Asian Inspired Chopped Salad with Sesame Ginger Salad Dressing

Full of flavor and ready in 10 minutes this Asian Chopped Salad is drizzled in a Sesame Ginger salad dressing making it incredibly hard to resist.

Made with shredded green cabbage, kale, red cabbage, carrots, green onions, mandarin oranges, crunchy chow mein noodles, and the best dressing this CHOPPED ASIAN SALAD is always a hit in our home. Acting as a great meal, works well as a side dish for parties and barbecues. However you decide to serve it, make sure you get a big helping before it’s gone!

I hope you all are ready for one of the easiest meals you’ll ever make.

The other week I was making dinner so I just threw this together, added some grilled teriyaki chicken breast and viola one of my favorite salads was created and not even intentionally. I love it when things like that happen, don’t you?

The base of this salad is made by finely shredding kale. I just chop it with a knife, but you can use a mandoline, shredder or food processor if you prefer. You could buy some of the ingredients like the carrots, red and green cabbage pre-shredded if you prefer. Feel free to add in some leafy green lettuce or romaine to this salad too, I promise you couldn’t mess this up if you tried.

The most time-consuming part of the dressing is peeling and grating the ginger, which takes about 2 minutes total. I use a metal spoon to peel of the papery skin and a microplane grater to grate it. Then, it’s simply a matter of adding all of the dressing ingredients to a small jar, shaking things up, and pouring it on.

Enjoy!

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Asian Chopped Salad with Sesame Ginger Dressing Recipe

Yield: 4

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Total Time: 10 minutes

Full of flavor and ready in 10 minutes this Asian Chopped Salad is drizzled in a Sesame Ginger salad dressing making it incredibly hard to resist.

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Ingredients

Asian Chopped Salad

• 3 cups chopped kale
• 3 carrots, sliced thinly
• 1 ½ cup broccoli slaw
• 1 cup red cabbage, diced
• 4 green onions, chopped
• 1 cup cilantro, coarsely chopped
• 1 cup canned mandarin oranges, drained
• 2 cups fried chow mein noodles

Sesame Ginger Salad Dressing

• 2 tbsp avocado oil, or any neutral tasting vegetable oil
• 1 tsp sesame oil
• juice of 1/2 lime, about 1 tbsp
• 2 tbsp rice vinegar
• 1 tsp soy sauce
• 2 tsp ginger, grated
• 1/2 tbsp maple syrup
• 1/2 tsp sriracha
• salt & pepper to taste

Instructions

Asian Chopped Salad

1. Mix all the salad ingredients together in a large bowl. Top with mandarin oranges and fried chow mein noodles.

Sesame Ginger Salad Dressing

1. Mix all the salad dressing ingredients in a mason jar, place the lid on and shake until well combined. I like to let it sit for a couple of hours in the fridge before, but it is good either way. 

Notes

Be generous with the lime juice and adjust the siracha to the heat you like.

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