Best Chinese Chicken Salad Recipe | Saveur

Best Chinese Chicken Salad Recipe | Saveur

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Pay homage to the late, great Hollywood restaurateur Madame Wu by whipping up our best Chinese chicken salad recipe, which is gingery and fresh—and packed with protein.

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Ingredients

  • ½ cup vegetable oil
  • ¼ cup rice vinegar
  • 3 Tbsp. smooth peanut butter
  • 3 Tbsp. soy sauce
  • 1 Tbsp. plus 1½ tsp. sesame oil
  • 1 Tbsp. dry mustard powder
  • 1 Tbsp. fresh lime juice
  • 1½ tsp. honey
  • 1½ tsp. toasted sesame seeds
  • ½ tsp. finely chopped fresh ginger
  • 1 garlic clove, finely chopped
  • Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
  • Vegetable oil, for frying
  • 5 wonton wrappers, cut into ¼-in. strips
  • 1 lb. 2 oz. cooked bone-in skin-on chicken breasts, shredded
  • ½ cup loosely packed cilantro leaves
  • ½ head Napa cabbage, cored and shredded
  • ½ head romaine lettuce, shredded
  • 3 oz. mung bean sprouts (about ¾ cup)
  • 10 snow peas, thinly sliced
  • 4 scallions, trimmed and thinly sliced
  • 1 medium carrot, peeled and shredded
  • 1 medium cucumber, peeled, seeded, and thinly sliced
  • 1 medium red bell pepper, seeded and thinly sliced
  • 1 bird’s-eye chile, thinly sliced, for garnish (optional)
  • Black sesame seeds, for garnish
  • Coarsely chopped roasted peanuts, for garnish

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