Asian Chicken Salad

asian-chicken-salad-john-besh-relish
Mark Boughton/styling: Teresa Blackburn
https://easykitchen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/asian-chicken-salad-john-besh-relish-150x150.jpg
  • Yield: 8 servings

Ingredients

1/2head napa cabbage, thinly sliced
2 (3- to 4-ounce) packages dried Ramen noodles, seasoning removed, broken into bite-size pieces
2cups shredded cooked chicken
1/4cup hoisin sauce
3tablespoons rice wine vinegar
3tablespoons soy sauce
1tablespoon fish sauce
2teaspoons toasted sesame oil
1 (1-inch) piece ginger root, peeled and grated
6 greeen onions, thinly sliced
1/4cup peanuts, toasted
Leaves from 1 bunch fresh basil, sliced
Leaves from 1/2 bunch fresh cilantro, sliced
Leaves from 1 bunch fresh mint, sliced

Instructions

  1. Mix together cabbage, Ramen noodles and  chicken in a large bowl.
  2. In a small bowl or jar, mix hoisin sauce, vinegar, soy sauce, fish sauce, sesame oil, sambal chili, sugar, ginger and green onions. Pour over cabbage mixture and toss really well to coat all the ingredients. You can do this a few hours ahead so the seasoned sauce will moisten the dried noodles.
  3. Just before serving, sprinkle salad with peanuts and some of the basil, cilantro, and mint. Have bowls of herbs on the table so everybody can add what they like.
Reprinted with permission from John Besh’s My Family Table: A Passionate Plea for Home Cooking (Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2012). 

Nutritional Info *per serving

  • Calories 238
  • Fat 10g
  • Cholesterol 31mg
  • Sodium 1125mg
  • Carbohydrate 21g
  • Fiber 2g
  • Protein 15g