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Healthy Chinese Chicken Salad

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This light and healthy Chinese chicken salad can be prepped in advance. It makes for a great weeknight meal when you are looking to lighten up and be healthy.

Ingredients

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For the dressing: 

  • 1 to 2” peeled finger of fresh ginger
  • 5 cloves garlic, peeled
  • 3 T white miso
  • 1/2 cup rice wine vinegar
  • 1/4 cup soy sauce
  • 1/4 cup fresh orange juice 
  • 1 T honey
  • 2 t toasted sesame seed oil
  • 3/4 cup mild olive oil (not lite)

For the roasted vegetables:

  • 5 carrots, peeled and sliced into 1” pieces
  • 2 heads broccoli, stemmed and cut into 1 1/2″ pieces
  • Olive oil

For the salad:

  • 1 head Napa cabbage, thinly sliced and chopped
  • 1 whole poached chicken breast (about 1 pound) chopped,  or 2 cups shredded grocery store rotisserie chicken
  • 1 red bell pepper, seeded and julienned into 1” lengths
  • 1 large handful of cilantro, roughly chopped
  • 4 green onions, sliced including both green and white parts
  • 1 cup sliced almonds or dry roasted salted peanuts

Instructions

For the dressing:

  1. In a food processor, blender or Cuisinart Mini-prep finely mince the ginger and garlic. Add the miso, rice wine vinegar, soy sauce, orange juice, honey and toasted sesame seed oil. Add the olive oil and whirl until well blended. Set aside.

For the roasted vegetables:

  1. Heat the oven to 400 degrees F. Spread the carrots and broccoli out on two separate sheet pans, making sure you do not overcrowd. Drizzle with olive oil and toss with your hands. Season with kosher salt and fresh ground pepper. Roast the broccoli for about 10 – 12 minutes until the edges begin to color, checking after about 6 minutes and flipping. Roast the carrots for about 20 minutes, checking after about 12 minutes and flipping. Remove from the oven and allow to cool. 

For the salad: 

  1. In a large bowl combine cabbage, chicken, broccoli, carrots, red bell pepper, cilantro, green onions, nuts and half the dressing. Toss to combine, taste and add more dressing to your taste preference. 

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