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Tuesday, June 16, 2015

Easiest Ever Chinese Chicken Salad

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

  • Servings: 12
  • 8 cups prepared coleslaw mix
  • 10 green onions, sliced
  • 3 boneless skinless chicken breasts, cooked and diced (or use prepared bag of diced cooked chicken)
  • 1 (3 ounce) package top ramen noodles, oriental flavor
  • 6 ounces slivered almonds (may be toasted)
  • 6 ounces sunflower seeds (roasted, salted are very good)
  • 1 cup sesame oil (or part sesame, part canola)
  • 1/4 cup rice vinegar

Recipe

  • 1 boil chicken breasts in hot water until cooked through (about 20 minutes).
  • 2 cool, dice, and put in a zipper bag in the refrigerator until ready to serve.
  • 3 slice green onions and put in a small zipper bag in refrigerator (unless your kids don't like them and you leave them out).
  • 4 break up the ramen noodles into small pieces.
  • 5 combine the noodles, almonds and sunflower seeds in a zipper bag; ready for assembly.
  • 6 for dressing, combine oil, vinegar, and flavor packet from ramen noodle package.
  • 7 shake well to combine and store in refrigerator.
  • 8 because i find most sesame oils very heavy, i prefer to use 1-2 tablespoons sesame oil and the rest canola oil.
  • 9 when ready to serve, combine the slaw mix and green onions, and chicken in a large bowl.
  • 10 sprinkle noodle/ nut mixture over top.
  • 11 shake dressing and pour over all.
  • 12 toss entire salad well and serve.
  • 13 the chicken can be left out for use as a side dish.
  • 14 other flavors of top ramen can be used for variety, but oriental is our favorite.

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