Take-out Tuesday, Loaded Thai Salad with Orange Peanut Dressing

the Painted Apron

5 years ago

This is a “semi-homemade” salad made with the help of Chick-Fil-A and Trader Joe’s

Quick, Easy and Satisfying

A prepared cabbage and carrot slaw mix and fresh spinach are the base

The salad is topped with cucumber slices, pineapple,

green onions, cashews, chicken nuggets

Vegetable pouches are tucked on the side

for a different kind of crunch factor instead of croutons

This only takes minutes to make,

a few chops and slices

while the chicken and vegetable pouches heat in the oven

The dressing is quick and easy too,

and the trick is to use your microwave to soften the peanut butter

so it will mix well with the other ingredients

Orange juice, or juice from a fresh orange adds burst of freshness

This is a very tasty combo even without the chicken

Cut the nuggets in half before topping the salad for easier eating

The vegetable pouches are a little treat on the side…

No Trader Joe’s? No Problem

Look at your grocery store’s frozen section,

PF Chang’s mini egg rolls would be a great little extra too…

there are so many really good frozen bites available now,

Shake things up with something unexpected!

Loaded Thai Salad with Orange Peanut Dressing

Take a few short cuts by using some purchased prepared ingredients, and dress them up with salad greens, pineapple and a yummy homemade orange peanut dressing!

Course Main Course

Cuisine American, Asian

Keyword Orange Peanut Dressing, Thai salad

Ingredients

For each Salad

2 cups cabbage slaw mix
1 cup fresh spinach leaves torn
1/2 – 1 cup pineapple chunks
6-8 English cucumber slices cut in half
1 green onion chopped
1/4-1/2 cup cashews
cooked chicken nuggets cut in half, or grilled or rotisserie chicken cut into pieces
baked vegetable pouches or mini egg rolls baked

Orange Peanut Dressing

2 T soy sauce
1-2 cloves garlic minced
1 T rice vinegar
1 T sesame oil
4 T peanut butter
2-4 T orange juice
sprinkle of red pepper flakes for heat if desired

Instructions

Combine soy sauce, garlic, rice vinegar, sesame oil and peanut butter. Stir to combine. Microwave for 20 seconds and stir. Repeat until peanut butter thins out a bit. Add a splash of juice until desired consistency is reached. Makes enough dressing for 2 salads.
Put slaw and spinach leaves into a salad bowl. Top with remaining ingredients and dressing