This Asian Chicken Salad Meal Prep recipe makes it easy to meal prep lunches for the week, it is a delicious salad that will revival your favorite take-out salad.
This Asian salad is an easy salad for me to pull together in under 15 minutes because it is made from vegetables that I often have on hand. I almost always have lettuce greens, carrots, green onions, and some type of bell pepper in my crisper. I always have sliced almonds in my pantry. And since I like Asian salad dressing so much, I keep the ingredients to make it on hand. I usually cook chicken at least once a week, and when I do I reserve some of the leftover chicken for meal prep salads.
How to Meal Prep Salads
How you meal prep salads depends on if you have condiment containers or not. If you don’t have small containers to put your salad dressing in, then you will need to put the dressing in the bowl first. Then you will add the chicken, carrots, pepper, onion, and almond slices to create a barrier between the salad dressing and the leafy greens. This will prevent the dressing from coming in contact with the salad greens and causing them to wilt.
If f you have condiment containers, you can build your salad in a more traditional way by placing the salad greens in first, then adding the chicken, carrots, red pepper, green onion, and almond slivers. Leave enough room to insert a condiment container filled with Asian salad dressing on top of each salad.
Meal Prep Salads Using Leftover Chicken
If you will be cooking chicken for your family, cook a little extra and then use the leftovers to make chicken salads. I used leftover chicken from our Sunday dinner of Slow Cooker Rotisserie Chicken (without the oregano and paprika) to meal prep these salads in under 15 minutes.
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Asian Chicken Salad Meal Prep Recipe
This is a quick and easy recipe for Asian Chicken Salad.
Ingredients:
- 10 cups salad greens
- 1 2/3 cups cooked chicken, diced
- 2/3 cup carrots, julienned
- 1/3 cup diced red pepper
- 1 green onion, thinly sliced
- 1/3 cup sliced almonds
Asian Dressing Ingredients:
- ⅓ cup olive oil
- ¼ cup rice vinegar
- ¼ cup soy sauce (use gluten-free soy sauce to make this gluten-free)
- 2 tablespoons honey or sugar
- 1 tablespoon sesame oil
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon ginger
- 1 tablespoon toasted sesame seeds (optional)
Directions:
1. Add rice vinegar, olive oil, soy sauce, garlic, honey, sesame oil, garlic, ginger, and sesame seeds to a cruet or a container with a lid. Seal the container and shake vigorously to combine. Pour dressing into 5 condiment containers, then seal the lids, and set aside.
2. Divide the salad greens between 5 lidded bowls.
3. Divide the chicken, carrots, red pepper, green onion, and almond slices between the 5 bowls.
4. Place a container of dressing in each bowl.
5. Place the lids on the bowls and seal them. Store the salads in the refrigerator for up to 5 days.
Printable Recipe for Asian Chicken Salad Meal Prep
Asian Chicken Salad Meal Prep Recipe
Ingredients
- 10 cups salad greens
- 1 2/3 cups cooked chicken diced
- 2/3 cup carrots julienned
- 1/3 cup diced red pepper
- 1 green onion thinly sliced
- 1/3 cup sliced almonds
Asian Dressing Ingredients:
- ⅓ cup olive oil
- ¼ cup rice vinegar
- ¼ cup soy sauce use gluten-free soy sauce to make this gluten-free
- 2 tablespoons honey or sugar
- 1 tablespoon sesame oil
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon ginger
- 1 tablespoon toasted sesame seeds optional
Instructions
- Add rice vinegar, olive oil, soy sauce, garlic, honey, sesame oil, garlic, ginger, and sesame seeds to a cruet or a container with a lid. Seal the container and shake vigorously to combine. Pour dressing into 5 condiment containers, then seal the lids, and set aside.
- Divide the salad greens between 5 lidded bowls.
- Divide the chicken, carrots, red pepper, green onion, and almond slices between the 5 bowls.
- Place a container of dressing in each bowl.
- Place the lids on the bowls and seal them. Store the salads in the refrigerator for up to 5 days.
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