Easiest Way to Make Perfect Orange Chicken Salad

Orange Chicken Salad. In a bowl, combine the chicken, celery, green pepper and onion. Add mayonnaise, orange juice and zest and salt; mix well. Lots of oranges in this one.

In a shallow dish, combine chicken and teriyaki sauce. In a large nonstick skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat. The main ingredient is of course, orange juice. You can cook Orange Chicken Salad using 20 ingredients and 17 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Orange Chicken Salad

1. Prepare of Raspberry Vinaigerette.
2. Prepare 1/3 cup of Seedless Raspberry Jam.
3. You need 1/2 cup of Red Wine Vinegar.
4. You need 1/4 cup of Olive or Vegetable Oil.
5. It's 1/4 tsp of Salt.
6. It's of Chicken.
7. Prepare 1 tbsp of Pepper.
8. You need 1/4 tsp of Salt.
9. You need 1 dash of Paprika.
10. Prepare 1 dash of Garlic Salt.
11. Prepare 1/2 cup of Italian bread crumbs.
12. Prepare 3 of Chicken Breasts.
13. Prepare 3 tbsp of Vegetable Oil.
14. You need of Salad.
15. It's 6 cup of Shredded lettuce or 2 leafs of green lettuce per serving.
16. You need 1 cup of Shredded Carrots.
17. It's 1 medium of Chopped Onion.
18. You need 1 large of Chopped Tomatoe.
19. Prepare 3/4 cup of Shredded Cheese.
20. It's 3 of Seedless Oranges, peeled and sliced.

The key to a good orange sauce is to use a high quality orange juice, preferably freshly squeezed, and its zest. The zest gives so much flavor to the sauce so don't skip it. Chicken should no longer be pink and juices will run clear. While chicken is broiling, mix together the ingredients for the dressing in a screw top jar and shake well (or whisk together in a bowl).

Orange Chicken Salad instructions

1. For Vinaigrette: Beat all ingredients with wire whisk until well blended. Store covered in refrigerator..
2. Heat large skillet on medium heat with 3T of oil..
3. Meanwhile, in lg. bowl, mix pepper-bread crumbs. Set aside..
4. Rinse chicken with cold water..
5. Shake off excess water. Dip in bread crumb mixture..
6. Put chicken in heated pan..
7. Cook chicken approx. 30 mins. on each side, turning occasionally. Approx. every 15 min..
8. While chicken is cooking, shred lettuce, or put two leafs on each plate..
9. Shred carrots, divide in 1/3, add to top of lettuce..
10. chop onion, divide into 1/3, add to salad..
11. chop tomatoe. Divide into 1/3. Add to salad..
12. Shred cheese. Divide into 1/3. Add to salad..
13. Peel and slice oranges. Set aside in bowl..
14. Once chicken is done, remove from pan. Put chicken on plate and cut into bite-sized pieces. Add to the salad..
15. Top salad with orange slices..
16. Remove vinaigerette from refrigerator, with ladle, scoop out of bowl, drizzle over salad..
17. Serve and enjoy!.

Place chicken in a resealable plastic bag set in a shallow dish. Stir in the orange zest, brown sugar, ginger, garlic, chopped onion, and red pepper flakes. Citrus and chicken were made to go together, and chicken and salad were meant to go together. Thus, Orange Chicken Salad = Winning. This salad features crisp green leaf lettuce, cherry tomatoes, avocado, chopped pecan nuts and, of course, the succulent chicken strips with its warm orange dressing.