Hawai'i Style Chinese Chicken Salad
This is NOT your chain restaurant Chinese chicken salad. Use my recipe for a local Hawai'i style salad that goes great with Hawaiian BBQ. This recipe can serve 4-5 people as a main dish but really is intended to be shared with 10+ people as a side at a potluck.
- Prep time
- 20 min
- Cook time
- Not listed
- Yield
- 10 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 2 heads romaine lettuce
- 1 rotisserie chicken
- 1 3.5oz bag wonton strips
- 4 stalks green onions
- toasted sliced almonds
- canned mandarin oranges
- chopped cilantro
- 1/4 cup Japanese soy sauce
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup rice vinegar
- 1/2 cup sesame oil (or substitute a neutral flavored oil)
Instructions
- 1
Preparation: remove meat from bones of rotisserie chicken and shred, discarding the skin. This step can be done a day in advance and cold chicken can be kept in an airtight container in the fridge.
- 2
Wash and chop lettuce into bite-size pieces. Wash and slice green onions.
- 3
Assemble: Layer lettuce, shredded chicken, wonton strips, and green onions. Add any additional toppings (e.g. cilantro, almonds, mandarin oranges) to taste.
- 4
Make the dressing: mix soy sauce, sugar, rice vinegar, and sesame oil very well. Dressing can be made a day in advance and kept in the fridge until salad is ready to be serve.
- 5
Serve: Toss the salad with the dressing and serve immediately.