Chinese Chicken Salad with Sesame Dressing
 
 
A healthy salad made with fresh vegetables and fruit that is served with a sweet Sesame dressing made with fresh oranges and organic honey.
Serves: 2 HUGE Servings
Ingredients
  • **For the Salad**
  • 2 cups Cabbage - Shredded
  • 4 cup Romaine Lettuce - Shredded
  • 4 Tbsp carrot, shredded
  • ½ cup sweet bell pepper - diced
  • ⅓ cup water chestnuts, sliced in half
  • 10 small segments of Mandarin Orange
  • 6 oz chicken cooked, diced or shredded
  • ¼ cup. scallions, diced small
  • **For the Dressing**
  • 2 tbsp. sweet rice vinegar
  • 1 tbsp. balsamic vinegar
  • Juice of 1 orange
  • 2 tsp. orange zest
  • 2 tsp. honey
  • 1 tsp. soy sauce
  • ½ tsp. sesame oil
  • 6 tbsp. olive oil
  • 1 tbsp. sesame seeds, toasted
Instructions
  1. **For Salad**
  2. Add everything to salad on a plate
  3. **Dressing**
  4. To toast Sesame Seeds, I put them in a small frying pan, turn the heat to medium and cooked sauteed them for a few minutes, until lightly golden and fragrant.
  5. In a glass bowl whisk together vinegar's, orange juice, orange zest, honey, soy sauce and sesame oil. Add Olive Oil mixing while pouring a steady stream. Add salt & pepper to taste. Mix in sesame seeds.
Notes
Salad Serves two HUGE portions
Calories per serving without dressing: 189, Fat: 2, Cholesterol: 48, Sodium: 90, Potassium: 620, Carbs: 22.6, Fiber: 5.1, Sugar: 8.5, Protein: 23.3

Dressing makes ¾ Cups, Serving Size 2 Tablespoons
Calories for Dressing per 2 tbsp.: 130, Fat: 12, Cholesterol: 0, Sodium: 65, Potassium: 46, Carbs: 4.2, Fiber: 1.1, Sugar: 2.8, Protein: .04
Nutrition Information
Serving size: 2
Recipe by PB + P Design at https://www.peanutbutterandpeppers.com/2012/04/27/breaking-news-drop-everything-husband-says-yes-to-salad/