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    Home » Recipes » Salad Recipes

    Easy Orange Chicken Salad

    Jan 19, 2018 | by Jennifer | Last Updated: Jun 19, 2021

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    This Easy Orange Chicken Salad starts with leftovers from a roast chicken or start with a rotisserie chicken.

    orange chicken salad in wooden salad bowl with wooden spoons

    As mentioned earlier this week, I used the leftovers from my Hoisin Orange Roasted Whole Chicken to create a delicious dinner salad for the next night. I used the left-over cooked chicken, the left-over hoisin bacon and the roasted clementines.

    But don't worry. If you don't want to make the Hoisin Orange Chicken, you can make this salad just as easily starting with cooked chicken from a rotisserie chicken. Add in a few slices of cooked bacon, the fruit, nuts and seeds and you're good to go!

    This salad was made from the leftovers from this Hoisin Orange Roasted Whole Chicken. It's always great to get two meals from one cook, but you can also make this one from scratch starting with a rotisserie chicken instead.

    I absolutely loved the salad dressing on this one. Full of orange flavour, with a hint of soy sauce, it also is an oil-free salad dressing, which was such a nice change.

    Cook's Notes

    As mentioned above, if you don't have left-over roast chicken already, pick up a rotisserie chicken and use the chicken from that.

    This salad is a bit of a kitchen sink salad. I added raspberries from the fridge and walnuts from the pantry. Any fresh or dried fruit (dried cranberries would be great!), nuts and seeds would be great.

    I used goat cheese here, but feta would be nice, or skip the cheese altogether for a dairy free salad.

    If you are starting with the left-over roasted clementines from the whole roast chicken, you probably won't get a ton of juice out of them. I juiced what I could, then topped up with freshly squeeze orange juice.

    Since it's citrus season, I had lots of fresh oranges to use in my salad. Canned mandarin oranges would be a great option anytime, as well.

    How to Supreme Fresh Oranges

    Unfortunately, we can't just chop up fresh orange to add to salads. There's all that bitter pith and those pesky membranes that we'd rather not eat with our salad. So when it comes to oranges, we need to "supreme" them. It's a fancy term, but what it means is that we want to cut the orange segments out, while leaving the bitter, white pith behind.

    To supreme and orange, use a sharp knife to cut away the peel and white pith layer, just exposing the fruit. Then, carefully cut a v-shaped cut between the thin white membrane that separates the orange segments, to create a lovely chunk of orange with no nasty stuff.

    orange chicken salad in wooden salad bowl with wooden spoons

    orange chicken salad in wooden salad bowl with wooden spoons

    Easy Orange Chicken Salad

    Starting with pre-cooked chicken (left-over or start with a rotisserie chicken) makes this healthy and flavourful dinner salad super easy.
    Author: Jennifer
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    Prep Time 10 mins
    Total Time 10 mins
    Course Salad
    Servings 3 servings

    Ingredients
     

    For the salad:

    • 4 cups leaf lettuce, chopped
    • 2 cups cooked chicken*, sliced or diced (about 2 small breasts)
    • 2 slices cooked bacon*, diced
    • 1 cup fresh raspberries
    • 2 fresh oranges, peeled and cut into segments (supremed)
    • 1/4 cup chopped walnuts
    • 1/3 cup goat cheese crumbles

    For the salad dressing:

    • 1 tsp orange zest*
    • 1/2 cup freshly squeezed orange juice*
    • 1 clove garlic, minced
    • 1 Tbsp soy sauce
    • 1 tsp honey
    • Pinch fresh minced ginger
    • Salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste
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    Instructions
     

    • Prepare salad dressing by combining all ingredients in a small bowl or jar. Whisk or shake to combine. Set aside.
    • Line a salad bowl with the chopped lettuce. Top with chicken, bacon, raspberries, oranges, walnuts and goat cheese crumbles. Drizzle with salad dressing. Toss to coat. Enjoy!

    Notes

    Notes: I used the leftover roasted chicken, the hoisin bacon and the roasted oranges from my Hoisin Orange Roasted Whole Chicken. It's a great way to cook once and enjoy two great meals!

    Nutrition

    Calories: 403kcal | Carbohydrates: 24g | Protein: 31g | Fat: 20g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 85mg | Sodium: 651mg | Potassium: 817mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 16g | Vitamin A: 2940IU | Vitamin C: 85.8mg | Calcium: 111mg | Iron: 2mg

    Nutritional information provided for general guidance only and should not be relied upon to make personal health decisions.

    Course Salad
    Cuisine American
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    1. 2 Sisters Recipes says

      January 23, 2018 at 3:02 pm

      Great post Jennifer!! Love the easy citrus dressing without the olive oil - sounds fabulous!!

      Reply
      • Jennifer says

        January 23, 2018 at 3:06 pm

        Thanks so much, Anna! The dressing was such a nice change from the usual. So light and fresh!

        Reply
    2. Laura | Tutti Dolci says

      January 22, 2018 at 1:38 am

      Just beautiful, this is a must make for lunch this week :)

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      • Jennifer says

        January 22, 2018 at 7:44 am

        Thanks Laura and yes, a perfect lunch salad!

        Reply
    3. sue | theviewfromgreatisland says

      January 19, 2018 at 12:38 pm

      I wonder if I could 'doctor up' some rotisserie chicken with those flavors for this salad, it looks amazing!

      Reply
      • Jennifer says

        January 19, 2018 at 12:59 pm

        Thanks Sue and yes, rotisserie chicken would work nicely as well!

        Reply
    4. Chris Scheuer says

      January 19, 2018 at 9:36 am

      5 stars
      This salad is gorgeous Jennifer! What a treat, any time of year but I really nice refreshing respite now with so many heavy comfort foods everywhere.

      Reply
      • Jennifer says

        January 19, 2018 at 11:09 am

        Thanks so much Chris and yes, it was a nice light break from the heavy stuff :)

        Reply
    5. Tricia @ Saving Room for Dessert says

      January 19, 2018 at 8:55 am

      This is my kind of dinner salad Jennifer. Love the oranges and bet that leftover orange Hoisin chicken is fantastic in this. Have a great weekend and thanks for the beautiful inspiration!

      Reply
      • Jennifer says

        January 19, 2018 at 11:09 am

        Thanks so much, Tricia and yes, the chicken was great and that Hoisin bacon, as well! Have a great weekend, too :)

        Reply

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