Homemade Chinese chicken salad with a lighter and healthier touch. Crispy crunchy serve with a lip smackingly delicious Almond dressing.
The following recipe, is my lightened up version of Chinese chicken salad served at a restaurant I used to work at . A very simple and popular dish – a big seller for the restaurant and one I enjoyed frequently. At the time , I wasn’t aware of its nutritional content – thank goodness!
I over indulged on it, after all it is a salad and they are suppose to be healthy right? Wrong!
Being more aware about how many calories are in a tablespoon of oil, I tend to be more cautious about how I utilize my calories, especially with everyday meals or meals I consider healthy. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy plenty of meals with high calorie content food as you can see here. Would never give it up.
I made several changes to this Chinese chicken salad to make it nutritious ; reduce the oil in the dressing , baked the wontons instead of frying them and used pan roasted chicken breast with very little oil ( shredded roasted whole chicken works too). For the dressing, I only used 3 tablespoons of oil and replaced part of it with almond butter for added flavor. I replaced the sugar with honey and for some heat siraracha .
This salad , has become my everyday meal when am trying to shred a few pounds , I can load up on it with less guilt because I know exactly what is in the salad. .Enjoy it!
