Our infatuation with canned mandarin oranges goes back to the time when our firstborn, Sam, was a two-year-old who was exploring flavors and textures of food. We’d freeze an entire can of mandarin oranges then feed her small portions of the frozen fruit that we scraped with a teaspoon.
Sam still loves canned mandarin oranges to this day. She’s not a toddler anymore so we don’t need to scrape frozen fruit for her. She adores vegetable salad in just about every iteration but especially when segments of mandarin oranges are tossed in.
Mandarin Chicken Salad
Ingredients
- 2 cups cubed cooked chicken (see notes after the recipe)
- roasted sesame salad dressing (available in Asian groceries)
- 4 cups torn lettuce
- 2 to 4 tomatoes cubed
- 1 onion peeled and thinly sliced
- 2 cups croutons
- 1 ½ cups mandarin orange segments well drained if using canned
- ½ cup roasted cashew nuts
Instructions
- Place the cubed chicken in a mixing bowl.
- Drizzle in two tablespoons of salad dressing and toss well (this will flavor the chicken better especially if underseasoned).
- Add the rest of the ingredients, add two tablespoons of salad dressing and toss.
- Divide the mandarin chicken salad among four bowls.
- Drizzle more salad dressing over the salad in the bowls before serving.
Notes
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