Keto Chinese Chicken Salad
This keto Chinese inspired chicken salad is a low carb Chinese chicken salad with a homemade Asian dressing topped with almonds and crunchy ramen noodles.
Of all the salads, Chinese chicken salad is hands down my favorite. When I was younger, it was my go-to order at restaurants. Sadly, Even though it is a salad, it is often packed with carbs thanks to those crispy wonton strips and a ton of sugar in the dressing. Cheesecake Factory makes one my favorites, but it has 80 net carbs!
I’ve made a much healthier and low carb version of my favorite salad. This Keto Chinese Chicken Salad is only 7g net carbs, and will satisfy all your Chinese chicken salad cravings!
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Ingredients
One of the best parts of Chinese chicken salad is the crunch. This keto version still has tons of crunch thanks to coleslaw, bell pepper and lots of sliced almonds. You’ll barely notice it doesn’t have crispy wontons in it! The roasted almonds do the trick!
It also has shredded iceberg lettuce, cilantro, green onions and of course chicken. It’s a great use for store bought rotisserie chicken or leftover chicken. Or, just roast up some chicken breasts in the oven!
The homemade asian dressing is so delicious! Made with avocado oil, rice wine vinegar, soy sauce, monk fruit and sesame seed oil.
Toss it up and enjoy!
If you have leftovers, they are surprisingly delicious the next day! It stays crunchy in the fridge overnight even after being tossed in the dressing.
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Keto Chinese Chicken Salad
Ingredients
Salad:
- 1 head iceberg lettuce, sliced
- 2 cups shredded coleslaw mix
- 1 bunch of cilantro, chopped
- 1 red bell pepper, ribs and seeds removed, sliced
- 6 green onions, sliced
- 1-1/4 cup roasted, sliced almonds
- 2 cups cooked chicken, chopped
- 2 packages keto friendly ramen noodles, raw, crushed, seasoning packet removed (optional, see NOTES below)
Dressing:
- 1/3 cup avocado oil
- 1/4 cup rice wine vinegar
- 3 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon monk fruit (or honey if you don't need it to be keto)
- 1 teaspoon sesame seed oil
Instructions
- Make the dressing by combining the avocado oil, rice wine vinegar, soy sauce, monk fruit and sesame seed oil in a mason jar. Shake to combine.
- Make the salad by adding the iceberg lettuce, cabbage, cilantro, red bell pepper, green onions, almonds and chicken to your large salad bowl. Top with the dressing and toss.
- This salad is surprisingly delicious the next day if you have leftovers! Stays crunchy even if it's been tossed in the dressing!
- See the Recipe Notes below for more tips, FAQ's and ingredient substitutions.
Notes
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89 Comments on “Keto Chinese Chicken Salad”
Tastes exactly like you’re hoping it will!! SO delicious and perfect!!
Aww, thanks, Sara!! So honored!
Adding in a rating, oops!
Thank you!
This was delicious! I didn’t have monk fruit sweetener so just used brown sugar, half a tbsp instead and added about 2 cloves of garlic and my friends said it was the best dressing they ever had! So easy and delicious. Highly recommend! It definitely held up the next day covered in dressing, but would still just dress it as I serve it for all the lovely crunch!
Thank you, Joanna! I am so glad you and your friend enjoyed this recipe so much! Love your swaps too- so easy to adjust when you don’t have something on hand!
Yum! I made a big batch for my lunch this week. I love all of the flavors and textures in this salad!
Oh, that’s so smart! What a great lunch to have all week! I love it!
Where has this been all my life??? Amazing is an understatement! All the flavors and none of the guilt! Thanks for sharing!
LOVE THIS! Thank you, Emily! I am so glad you liked it!
Hi! I’d love to try this recipe. Quick question though, what’s the serving size calculated for the nutrition facts you posted? If I wanna reduce the carbs, is there an ingredient that I can replace or eliminate that’s higher in carbs? Bell pepper maybe..? Idk
Thanks. :)
My daughter doesn’t like iceberg lettuce. Could I swap spring mix or kale instead?
For sure! I’d probably do finely chopped romaine? Kale would work too! Or butter lettuce would be a great pick too!
Super yummy and a perfect lunch for a warm day! This is definitely going in my rotation like so many of your other recipes ❤️
This makes me so happy! Honored to have you here!
This is delicious – my husband wasn’t sure about it until he ate it – he was pleasantly surprised. Thank you for this recipe – will definitely repeat it.
This was SO tasty and easy and I had most of the ingredients on hand! I added the juice of half a lime and grilled the chicken first and I’m going to have it for lunch all week!
Hi Maxine! Omg LOVE this! This salad is seriously one of my all-time favs. Adding lime is brilliant! Happy lunching!
Looks like a good recipe. Still that’s most of my 20 carbs in one day in one serving.
So glad you enjoyed it Lisa!
This salad is so good! I’m going to be eating it on repeat!
I am so happy you liked my Chinese chicken salad Charmaine. Even better that you will be enjoying it on repeat.
So fresh and crisp!! And great flavor combination! Absolutely love it. Another win for Natalie. 😄
Your feedback is perfect Lisa! I am so glad they were crispy and you enjoyed the flavor combination.
This was really good, definitely will make again. I did swap the lettuce for a small box of mixed spring greens and a bag salad mix of Brussels sprouts, Napa cabbage, kohlrabi, broccoli, carrots and kale because I had those on hand. I have bought an herb stripper so I don’t need to hand-pick through that much cilantro again as we don’t like to include stems. Dressing did not overpower the salad – though I may add some grated ginger for a little extra oomph next time . Looking at other main dish salad recipes to use.
I love that you were able to adapt the recipe based on what you had on hand Carol. It sounds quite delicious the way you made it!
I am making this tonight and am so excited! I love all of your recipes so much so I have no doubt this one will be any different. Do you think this salad would turn out ok with romaine in place of iceberg and broccoli slaw instead coleslaw mix since that’s what I have on hand?
I sure hope you like it Kristen! I think it would be delicious with romaine lettuce and broccoli slaw. So glad you have enjoyed my other recipes!
ok this is maybe a weird question but how do you think this would taste with fish instead of chicken? either canned tuna or salmon or even fresh salmon? do you think that would be nice or not so much?
thx!
I think the salad would taste delicious with salmon or tuna Jessica! Let me know if you try it and how it turns out. I sure hope you like it.
Delicious recipe…
So glad you liked it Nancy!
Amazing! Delicious! I can’t say it enough! So much flavor in every dish and this one is bursting with flavor! It was so easy to make and a family favorite! Thank you!
I love to hear that it was bursting with flavor Daniele! Even better that it is a family favorite!
This is so refreshing in the summer months! I made a couple of substitutes to fit my diet – baked tofu for the chicken, and macadamia oil because I was out of sesame- and it is so good!! I really love the cilantro in it – and the roasted almonds.
I’ll definitely put this on my weekly rotation. It is a welcome change from my usual salad mix. Thank you Nat!!
I love the substitutions you made to it Kathy. Tofu and macadamia oil sounds like a delicious combination!
This salad is AMAZING! The dressing is delicious and spot on for what you would want in a sesame/Chinese salad dressing. Super easy to make too.
I love to hear that it was delicious and easy to make Ashlan. That’s exactly what I was hoping for!