Sesame Chicken Salad with Warm Noodles

Chicken salad recipes come in many varieties and this Chinese chicken salad combines crisp vegetables with a sweet dressing. This is one of the tastiest chicken recipes to make for a light lunch or you can serve it as an appetizer for dinner (the salad will serve eight people if you are serving it as an appetizer).

You can serve the noodles warm or cold because both contrast nicely with the crisp vegetables and flavorful sauce. The same applies to the chicken - warm or cold, as you like. Do not pour the sauce over the salad until just before serving it, else the vegetables will go soggy.

Sesame Chicken Salad and Crisp Vegetables

Ingredients -

½ head lettuce
1 bunch green onions, finely chopped
½ red bell pepper, in thin strips
½ green bell pepper, in thin strips
2 tablespoons sesame seeds
4 skinless, boneless chicken breasts cooked and shredded
½ cup carrot, in thin strips
1 can chow mein noodles

For the Dressing

4 teaspoons sugar
2 teaspoons salt
½ cup salad oil
2 tablespoons sesame oil
6 tablespoons vinegar

Preparation:

Warm the chow mein noodles gently and divide them between 4 plates.

Combine the lettuce, green onions, bell pepper strips, chicken and carrots and divide this mixture between the 4 plates.

Toast the sesame seeds in a dry pan over a medium heat for until they are fragrant.

Alternatively you can bake them on a dry baking sheet at 275 degrees F for 5 minutes.

Combine the dressing ingredients and pour this over the Chinese salad just before serving, then sprinkle the toasted sesame seeds over the top.

(Serves 4)

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A Picture of our Sesame Chicken Salad with Warm Noodles - this recipe is a magical twist on more traditional chicken salad recipes and brings the flavor of Asia to blend into a very nice appetizer or lite afternoon launch. This is not the same old Chinese sesame chicken recipe but rather a wonderful chicken salad that will delight any Asian food lover.