Asian Chicken Cranberry Salad

Name: Asian Chicken Cranberry Salad
Cuisine: Asian
Ingredients: 2 small bags of coleslaw mix, about 12 cups; 4 cups rotisserie chicken, finely chopped; 1 ½ cups toasted sliced almonds, or cashews; 1 ½ cup dried cranberries, I used Orange Cranberries from Trader Joe’s; ¾ cup red onion, finely diced; 1 cup sesame sticks, found in the bulk aisle at grocery store – optional; 1 ½ cups chopped cilantro; 1-2 small cans mandarin oranges, drained; ¼ cup black sesame seeds, or regular sesame seeds; 1 cup extra-virgin olive oil; ½ cup balsamic vinegar, regular or you can use white; 4 Tbsp. low-sodium soy sauce; 3-4 cloves garlic, chopped; 4 Tbsp. honey or brown sugar; 4 Tbsp. minced ginger; 2 tsp. toasted sesame oil

3 steps

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 01:10:02 GMT

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Ingredients

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2 bagscoleslaw mix

small

4 cupsrotisserie chicken

finely chopped

1 ½ cupsalmonds

toasted sliced, or cashews

1 ½ cupdried cranberries

I used Orange Cranberries from Trader Joe’s

¾ cupred onion

finely diced

1 cupsesame sticks

found in the bulk aisle at grocery store - optional

1 ½ cupscilantro

chopped

1cans mandarin oranges

small, drained

¼ cupblack sesame seeds

or regular sesame seeds

1 cupextra-virgin olive oil

½ cupbalsamic vinegar

regular or you can use white

4 Tbsplow-sodium soy sauce

3 clovesgarlic

chopped

4 Tbsphoney

or brown sugar

4 Tbspminced ginger

2 tsptoasted sesame oil

Instructions

Step 1

Layer the cabbage in a large bowl with chicken, almonds (or cashews, or both), cranberries, red onion, sesame seeds, sesame sticks (optional), and fresh cilantro. Add the mandarin oranges (optional).

Step 2

Combine the olive oil, balsamic vinegar, soy sauce, garlic, honey, ginger, and sesame oil in a blender. Add 3 tablespoons of water. Blend until smooth.

Step 3

Lightly pour the dressing over the salad mixture, according to how moist you like the salad. Gently toss and serve. (You may have a little dressing left over.)