Oriental Chicken Salad

By cushey27

Ingredients

• season packet from ramen noodles
• 3 tablespoons honey
• 1 1/2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar
• 1/4 cup mayonnaise
• 1 teaspoon Grey Poupon Dijon mustard
• 1/8 teaspoon sesame oil
• 2 to 4 cups vegetable oil (for frying)
• 1 egg
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/2 cup flour
• 1/2 cup corn flake crumbs
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 1 skinless chicken breast fillet
• 3 cups chopped romaine lettuce
• 1 cup chopped red cabbage
• 1 cup chopped Napa cabbage
• 1/2 carrot, julienned or shredded
• 1 green onion, chopped
• 1 tablespoon sliced almonds
• 1/3 cup ramen noodles

Details

Servings 1
Cooking time 28mins
Adapted from topsecretrecipes.com

Preparation

Step 1

1. Blend together all ingredients for dressing in a small bowl with an electric mixer. Put dressing in refrigerator to chill while you prepare the salad.

2. Preheat oil in deep fryer or deep pan over medium heat. You want the temperature of the oil to be around 350 degrees F.

3. In a small, shallow bowl beat egg, add milk, and mix well.

4. In another bowl, combine flour with corn flake crumbs, salt and pepper.

5. Cut chicken breast into 4 or 5 long strips. Dip each strip of chicken first into egg mixture then into the flour mixture, coating each piece completely.

9. Toast almonds in a small skillet over medium heat for 3 to 4 minutes, or until light brown.

10. Sprinkle toasted almonds over the salad, then add the ramen noodles.

11. Cut the chicken into small bite-size chunks. Place the chicken onto the salad forming a pile in the middle. Serve with salad dressing on the side.

Makes 1 dinner-size salad.

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Overall, it's a tasty, sweet & tangy dressing! Next time I'll reduce the mayo & vinegar (didn't have rice wine vin.) & add black & white sesame seeds, yum yum. Used brown sugar instead of honey & added Sriracha! Sooooooooo goood.

Was real good, but, I would recommend a little less vinegar and a little less mayo. I also added a little more honey and mustard. Overall I would make it again, with these changes

I love this salad. I didn't have sesame oil so I toasted some sesame seeds and I added them to the recipe. I tastes better than the original.

Same salad mix just used Kraft Asian toasted sesame dressing turns out great

My husband and I both like this recipe. We just had it today for lunch. I make extra dressing so that I can have a serving for lunch this week. I have tried the recipe from various sights. They are all fantastic. Not sure exactly what it is, but when it is all mixed together, it tastes delicious. I mix mine in my Bullet Blender, using the blade used to make whipped cream.

This recipe is amazing.. the person who said they could taste the Mayo clearly didn't mix the dressing right. I think it taste the same if not better than the Applebees version. And I eat this salad weekly

When I started mixing everything, I was saying to myself, "no way is this right..." so I whisked away til the dressing was perfectly smooth, then licked the whisk, and.......Wow. so yummy, so dead on!

I'm not a salad eater at all, but this one makes me one!!!

I order this everytime I go to Applebee's...Love it..Love it..Thank you for the receipe..Now I can make it myself and try something different at Applebee's

This is super close to the real thing. I've made it many times and my family loves it. The chicken is so good that I make it sometimes for the kids even when I'm not making the salad. The dressing is excellent and easy, too. I highly recommend this one.

This is an excellent copy. However in the real recipe, chicken fat is used in addition to the mayo.

I love this recipe and I am so glad that I can get their recipe so I can make it at home!!!

Now I can have my favorite salad at home! However, I've found another short-cut that makes it even better. Tyson has a Crispy Chicken Breast Strips that is a great fried chicken that can be heated in the oven and cut to put in the salad, making it even easier to put together at home. It tastes just like going to Applebee's.

I LOVE this recipe. I now can make this at home and have it whenever I feel without having to go out for dinner. This dressing is the best.

