Chopped Asian Chicken Salad with Ginger Chili-Lime Dressing is a delightful salad full of flavor and a touch of heat. It is a spring and summer favorite.

Chopped Asian Chicken Salad with Ginger Chili Lime Dressing

I would consider myself more of an herbivore than a carnivore. In fact, I wasn’t much of a meat-eater until I met my husband. Oh, how love will change things, even your diet. I now love cheese and chicken, two things I wasn’t big fans of. As for my husband, he now loves chocolate and sugar more than he would admit to.

The one thing I love about spring more than running outside and the blossoming of the trees are SALADS. I know you can have these anytime throughout the year, but come summer and spring our weekly menu includes at least 2 salads. Although there is definitely more groaning from the kids with the salad rotations, I try my best to make it something appealing to them by adding an assortment of veggies to choose from and grilled chicken this seems to ease the “pain”.

This Chopped Asian Chicken Salad with Ginger Chili-Lime Dressing is one of my favorite salads, I love the dressing. This isn’t your normal dressing, this has a slight burn in the end and you don’t need much. I serve this salad two ways. #1 salad bar style, with the greens on the bottom and all the other toppings chopped and lined up, this way the kids can pick and choose what they want. #2, after the kids have taken what they want, I mix it all together with 1/2 cup of dressing and toss to coat the entire salad with a light glaze of dressing.

The dressing on its own isn’t my favorite but with all the fresh vegetables, chicken and rice noodles this is the perfect balance of flavors. Making this a spring and summer must-have.
Enjoy! XOXO San

How do you make Chopped Asian Chicken Salad with Ginger Chili Lime Dressing?

Salad

  • Place the greens in a salad bowl. I used romaine this time, but I also love to add kale and spinach to this. 

  • Place all your other toppings: carrots, broccoli slaw, red pepper, rice noodles, and purple cabbage in rows. Top with grilled chicken, cilantro, sesame seeds, and green onions.

  • You can serve like this, so people and can pick and choose what they want with their greens, this is what I do with the kids. Or you can toss the salad with 1/4 -1/2 cup of dressing, lightly coating all the ingredients. I do this after the kids have taken what they want.

Ginger Chili Lime Dressing
  • Mix all the ingredients in a bowl, I like to let it sit for a couple of hours in the fridge before, but it is good either way. Be generous with the lime juice and adjust the chili sauce to the heat you like.

Looking for more delicious chopped salad recipes? Check these out: Chopped Wedge Salad, Copycat Carrabba’s Chopped Salad, and my Chopped Southwestern Salad.

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Chopped Asian Chicken Salad with Ginger Chili Lime Dressing

Prep: 10 minutes
Cook: 15 minutes
Total: 25 minutes
Servings: 8
Calories: 206 kcal
Chopped Asian Chicken Salad with Ginger Chili Lime Dressing
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Ingredients
 

Salad

  • 2 chicken breasts marinated in teriyaki sauce, grilled, and chopped
  • 3 head romaine chopped
  • 3 carrots sliced thinly
  • 1 1/2 cup broccoli slaw
  • 1 cup purple cabbage diced
  • 1 red pepper diced into large chunks
  • 4 green onions chopped
  • 1 cup cilantro coarsely chopped
  • 4 ounces rice noodles cook and strained, rinsed with cold water
  • 1 -2 tablespoons sesame seeds
  • Additional add-ins: kale, spinach, bean sprouts

Ginger Chili Sauce

  • 1 tablespoon ginger chopped fine
  • 1 tablespoon garlic chopped fine
  • 3 tablespoons lime juice
  • 3 tablespoons low sodium soy sauce
  • 1-2 tablespoons toasted sesame oil
  • 2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar
  • 1 tablespoon chili sauce
  • 1/4 cup cilantro chopped (optional)

Instructions
 

Salad

  • Place the greens in a salad bowl. I used romaine this time, but I also love to add kale and spinach to this. 
  • Place all your other toppings: carrots, broccoli slaw, red pepper, rice noodles, and purple cabbage in rows. Top with grilled chicken, cilantro, sesame seeds, and green onions.
  • You can serve like this, so people and can pick and choose what they want with their greens, this is what I do with the kids. Or you can toss the salad with 1/4 -1/2 cup of dressing, lightly coating all the ingredients. I do this after the kids have taken what they want.

Ginger Chili Lime Dressing

  • Mix all the ingredients in a bowl, I like to let it sit for a couple of hours in the fridge before, but it is good either way. Be generous with the lime juice and adjust the chili sauce to the heat you like.
Calories: 206kcalCarbohydrates: 26gProtein: 17gFat: 4gCholesterol: 36mgSodium: 362mgPotassium: 1040mgFiber: 6gSugar: 5gVitamin A: 25200IUVitamin C: 60.6mgCalcium: 113mgIron: 3.2mg
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125 Comments

  1. Simply delicious and so healthy! I’ve to try this salad, I’m obsessed with rice noodles lately, thanks for the idea!

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  21. Salad is my favorite food – and I do consider it a food by itself. Any of my friends, asked what my favorite food is, will answer “salad”. I love salads of all shapes, kinds and sizes. These look awesome!

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  23. Wow, you’ve outdone yourself again. This salad looks to die for and the dressing is making me want some like right now! I am definitely going to give this a try!

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  35. I have been on an Asian kick lately so this sounds perfect. One of my favorite ingredients is sesame seeds so this sounds even better. Thanks so much

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  47. I love Asian salads. There’s always a tangy sweet taste that makes the entire thing good. This is coming from a person who doesn’t really like salads 🙂

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  49. This looks like the perfect dish to make my mom when she comes to visit. She loves asian food, and I bet she will love the ginger chili lime dressing too!

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  51. This salad looks delicious and definitely is something different. I don’t normally try salads that are not Caesar, but this looks like something I would try!

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  62. Another amazing recipe with STUNNING photos. I can’t wait to try this. It looks so colorful and fresh! Thanks for sharing!

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  64. I love Asian inspired salads. I will add this to my list–it looks amazing. I would also add thin sliced Napa cabbage, that stuff is delicious. Can’t wait to try this recipe.

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  75. Absolutely delicious! My family all raved about how delicious this dish is! LOTS of veggies and a great flavor! Thank you for sharing!

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    1. So happy you all like it and thank you so much for coming back and giving feed back it means so much. xo San

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