Chicken and Cabbage Salad Asian Style – Three Meals A Day

Ingredients

• 1 jalapeño pepper, chopped
• 1/3 cup vegetable oil
• 1/4 cup fresh lime juice
• 2 tablespoons reduced-sodium soy sauce
• 1 1/2 teaspoons light brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon orange blossom honey
• 1/2 teaspoon fish sauce
• 1 teaspoon grated peeled ginger
• pinch of salt
• 1/2 small head of red cabbage, thinly sliced (about 5 cups)
• 2 medium carrots, peeled, shredded
• 6 scallions, whites and pale greens only, thinly sliced
• 3 cups shredded rotisserie chicken
• 1 cup baby spinach, thinly sliced
• 1/3 cup chopped fresh cilantro
• 1/4 cup chopped dry-roasted peanuts
• 1/2 teaspoon toasted sesame seeds
• chow mein noodles (optional garnish)