This is great. I use a bag mix salad to make it go quicker.

Excellent recipe. For those who think the dressing seems to "missing something", try using the Top Secret Island China Coast dressing recipe. I think it is even better. Check it out.I also thought it was a great idea to use cole slaw mix instead of working with 2 different cabbages and carrots for this recipe.

Right on, I love this recipe, use nothing else now for my dressing and now I make extra. Thanks so much for this clone.

I have been eating salads with this dressing nearly every day for weeks!! This is what I always order at the restaurant but we don't go there often. I had to leave the sesame out once and there is little difference in the taste, so if you're out of this don't panic. I make six times the recipe and store it in the fridge. I've also used different meats in the salad, like leftover steak or shrimp.

One of my all-time favorites at Applebee's and this takes a very close second. I make my dressing with a 1/2 teaspoon of soy sauce and fresh ginger and garlic squeezed through a garlic press to add that oriental flavor. Great job!

I keep making this recipe because it is so good. I make the dressing all the time and keep it around for daily salads. I make the chicken fingers for my kids, too. The salad tastes identical to the restaurant.

I love this recipe. We make it often as we can. Sometimes I cheat on the chicken and pick it up already fried at the deli. Yumm.

This is sooo close, but not quite there... problem is I can't put my finger on it. The dressing is right on and very excellent, but when everything is mixed together the taste just isn't quite the same. I use bagged salad greens and I am suspecting them as the culprit. Handy as they might be, they don't taste as good as fresh heads of romaine and cabbage. I also will only use the white portion of the green onions called for... using the green tops makes the "grassy" onion flavor too strong. All in all a great salad and worth the trouble of making yourself!

This recipe was right on the button to the Applebee's recipe. I'm glad I can stay at home and make this and save money at the same time!

My husband and I loved this recipe. I took the easy way out and bought breaded chicken pieces and bought coleslaw for the cabbage. It was fast and very delicious. I am going to make this for a camping trip with friends. Served with bread.

I just made this salad for the first time last night and my family and I loved it! It tastes very close to Applebee's Oriental Chicken Salad. I made it exactly as stated in the recipe, except for adding a little more chicken, carrots and chow mein noodles. Definitely a keeper! YUM!

Close. I still find the original better but perhaps the more I make this the better I will get at making it. Would rate this very good....just not perfect.

I love this recipe. I also use store bought chicken and think that it is just as good. I also like it in a whole wheat wrap.

I tweaked this dressing to fit my family's taste and they like it better than Applebee's. A while ago, I asked for the ingredients because my mom is a diabetic. The dressing is processed in a factory. They said sugar was a main ingredient and they also use chicken broth in the mix!!

I love this recipe!! I was so psyched when I saw it listed. I too slighlty decreased the vinegar and added a tad more honey to make the dressing more authentic. It was a dead ringer for the real thing. Yummy!

Yet another fabulous clone recipe! This is my daughter's favorite dish at Applebees and now I have it at my disposal to make whenever she wishes. She usually always asks for it on her birthday. I, also, use frozen breaded chicken, prepackaged shredded red cabbage and julienned carrots to cut down on prep time. Every bit worth the time it takes to make!

I tried this the other night using the bagged lettuce and coleslaw mix and it was great! My husband loved it and so did everyone else!

I love this recipe, I make it at least once a week. The coating makes the chicken crunchy, just the way we like it. I think the dressing is great, but my kids don't like it. I think because of the vinegar or because they just REALLY like Ranch dressing ALOT!!

I do like Jane, below, says. I make extra dressing and keep it on hand. Using the bagged, washed salad mix, throwing on some pre-shredded coleslaw mix (the Asian greens) while tossing in a few sliced almonds and those chinese chowmein noodles. Quick and tasty.

I love this dish....I keep extra dressing in the frig and use regular lettuce, grocery store fried chicken tenders, and sliced almonds to make a quick salad for lunches in the summer.