Fast and Easy Sesame Chicken Salad
Created by tisht on October 29, 2011
- Servings: 4
- Prep Time: 10m
- Cook Time: 20m
- Recipe #7832
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup maple syrup
- 1/3 cup tamari soy sauce
- 1/2 cup sweet hot mustard
- 1/2 cup sesame seeds
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 1 1/3 lbs chicken breast tenders
- Salt and pepper
- 1 1/2 inches fresh gingerroot, grated or minced (dressing)
- 3 tablespoons rice vinegar (dressing)
- 1/4 cup apricot fruit spread (or Chinese duck sauce if you have it)(dressing)
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil (dressing)
- 1 (6 ounce) bag mixed baby greens (salad)
- 1/4 seedless cucumber, halved lengthwise then thinly sliced on an angle (salad)
- 1/2 cup shredded carrot (salad)
- 4 scallions, thinly sliced on an angle (salad)
- 1/4 lb snow peas, sliced on an angle (salad)
- Fried Chinese noodles (to garnish) (optional)
How to Make
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Step 1: Combine syrup, soy and sweet hot mustard in a bowl.
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Step 2: Season chicken tenders with salt and pepper on both sides. Add chicken tenders to 1/2 of the marinade and coat. Set aside.
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Step 3: Reserve the remaining 1/2 for dressing.
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Step 4: Preheat a large nonstick skillet over medium high heat. Spread sesame seeds on a sheet of waxed paper or into a shallow dish. Waxed paper will speed your clean up. Dip the tenders into the sesame seeds.
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Step 5: Coat the pan with a thin layer of oil. Cook chicken in small batches 3 minutes on each side and remove to plate.
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Step 6: Whisk ginger, vinegar and the reserved marinade together then stream in the oil while you are continuing to whisk dressing. Combine all of the salad ingredients in a bowl. (items 12-17)
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Step 7: Toss with dressing and serve, topping with sesame chicken tenders. Toss some crunch into your salad with fried noodles, if desired
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (820.1 g)
- Calories 1558.4
- Total Fat - 83.1 g
- Saturated Fat - 26.5 g
- Cholesterol - 570.4 mg
- Sodium - 1407.4 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 72.1 g
- Dietary Fiber - 6.7 g
- Sugars - 54.3 g
- Protein - 135.6 g
- Calcium - 455.6 mg
- Iron - 7.9 mg
- Vitamin C - 19.2 mg
- Thiamin - 2.3 mg