Honey Sesame Chicken Salad with Sesame Garlic Vinaigrette.
No you are not on another planet.
We’re actually eating something this green! Talking about something this green. Enjoying something this green.
Can you tell that I’m excited that this salad is really green?
Cue eyeroll.
Here’s the rundown!
Some garlicky, honey sesame chicken, which is how I could eat chicken every single day.
Some quickly fried wonton strips! In coconut oil!
Garlic roasted sugar snap peas. I just couldn’t resist.
A few sliced mandarin oranges.
Avocado (duh).
Napa cabbage, broccoli slaw, butter lettuce, rainbow carrots, sliced scallions and a heavy-handed sprinkle of sesame seeds.
It’s like my food brain in a bowl. I want to eat a combination of these flavors constantly and if it HAS to be a salad, I want it to be this salad.
True life: I never cared for wonton strips.
As a kid, I didn’t like them! They made my stomach turn.
It wasn’t until recently, maybe one or two years ago, when I tasted them again and actually enjoyed them.
I haven’t had any desire to have them on salads in my adult life, and now I’ve gone and ruined that. It might not be possible to ever have a salad again without wonton strips.
Does the coconut oil cancel that issue out?
Let’s hope.
You must be warned now that the roasted snap peas are incredibly addictive. It’s difficult not to grab them right from the baking sheet and the number of other dishes I want to throw these on top of is getting larger by the day.
The chicken can go in any dish. It’s just a thing now.
Texture is the name of the game with the lettuce. Butter leaves, cabbage AND slaw. So much crunch crunch!
The dressing something that you can drink with a straw! I mean, maybe you shouldn’t do that, but it tastes pretty delicious.
It’s slightly high maintenance but still simple at the same time. Does that make sense? It’s sort of like how I might take 45 minutes to get ready but only wear mascara and lipstick.
High maintenance but simple. Make it happen!
Honey Sesame Chicken Salad with Sesame Garlic Vinaigrette
Ingredients
roasted sugar snap peas
- 2 cups sugar snap peas
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 teaspoon low-sodium soy sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 tablespoon toasted sesame oil
- 1/2 teaspoon sesame seeds
crispy wontons
- 8 wonton wrappers, sliced into strips
- coconut oil for frying
- sesame chicken
- 2 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon brown sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon toasted sesame oil
- 1 teaspoon sesame seeds for topping
salad
- 4 cups butter lettuce leaves
- 2 cups chopped napa cabbage
- 1 cup broccoli slaw
- 4 green onions, sliced
- 1 avocado, thinly sliced
- 2 mandarin oranges, thinly sliced or segmented
- 1/2 cup thinly sliced rainbow carrots
sesame garlic dressing
- 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons honey
- 3 garlic cloves, minced or pressed
- 3 tablespoons toasted sesame oil
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- salt and pepper
Instructions
roasted sugar snap peas
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with foil or parchment paper and spread the peas on the sheet. Drizzle with olive oil and soy sauce and toss. Sprinkle with garlic powder. Roast for 20 to 25 minutes, until softened and slightly golden, tossing once. Remove from the oven and drizzle with sesame oil and sprinkle with sesame seeds.
crispy wontons
- Heat a saucepan or skillet over medium heat. Add enough coconut oil so you have about 1 to 1 1/2 inches in the pan. Heat for a few minutes and test a wonton strip, dropping it in and seeing if it crisps up. Once hot enough, add all the strips and toss a few times, cooking for 1 to 2 minutes until golden and crunchy. Remove the strips and place them on a paper towel-lined plate to drain excess grease.
sesame chicken
- Heat a large skillet over medium heat and add the olive oil. Season the chicken with the garlic powder, brown sugar, salt and pepper. Add to the skillet and cook on both sides until browned and golden, about 5 minutes per side. Cover the skillet and cook for another 5 minutes to ensure the chicken is cooked through. Remove the chicken and slice it. Drizzle it with the sesame oil and sprinkle with the sesame seeds.
salad
- Combine all the ingredients together in a large bowl (or 2). Add the chicken and snap peas on top. Drizzle on the dressing, then top with the crispy wontons.
sesame garlic dressing
- In a bowl, whisk together the vinegar, honey and garlic. Sprinkle in a pinch of salt and pepper. Whisking constantly, stream in the sesame and olive oils. Whisk until the dressing is emulsified. Drizzle over the salad and serve!
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36 Comments on “Honey Sesame Chicken Salad with Sesame Garlic Vinaigrette.”
This salad looks just fantastic!
thank you!
This looks amazing!!! Just yum ;)
I will most definitely be making this soon (albeit with tofu instead of chicken as I don’t eat meat – sorry!)
thanks kirsti!
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I can totally get on board with a meal this green if it’s topped with that chicken and sesame garlic dressing! Yum!
thanks lindsay!
MUST MAKE! The roasted sugar snap peas look sooo yummy. Ha-ha I can related to high maintenance but simple… like when it takes me 30 minutes to figure out what to wear and I end up wearing the SAME over sized black shirt, skinny jeans, and wedges that I wear every weekend.
RIGHT?!
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Lots of steps, yes, but I have a feeling this salad is totally worth it! I want those garlicky snap peas…
thanks ashlyn!
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Ah! I heard roasted snap peas are the bomb! I haven’t roasted them yet, but I eat them almost everyday raw :P I need to get on that!
you must try!! xoxo
This looks delicious! I think I’ll be making it for lunch next week :) Quick question, what exactly goes in a brocolli slaw?
i find mine prepackaged at either trader joes or my local grocery store – i believe it’s just broccoli shredded with cabbage and carrots!
Great Photo, but horrible salad. A salad is all about the dressing, and this particular dressing is all oil, and sweetener = Yuck.
hi susan! this is a vinaigrette in which the ratio tends to be 1 part vinegar to 3 parts oil. what kind of dressing would you suggest with this salad? it is made with toast sesame oil and olive oil. it emulsifies with the other ingredients to create the vinaigrette. :)
I can only imagine how many recipes you are testing every week, what in the world do you do with all the leftovers?!?!
Hey girl this looks really good!
That avocado though… all the heart eyes.
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I happened to have most of the ingredients for this and it sounded amazing, so I made it for dinner last night. And I made it again for my lunch today. I am eating it right this second. It is the perfect salad. I didn’t have won ton wrappers so I used peanuts for the crunch instead and this salad is soooo good! I realized while I was eating this that every recipe I have made of yours I have made multiple times. The brown sugar skirt steak with chimichurri, the brown butter shrimp and gouda grits, the coconut breakfast quinoa parfaits, the greek cucumber salad- all of these are huge staples in our house! Thank you for your creativity and sharing these with us!
p.s. I also admire your grace in responding to the unnecessary comments on your posts! I can never figure out why someone would take time out of their day to post a negative comment.
this makes me so happy. THANK YOU!!! so glad you are loving everything. xoxo
Not only does this salad look divine but your posts never fail to make me laugh!
“It’s sort of like how I might take 45 minutes to get ready but only wear mascara and lipstick. High maintenance but simple. Make it happen!”
You are the cutest! :)
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This salad looks amazing! I can’t wait to give it a try!
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I made this tonight and it was AMAZING! Your recipes have never failed me. Thanks for another great one.
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The sesame garlic vinaigrette will add a unique flavor to this salad. Excellent recipe! I will try it for sure.
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I make this all the time, at least once a month. Doesn’t take long at all if you time in the snap peas beforehand. We love this! I have Celiac disease so we don’t do the wontons and use tamari or coconut aminos instead of soy.