This salad is a great easy, light summer meal, using a delicious homemade dressing. Serves 2.

Ingredients:

Bag of lettuce – we used one with romaine, iceberg, cabbage, and carrots

1 10.5 ounce container of mandarin oranges

Almond slivers or crushed almonds – just a handful

2 cooked chicken breasts – we grilled ours

Optional : Bacon – I know it sounds weird but Michael added a some diced bacon into the salad randomly and it was really good! Bacon makes everything better.

Dressing:

Juice from can of mandarin oranges

3 Tbsp. rice wine vinegar

1 Tbsp. olive oil

1/2 tsp. of sesame oil

1 Tbsp. Coconut Aminos (or Tamari or Soy Sauce)

A little sea salt and pepper

Directions:

Put salad in large salad bowl

Drain mandarin oranges, setting aside juice in a small bowl

Ad mandarin oranges to salad, along with chopped almonds

To bowl with mandarin juice, add rice wine vinger, coconut aminos, salt & pepper

Drizzle in olive oil, whisking it into mixture

Whisk in sesame oil as well

Dice chicken and add to salad

Top with dressing, toss well, and serve!

Posted by amyreh in Recipes Tags: homemade asian chicken salad, paleo asian chicken salad, primal asian chicken salad