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Chinese Salad

Published: May 9, 2020 · Modified: Jun 29, 2025 by Megan

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Healthy Chinese Salad made with chicken is a simple nutritious meal bursting with sweet and sour flavors! Filling, naturally low calorie with no cooking required. Serve for lunch or a side salad.

Chinese chicken salad with oranges and dressing in a white bowl.

I don't know about you, but I can never say no to a Chinese Chicken Salad. It was one of my favorite, easy lunches growing up. This recipe is truly the best Chinese chicken salad recipe!

It's one of my favorite easy lunch recipes to prepare along with Low Calorie Cashew Chicken Salad with Yogurt and Taco Salad with Turkey Meat.

Fun fact! I worked in China for a year and never saw Chinese Chicken Salad anywhere I ate. Suffice to say, it's more of an American idea that's grown popular over the years and I'm not complaining!

Healthy Chinese Chicken Salad is a simple nutritious meal bursting with sweet and sour flavors! Filling, naturally low calorie with no cooking required. Serve for lunch or a side salad. Low Calorie + Gluten Free + Paleo

Healthy Chinese Chicken Salad

This healthy Chinese chicken salad has all the flavor without all the calories! It's made with tons of fresh produce, chicken, oranges and a simple coconut amino based dressing.

A little sweet, a little sour, a little crunchy and a lot nourishing. This salad has a little bit of everything and comes together in a crazy delicious way that's ridiculously filling!

Healthy Chinese Chicken Salad is a simple nutritious meal bursting with sweet and sour flavors! Filling, naturally low calorie with no cooking required. Serve for lunch or a side salad. Low Calorie + Gluten Free + Paleo

What You Need

  • Broccoli Slaw
  • Red Cabbage
  • Shredded Carrots
  • Red Bell Pepper
  • Green Onions
  • Canned Chicken or Shredded Chicken
  • Oranges
  • Coconut Aminos
  • Apple Cider Vinegar
  • Extra Virgin Olive Oil
  • Optional Toppings: Cilantro, Sesame Seeds
Healthy Chinese Chicken Salad is a simple nutritious meal bursting with sweet and sour flavors! Filling, naturally low calorie with no cooking required. Serve for lunch or a side salad. Low Calorie + Gluten Free + Paleo

How To Lighten Up Chinese Chicken Salad

Traditional Chinese chicken salads generally are made with a lot of oil or are fried in oils like sesame oil. This recipe uses healthy extra virgin olive oil in a moderate amount so that it still has healthy fat, just not as much!

Also, Chinese chicken salads often contain fried wontons which again are higher in carbs, fat and calories. I'm not saying those can't be incorporated into a healthy, low calorie diet but that omitting them is one way to reduce the overall calories.

I also use a TON more PRODUCE in this low calorie Chinese Chicken Salads to make it more filling and nourishing. Produce when combined with the right amount of protein and fat surprisingly, is filling and satisfying.

Most of us overlook the importance of produce and adding more of it to our basic recipes. The best part is its naturally low in calories so, eat up!

Healthy Chinese Chicken Salad is a simple nutritious meal bursting with sweet and sour flavors! Filling, naturally low calorie with no cooking required. Serve for lunch or a side salad. Low Calorie + Gluten Free + Paleo

How To Prep An Oriental Chicken Salad

This salad recipe is great served as a dinner side salad, appetizer, party side or meal prepping for any easy lunch!

If meal prepping for your lunch or ahead of time, I recommend storing the dressing, oranges and salad separately and tossing to combine when ready to eat. This will prevent the salad from getting soggy!

Want more chicken recipes? Try Yogurt Marinated Chicken Breast, Chicken Strips Salad Recipe or the Best Chicken Teriyaki Chicken and Broccoli next!

Healthy Chinese Chicken Salad is a simple nutritious meal bursting with sweet and sour flavors! Filling, naturally low calorie with no cooking required. Serve for lunch or a side salad. Low Calorie + Gluten Free + Paleo

Chinese Salad

Megan Olson
Healthy Chinese Salad with chicken is a simple nutritious meal bursting with sweet and sour flavors! Made with a low calorie chinese chicken salad dressing!
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Prep Time 15 minutes mins
Total Time 15 minutes mins
Course Appetizer, Dinner, Lunch, Side Dish
Cuisine American, Chinese
Servings 4 servings
Calories 303 kcal

Ingredients
 
 

For the salad

  • 8 ounces broccoli slaw (coleslaw mix may be substituted)
  • 1 red bell pepper diced
  • 1 cup red cabbage thinly shredded
  • 1/2 cup carrots shredded
  • 1 cup oranges sliced
  • 3 green onions thinly sliced
  • 12 ounces canned chicken (in water) or 2 cups shredded chicken

For the dressing

  • 1/3 cup coconut aminos or low sodium soy sauce
  • 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
  • 1/2 teaspoon ginger
  • 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder

Instructions
 

  • In a large mixing bowl, add the broccoli slaw, sliced red cabbage, shredded carrots, red bell peppers, canned chicken, oranges and green onions. Toss together then set aside.
  • In a separate small bowl, wisk together the ingredients for the sauce then pour over the salad. Toss well to combine. Chill 20 minutes then enjoy!
  • If meal prepping this salad, store the oranges and dressing separate from the salad until ready to eat.

Nutrition

Serving: 1servingCalories: 303kcalCarbohydrates: 19gProtein: 25gFat: 14gSaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 43mgSodium: 897mgPotassium: 589mgFiber: 3gSugar: 7gVitamin A: 4421IUVitamin C: 130mgCalcium: 79mgIron: 2mg
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About Megan

Megan is a certified nutrition practitioner, author, freelance food photographer and fitness instructor living in Phoenix, Arizona. On her blog, Skinny Fitalicious she shares EASY, gluten free recipes for weight loss. Follow Megan on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and Instagram for the latest updates.

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