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The best crunchy Chinese chicken salad with undeniably delicious flavors that will make you coming back for seconds and thirds! We love this recipe!!

This isn’t your typical chicken salad recipe! This salad has a delicious Asian flavor to it. Try these other versions of Asian chicken salad with ramen noodles, or with fried chicken breasts!

Chinese chicken salad topped with crunchy noodles
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Family-Favorite Salad

This Chinese chicken salad recipe is definitely a family favorite in our home. It’s on our weekly dinner menu almost monthly or more.

The flavors are addicting and I am always craving it. Something about that amazing dressing just makes it the best salad ever.

I love the combination of the chicken, cabbage, and crunchy noodles on top. Extra crunchy noodles please! You can never have too many.

This recipe tastes like something you’d order at a restaurant but in the comfort of your own kitchen and home. That’s a winning recipe in my book!

chinese chicken salad dressing in a glass jar

Chinese Chicken Salad Dressing

The dressing is the star in this recipe. The ingredients are as follows:

  • sugar
  • soy sauce
  • sesame seeds
  • all spice
  • rice wine vinegar
  • vegetable oil
  • sesame oil

Mix all of the dressing ingredients (except oils) to a glass jar. Cover and shake vigorously for 2 minutes until well blended. Add in the oils and shake for another 3 minutes, or until oils are emulsified into the vinegar. Chill this dressing for at least 2 hours.

ASSEMBLE THE SALAD. Add all of the salad ingredients to a big bowl. Pour the chilled dressing over it right before serving. Toss and top with additional sesame seeds and crunchy noodles.

Additional Tips

Need to make this ahead of time? Just combine all salad ingredients and keep chilled in the fridge until ready to serve. Toss it with the dressing right before you’re ready to serve it.

Other optional ingredients you could add:

  • chopped green onions
  • roasted slivered almonds
  • fried wontons
  • romaine lettuce
chinese chicken salad in a white bowl

For more Asian salad recipes, check out:

5 from 10 votes

Chinese Chicken Salad Recipe

By: Lil’ Luna
The best crunchy Chinese chicken salad with undeniably delicious flavors that will make you coming back for seconds and thirds! We love this recipe!!
Servings: 8
Prep: 15 minutes
Cook: 13 minutes
Chill Dressing: 2 hours
Total: 2 hours 15 minutes

Ingredients 

Salad:

  • 4 cups napa cabbage finely shredded
  • 1 1/2 cups red cabbage finely shredded
  • 1 cup carrot finely julienned
  • 2 cups chicken shredded
  • 1/2 cup crunchy noodles
  • 1-2 tsp sesame seeds

Dressing

  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 3/4 cup soy sauce
  • 2 tbsp sesame seeds
  • 1/2 tsp all spice
  • 1/4 cup rice wine vinegar
  • 1/2 cup vegetable oil
  • 3 tbsp sesame oil

Instructions 

  • Add all dressing ingredients (except oils) to a glass jar. Cover and shake vigorously for 2 minutes until well blended. Add oils and shake for another 3 minutes, or until oils are emulsified into the vinegar. Chill for at least 2 hours.
  • Add salad ingredients to bowl and pour dressing over it right before serving and toss. Top with additional sesame seeds and crunchy noodles.

Nutrition

Calories: 333kcal, Carbohydrates: 20g, Protein: 9g, Fat: 25g, Saturated Fat: 13g, Cholesterol: 21mg, Sodium: 1278mg, Potassium: 292mg, Fiber: 2g, Sugar: 15g, Vitamin A: 3020IU, Vitamin C: 21mg, Calcium: 74mg, Iron: 2mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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13 Comments

  1. Kim G says:

    5 stars
    I was so happy to see this salad recipe! It’s going into my salad rotation for the summer; in the summer it’s so hot where I live, I like to just have salads for dinner eveyday, instead of cooking something…thank you for sharing this recipe because I have wanted to make this for a long time, but couldn’t find a recipe I wanted to make; there are only 4 FB cooks whose recipes I trust and make, and you are one of them 💕

    1. Lil'Luna Team says:

      Oh thank you so much!! I hope you enjoy the salad!

  2. Eraj Siddiqui says:

    this is one of the best salad i’ve ever made ! so delicious

    1. Kristyn Merkley says:

      So happy you like it! Thank you so much for sharing that!

  3. Suzanne Singer says:

    5 stars
    I love this salad!

    1. Kristyn Merkley says:

      I do too! I am happy that you like it 🙂 Thank you!

  4. mary anderson says:

    5 stars
    i was a bad cook last year but after searching on internet about recipes now i know and have learnt to differentiate between main course appetizers and all these kind of recipe i really loved it and thank you alot for contributing indirectly in my life 🙂 love the recipe 🙂

    1. Kristyn Merkley says:

      Awe, you are so welcome!! Thank you so much for trying my recipe!

  5. Olivia says:

    5 stars
    I love asaiaN salads! There easy to prepare and the dressing just puts it over the top. I like the crunch of the noodles too!

  6. Kristina says:

    5 stars
    The dressing is really yummy! That combined with the crunch makes this one of my favorites.

  7. Natalie says:

    5 stars
    This is one of the tastiest salads! I love making it!

  8. Amy L Huntley says:

    5 stars
    This is a yummy side dish or main dish! ABSOLUTELY DELICIOUS!

  9. Joy says:

    5 stars
    One of the best salads!! I could eat it everyday! Love the crunch!!