Name: Easy Keto Asian Chicken Salad
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Cuisine: Whole30
Ingredients: 8 oz shredded coleslaw (I use a bag of the prepackaged coleslaw from my grocery store); 4-6cups shredded romaine lettuce; 2 cups shredded chicken (I use the leftovers from a rotisserie chicken); 7 oz cooked noodles, drained and rinsed (I use a package of Shirataki noodles); 1/4 cup slivered almonds (optional); 1/2 cup mayo; 1/3 cup rice wine vinegar; 1 tbsp date paste; 1 tbsp coconut aminos; 1 tsp sesame oil

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This delicious and simple Keto Asian Chicken Noodle Salad is the BEST weeknight summer salad recipe. Chunks of leftover rotisserie chicken with soft shirataki noodles, crunchy roasted nuts and a perfectly creamy Asian salad dressing...what more could you possibly want?!!!

I was debating about giving this salad dressing a post all on its own. Tangy and sweet, this Asian dressing is combined with noodles and chicken for an unbelievably tasty salad. If not better and certainly healthier than anything you could get at a restaurant!

I was craving an Applebee's Oriental Salad this week but have not entered through the doors of that restaurant in quite a long time.

Why do you ask?

Honestly, I don't really like to eat out. The whole idea of getting ready for a particular time to wait in line and when you are finally seated, be greeted by someone who isn't overly pleasant, is not my idea of fun.

So, I decided that it couldn't be that hard to come up with my own version to enjoy, in my own personal company, on my own time.

Seriously, there is nothing better than enjoying a meal while my BFF (my Google mini) tells me hilarious jokes!

Anyway, back to the salad.

The fundamental ingredient of this salad is lettuce...easy enough. To get a good crunch, I settled on toasting almonds. Since I love adding different textures to foods, I added some shirataki noodles to the mix as well as some shredded cabbage.

Fait accompli! The base was done.

As for the dressing, this was going to be a little bit trickier.

Most commercial salad dressings include canola, soybean or rapeseed oil as one of their main ingredients. If you want to be shocked about how bad these oils are for your health, check out this post. You will NEVER eat rapeseed oil again after you read it!

Anyway, back to the dressing. I knew I wanted to make something simple since "simple" is my middle name:-)!

So I started with my Avocado Oil Mayonnaise, added some date paste for sweetness, some coconut aminos for some dimension and finished it off with some sesame oil and rice vinegar.

The verdict?

DELICIOUS!

Substitutions:

I have not made this recipe with any of the following substitutions but feel like the end result should be comparable. Also, any substitutions will not keep the nutritional profile the same, nor will it be considered Whole30 approved.

Shirataki Noodles - Replace them with kelp noodles or any other type of rice noodle that is cooked. You could also completely eliminate them as they do not add any flavour but add an additional

Coconut Aminos - Replace with soy sauce

Date Paste - Maple syrup (regular or sugar-free Lakanto Maple Syrup) or honey

Sesame Oil - Light olive oil will work but will definitely alter the taste.

Rice Vinegar - Use apple cider vinegar.