Applebee’s Oriental Chicken Salad

Applebee’s Oriental Chicken Salad

  • Prep Time: 20 mins
  • Total Time: 28 mins
  • Servings: 2

    • About This Recipe

    “This recipe is from top secret recipes. This actually tastes like the salad from applebees. It is a bit of work, but worth every second!!”

    Ingredients

    Oriental Dressing

  • 3tablespoonshoney
  • 1 1/2 tablespoonsrice wine vinegar
  • 1/4 cupmayonnaise
  • 1teaspoonGrey Poupon Dijon Mustard
  • 1/8 teaspoonsesame oil

    • Salad

  • 1egg
  • 1/2 cupmilk
  • 1/2 cupflour
  • 1/2 cupcorn flake crumbs
  • 1teaspoonsalt
  • 1/4 teaspoonpepper
  • 1skinless chicken breast half
  • 2cupsvegetable oil( for frying)
  • 3cupschopped romaine lettuce
  • 1cupred cabbage
  • 1cupnapa cabbage
  • 1/2 carrot, julienned or shredded
  • 1green onion, chopped
  • 1tablespoonsliced almonds
  • 1/3 cupchow mein noodles

    • Directions

  • Preheat oil in deep fryer or deep pan over medium heat.
  • You want the temperature of the oil to be around 350 degrees.
  • Blend together all ingredients for dressing in a small bowl with an electric mixer.
  • Put dressing in refrigerator to chill while you prepare the salad.
  • In a small, shallow bowl beat egg, add milk, and mix well.
  • In another bowl, combine flour with corn flake crumbs, salt and pepper.
  • Cut chicken breast into 4 or 5 long strips.
  • Dip each strip of chicken first into egg mixture then into the flour mixture, coating each piece completely.
  • Fry each chicken finger for 5 minutes or until coating has darkened to brown.
  • Prepare salad by tossing the chopped romaine with the chopped red cabbage, Napa cabbage, and carrots.
  • Sprinkle sliced green onion on top of the lettuce.
  • Sprinkle almonds over the salad, then the chow mein noodles.
  • Cut the chicken into small bite-size chunks.
  • Place the chicken onto the salad forming a pile in the middle.
  • Serve with salad dressing drizzled over it or on the side.

    • Reviews

  • “I’m putting together this salad later today but just made the dressing. All I can say is WOW! So great! Tastes EXACTLY like the dressing they use on it at Applebee’s.”

  • “The dressing is spot on the salad from Applebee’s!”

  • “The dressing was exactly what I was looking for.This is one of our favorite salads to order and now I can make it at home.”

  • “This is EXCELLENT!One of my favorite meals at Applebees and it passes my taste test!Thanks for sharing this wonderful recipe.I followed the recipe exactly, except I substituted light mayo.The dressing was a bit thinner, but I liked the fact it coated the salad better.”

  • “Perfect!!!Tastes just like the real thang!!”

  • “It tast’s just like it, now I never have to go to Applebee’s!”

  • “I made the the dressing, great!”

  • “Absolutely IDENTICAL to Applebee’s.Thanks, you’ve just saved me a ton of money, as that’s the only thing I ever order when I go there.The chicken was perfect, the dressing was OUTSTANDING, the mixture of greens and “goodies” were right on.I made these into wraps fro my husband and I, and made extra chicken for the kids for chicken fingers.Everyone was happy and I have one portion left for lunch today!Hooray!I’ll definately be making these again.”

  • “Do you use toasted sesame oil or just plain? Thanks”

  • “I’ve never tried the Applebee’s Salad but this was really good! I didn’t have corn Flakes so I sub’d corn Chex. I will be making this salad again for sure. Thanks for the post!”

  • “Fabulous! I love this Applebees salad. I do it the easy way and buy a tub of mixed salad greens and also use pre-cooked chicken from the grocery store. I like rice noodles better than chow mein noodles because I think they have a better texture. They are usually sold right next to the chow mein noodles in the grocery.”

  • “The dressing is wonderful and exactly like Applebees.Very good.”

  • “Tried this last night and fell in love with it. Such a surprise!”

  • “Love it!”

  • “Oh my! I chose this for our supper last night since our A/C had decieded to stop for us!!!!Anyway I wanted a salad of some sort as its cooler to make and quick to put together.I took the cast iron skillet out to the grill to fry the chicken and it work like a charm.I assembled the salad and it tasted soooooo good.The only thing I didn’t have was the romaine lettuce so I had to sub in iceberg, but the napa and red cabbage still gave it that nice crunch that comes from the romaine.Thank you so much for sharing this with us.We loved it.”

  • “LOVED this! I made it with Grilled Chicken, and it was so quick. A wonderful dinner. I did triple the recipe so i could have this for lunch too.”

  • “I made the dressing only and used one of those cooked rotisserie chickens. I added 2 onions and 2 carrots [finely choppped/shredded]. Delicious. Added some hot sauce too!”

  • “The dressing is what makes Applebee’s Oriental Chicken Salad so delicious. I’ve ordered this saladmany, many times over the years, so believe me when I say that this dressing recipe is DEAD ON the same as Applebee’s. I’ve been searching for this recipe for over 10 years, and I’ve tried several other recipes, only to be disappointed that they didn’t taste like Applebee’s. I’m thrilled that I finally found the perfect recipe!! Thank you so much! I just made a large batch (I quadrupled the recipe) to keep on hand. It won’t last long! I’d give this recipe 10 stars if I could.”

  • “This recipe was created by Todd Wilbur from his book “Top Secret Restaurant Recipes” (Penguin /Putnam 1997)”

  • “When I order this at Applebees, I order grilled chicken so that’s what I did with this recipe and it is a lot less work. I also use imitation honey in the dressing to make it more diabetic friendly for my family members with diabetes.”

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