3/5/2021
Lunch/ Dinner Recipes
Chicken Salad with Carrot Ginger Dressing
This mason-jar salad is full of your favorite Japanese restaurant, side-salad flavors. Made with rotisserie chicken and an easy, scratch-made dressing, this healthy salad is refreshing, perfect for meal prep, lunch on the go, or a simple supper!
Recipe by: Jennifer @ Savor with Jennifer
For the Carrot Ginger Dressing, grate the carrot, sweet onion, and ginger into a 16 ounce mason jar using the Fine Jar Grater.
Divide the dressing into four separate,16-ounce mason jars.
Chicken Salad with Carrot Ginger Dressing Recipe
By Savor with Jennifer
This mason-jar salad is full of your favorite Japanese restaurant, side-salad flavors. Made with rotisserie chicken and an easy, scratch-made dressing, this healthy salad is refreshing, perfect for meal prep, lunch on the go, or a simple supper!
- Carrot Ginger Dressing Ingredients:
- 4 ounces carrot, peeled and grated with the Fine Jar Grater
- 2 tablespoons sweet onion, peeled and grated with the Fine Jar Grater
- 2 tablespoons ginger, peeled and grated with the Fine Jar Grater
- 1.5 tablespoon honey
- ? cup rice vinegar
- ? cup extra virgin olive oil
- ½ teaspoon sesame seed oil
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon fresh ground pepper Salad Ingredients:
- 2 cups rotisserie chicken, chopped
- 2 cups romaine lettuce, chopped
- 2 cups iceberg lettuce, chopped
- 1 cup carrot, peeled and grated with Ribbon Jar Grater
- ½ cup red onion, peeled and sliced
- 3 green onions, sliced
- ¼ cup cilantro leaves
- ¼ cup cashew halves
- For the Carrot Ginger Dressing, grate the carrot, sweet onion, and ginger into a 16 ounce mason jar using the Fine Jar Grater.
- Add the remaining dressing ingredients to the mason jar and screw on the lid.
- Shake for 2-3 minutes until the oil emulsifies.
- Divide the dressing into four separate,16-ounce mason jars.
- Divide and add the chopped chicken to each jar, followed by the lettuces, red onion, carrots grated with the ribbon grater, green onions, cilantro, and cashew halves.
- Screw on the lids tightly and store up to three days in the refrigerator.
Other great add-ins include broccoli, snap peas, edamame, cabbage, and shaved brussel sprouts.
Romaine and iceberg stand up to storage better than softer lettuces.
2 Comments
Kathy A
Date
6/8/2021
What a lovely, bright, fresh salad! Thank you for posting, Jennifer. By the way, love the sticky orange chicken. Very good.
Kathy a
Date
6/9/2021
This dressing looks and sounds amazing! I would you mind posting the amounts of rice vinegar and EVOO? Cup is posted, but a ? for the amounts. Thanks.