I love, love, love to go out to dinner . . . however, our budget doesn’t always allow it. I love finding restaurant recipes that I can make for a fraction of a price and have them taste just as good! We found this recipe a couple of weeks ago and have made it a three times already! It’s super simple to throw together and the dressing is delicious. So, save your money and make this restaurant-quality meal for your family tonight!
related article: if you love this copycat applebee’s oriental chicken salad, Then you’ll want to try our Loaded Broccoli Salad!
Serves: 4 people
Applebee's Knock-off Oriental Chicken Salad Recipe
It’s super simple to throw together and the dressing is delicious.
Ingredients
Salad Dressing:
- 6 Tablespoons honey
- 3 Tablespoons rice vinegar
- ½ cup mayonnaise
- 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
- ¼ teaspoon sesame oil
Salad:
- 2 pieces Crispy Chicken Strips or leftover grilled chicken
- 4 cups bagged salad with assorted lettuces, cabbage, and vegetables
- 2 cups Bagged broccoli slaw
- 1 Tablespoon sliced almonds
- ¼ cup fried won ton strips (optional- we opted to not use them)
- ¼ cup mandarin orange sliced drained well
Instructions
- Blend together all ingredients in a small bowl with a whisk or mixer. Refrigerate while you work on the salad.
- Bake the chicken strips according to the package directions (if you bought frozen ones) or reheat grilled chicken. Cut up the chicken into bite-sized pieces.
- Mix together a large handful of the lettuce salad and the broccoli slaw. Top with cut up chicken, almonds, wontons and mandarin slices. Drizzle the dressing on top. Serve immediately.
Nutrition
Calories: 260 kcal · Carbohydrates: 43 g · Protein: 5 g · Fat: 9 g · Saturated Fat: 1 g · Trans Fat: 1 g · Cholesterol: 6 mg · Sodium: 350 mg · Potassium: 337 mg · Fiber: 1 g · Sugar: 28 g · Vitamin A: 859 IU · Vitamin C: 66 mg · Calcium: 56 mg · Iron: 2 mg
Recipe Details
Recipe Source: Mommy? I’m Hungry
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What a pleasure to see my blogged linked! Thank you! Isn't this salad great, I'm glad I found it too. =)
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oh man, that looks delicious. I think I know what I'm having for lunch tomorrow.
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Do you know the calorie and fat content of this?
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Alice, I love the site http://caloriecount.about.com/cc/recipe_analysis.php It lets you enter the ingredients and number of servings and tells you the nutritional info! I figured this one to be about 50 cal per tbsp of dressing...perfect for a single serve version :)
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This is the only thing I ever get at Applebee's! Thanks for posting the recipe, I'll have to try it out sometime!
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I love this! Taking restaurant entrees and making them at home is so awesome and something I love to try and do every time I find something I like on a menu. Looks great!
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Our Applebee's not serve it with oranges. Everytime I order it I say it needs the oranges. Ours serves it the La Choy Rice Noodles. We make our Asian Salad very similar, except no dressing compares to Applebee's. Thank you for the recipe.
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Thank you, thank you, thank you! I love this salad at Applebee's and have wanted the recipe forever.
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I thought the dressing was a little over powering except on the oranges, but I might have used too much. Otherwise a good, simple, recipe.
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I don't think this is the real Applebees .
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I'll have to try it out sometime!
