes.com

Preparation

Step 1

1. Slice chicken breast into thin strips (as thin as possible).
2. In a medium-large container with a tight-fitting lid, combine flour, seasoned salt, pepper, garlic powder, and parsley flakes. Add 1/4 of the chicken meat; close tightly and shake vigorously to coat. Continue adding meat in three more sections, each time replacing the lid and shaking the container (leave meat in when adding more).
3. Heat 1/4-1/3 c oil in a large skillet over medium heat (or just slightly above medium). Add chicken and spread out over bottom of skillet. Allow to fry for several minutes, then stir. Continue stirring and frying until chicken is completely cooked. Drain on paper towels to remove excess grease.
4. Combine dressing ingredients and whisk to remove lumps.
5. To assemble salad, layer plates with lettuce, cabbage, fried chicken, chow mein noodles, almonds, and top with the homemade dressing.


Additional Notes:
The fried chicken pieces can be still warm/hot, or, if you need to make this up ahead of time, you can refrigerate the chicken and serve a completely cold salad: it's good either way!

Preparation Time:
15 minutes

Cooking Time:
15 minutes

Tammy's Review:
This recipe is a 10/10, in my opinion. I love it!!! The fried chicken is a nice treat, so salty and flavorful! The dressing accents the delicious chicken and chow mein noodle flavors. If you have leftover dressing, you can use it as a honey-mustard dip for chicken, or as a salad dressing. It's tasty and keeps well in the fridge. This salad is one of my favorites. A friend of mine made this for me when I ate lunch at her house, and I have been making my own ever since. Very yummy!!