Our kid-approved gluten-free Asian-inspired chicken salad with mandarin oranges is a delicious, light, and healthy meal to enjoy through spring.
As the weather gets warmer, there’s nothing quite like packing away the big pots and casserole dishes from our winter comfort food of soups and casseroles, firing up the grill, and whipping up light salads that we can enjoy outside on the patio.
This recipe is a must-have to add to the meal plan rotation.
Asian-inspired chicken salad with mandarin oranges
Ingredients
- Romaine lettuce
- Purple cabbage
- Mandarin oranges
- Carrots
- Grilled chicken breasts
- Green onions
- Wonton strips (or crunchy noodle topping)
- Dressing
Instructions
Follow the directions in the recipe card below.
Ingredients
- 3 cups romaine lettuce
- 1 cup purple cabbage
- 4 Halos mandarins
- 2 Carrots
- 2 cups grilled chicken breasts
- 3 green onions
- 1 cup wonton strips or crunchy noodle topping
- Dressing: Your favorite Asian ginger dressing
Instructions
- Roughly chop the lettuce and cabbage.
- Peel and slice the carrots into thin strips.
- Thinly slice the green onions.
- Put all of your ingredients in a large bowl and lightly toss to combine.
More crafts and recipes with mandarin oranges
If you love mandarin oranges as much as we do, then you will love all of these fun crafts and delicious recipes.
Note: I created most of these for the Halos blog; however, that has been taken offline so I moved my content over here.
- Gluten-free mandarin orange chicken
- Fun and healthy Easter treats for kids using mandarin oranges
- Mandarin-coconut loaf with citrus glaze
- Mandarin orange crafts for Valentine’s Day
- Sparkling mandarin cocktail
- Mandarin orange love bug
- Peel the love printable
- Mandarin orange wreath
- Adorable mandarin orange fish
- A citrus and flower arrangement for spring
- Mandarin orange sailboat
- Creamy mandarin orange popsicles
