Chinese chicken salad from Barefoot Contessa Parties!: Ideas and Recipes for Easy Parties That Are Really Fun (page 98) by Ina Garten

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  • ksg518 on June 17, 2025

    I thought this was fine but not great. I only used two chicken breasts (out of the eight called for) but half the vegetables. I was just guessing about the dressing amounts and I ended up with much more dressing than I should have used so there must be some user error in there. If I make it again I'll be more careful of the dressing amounts and only add a little to start. I much prefer this thoroughly chilled rather than at room temperature.

  • KarinaFrancis on October 02, 2023

    You just cant go wrong with a peanut butter dressing, but somehow Ina manages to make it light and not stodgy. I poached the chicken because I only had skinless breast, but they were as flavourful and juicy as chicken breast can get. I added some crushed peanuts on top, because why not? Its a great base recipe to put your own touches on, as previous reviewers have noted

  • averythingcooks on July 19, 2023

    I started with a bed of garden greens (romaine & leaf lettuce) and topped it with shredded chicken, red, yellow & orange peppers, thinly sliced celery & grated carrot. I scaled the dressing to 1/4 (which is still a lot :) and while I really liked it as written, I absolutely loved it with a good squirt of sriracha added (ie T saw me eating a big spoonful as I claimed to be "just checking the dressing"). This was a lovely main course salad...and I've been asking myself - why did it take me so long to make this?

  • anya_sf on December 31, 2019

    I made half the recipe using 2 large chicken breasts (which needed extra roasting time) but the full 1 lb asparagus, 1 red bell pepper, and some bean sprouts and cucumber, over a bed of iceberg lettuce. There was plenty of dressing even with extra vegetables. Very, very good!

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