Mandarin Chicken Salad

Lorraine's Note:

This is my adaptation of a popular fast food salad

• Total Time: 15 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 0 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 3

• 1 cup cooked, cubed chicken
• 3 -4 cups salad greens
• 1 can mandarin orange, drained,reserve liquid
• 1/2 cup toasted sliced almonds
• 1/2 cup crispy chinese noodles

Oriental Dressing

• 4 tablespoons oil
• 1 1/2 tablespoons low sodium soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons mandarin orange liquid
• 2 teaspoons toasted sesame oil
• 2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar
• 1/4 teaspoon yellow mustard
• 1/8 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 tablespoon sesame seed

Directions:

1. Mix dressing and toss with salad.
2. Serve at once.

Reviews

[Darlene10]

FANTASTIC. There is nothing more to be said about this salad. I did add one more cup of salad greens. This definitely is a salad I will make many times.

[Stuffed]

There is no question that this dressing is delicious!! My only qualm is that all of my green got soggy quite quickly after adding it. I will definetly use this again only go lighter on the dressing to allow my greens to stay crisp. It was so refreshing for dinner on a hot summer evening.

[Marg (CaymanDesigns)]

Even though the salad was good, I didn't like it as much as the other copycat versions I've tried. I felt the dressing was way too oily. The vegetable oil could easily be cut to only 2 Tbls. in my opinion or maybe be replaced with mayonnaise. I interpreted the "yellow mustard" to mean dry mustard, not prepared because of the amount. The flavor of the dressing was good, just too heavy and oily.