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Mandarin Chicken Salad
Photo: Anna Pelzer

Mandarin Chicken Salad

11 ingredients 30 steps fandom
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

326
Calories
37g
Protein
5g
Fat
36g
Carbs

Counts 8 of 9 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 8 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Chicken 100g cooked 165
Mandarin Orange 1 medium (131g) 62
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Tomato 1 medium (123g) 22
Cucumber 1/2 cup sliced (52g) 16
Almond 1 almond (1.2g) 7
Iceberg Lettuce 1 cup shredded (36g) 5
Lettuce 1 cup shredded (36g) 5
Leaf not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 4 chicken breast fillets
  • 1 large head iceberg lettuce, chopped
  • 4 cups red leaf lettuce, chopped
  • 1 cup diced tomato
  • 1 cup chopped cucumber
  • 6 radishes sliced
  • ½ cup red onion slice thin
  • 2 cups canned mandarin orange wedges
  • 1½ cup chow mein noodles, dry
  • 1½ cup roasted sliced almonds (teriyaki ones are best)
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Directions

1

Prepare dressing by combining all dressing ingredients except vegetable oil and sesame seeds in a blender on high speed.

2

Slowly add oil to mixture (to create an emulsion).

3

Add sesame seeds and blend for just a couple seconds.

4

Pour dressing into a covered container (such as a dressing cruet) and chill until needed.

5

Rub each chicken breast fillet with oil, then lightly salt and pepper each piece.

6

Grill on medium/high heat until done.

7

Chill chicken breasts in refrigerator until cold.

8

When chicken is cold, build each salad by first tossing arranging about 4 cups of iceberg lettuce and the red leaf in the bottom of a large salad bowl or on a plate.

9

Sprinkle remaining salad ingredients over the lettuce.

10

(tomato, cucumber, radishes and red onion) dice chicken breasts into bite-size pieces and sprinkle the pieces each salad.

11

Arrange about ⅓ cup of mandarin orange wedges on each salad.

12

Next,sprinkle about ¼ cup of dry chow mien noodles and ¼ cup of roasted sliced almonds on top of each salad.

13

Add desired amount of sesame dressing and serve.

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Recipe sourced from fandom

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