BEST Asian Chopped Salad – Beaming Baker

Asian Salad is a crunchy, crisp, and refreshing side dish that’s made with cabbage, carrots, and edamame, topped with a delicious sweet and savory homemade Asian dressing. This healthy salad recipe is bright and colorful, my favorite way to enjoy fresh vegetables!

Asian Salad – Delicious & Refreshing!

I can’t wait to show you how easy and delicious it is to make an Asian Salad! It’s full of healthy and vibrant vegetables including fresh napa cabbage, carrots, celery and cilantro. This homemade Asian Salad gets an extra tasty boost from edamame, cilantro, and green onions. Topped with crispy wonton strips and coated in the most delicious homemade Asian Salad dressing, you’ll want to make this recipe over buying any store-bought kind week after week.

What Goes in Asian Salad

One of my favorite things about this salad is the spectacular rainbow of fresh ingredients it’s made with. Here’s what goes in an Asian Chopped Salad:

• Napa cabbage & Red cabbage – I love using a combo of these two to add to the colorful abundance of this salad
• Carrot – just the right amount of carrot to add natural sweetness
• Fresh cilantro – fragrant and fresh, this is one of the key ingredients
• Celery – usually I’m not a big fan of celery, but I have to say it does add a nice, juicy crunch that takes this salad over the top
• Edamame – it’s super easy to pick up this protein-packed superfood in the frozen aisle, then heat and cool for this salad
• Asian Salad Dressing – make one batch of my delicious dressing and you won’t ever go back to store-bought
• Fried wonton strips – you can use as much or as little as you’d like of this topping
• Honey roasted peanuts – this topping adds a delightful sweetness
• Green onions

How to Make an Asian Salad

So much better than store-bought, bagged salads! This homemade Asian salad is packed with vibrant fresh vegetables and made in just a few easy steps.

1. First make a batch of my favorite Asian Salad Dressing. Seal it up in an airtight container in the fridge while you prep the rest of the Asian Salad.
2. Next, wash and pat dry all the vegetables. Slice both the Napa cabbage and red cabbage into strips and place it into a large mixing bowl.
3. After, grate the carrots, chop the cilantro and dice the celery, adding each ingredient to the large mixing bowl.
4. Next, add the delicious salad toppings, including crunchy wonton strips and honey roasted peanuts. You can use regular peanuts, but honey roasted adds a tasty sweetness.
5. Pour Asian Salad Dressing over your beautiful salad and toss. Serve & enjoy!

Asian Salad Dressing

The best part of this recipe? The delicious, 5 minute Asian Salad Dressing. Simply toss oil, sesame oil, rice vinegar, soy sauce, finger, honey, hoisin sauce, and sesame seeds into a small mixing bowl. Whisk until emulsified and it’s ready to pour over your salad!

This dressing recipe goes so well with your fresh salad and can be used as a dip for many more recipes.

How Many Calories in an Asian Salad?

Each serving of this salad is about 1/10 of the entire recipe. For that serving size, here are the nutritional facts:

• Calories: 142 
• Fat: 10.2g
• Carbs: 11g
• Sodium: 101.8mg
• Sugar: 5.4g
• Protein: 3.9g

Variations

• Toppings – While I used honey roasted peanuts to add a little sweetness, you can use any nuts you’d like–cashews, almonds, etc. Also try coconut cashews!
• Add spice – Since we’re big lovers of spice in this household, we like to add more than a few squirts of sriracha and a few teaspoons of sambal oelek to this Asian Salad. Try it to taste.
• Protein – add in your favorite protein, from pan-seared tofu to grilled chicken and boiled eggs.
• Vegetables – switch up the veggies! Only have lettuce on hand? Go for it! Love more carrot in your salad instead of cabbage? Go ahead and switch up the amounts.
• Grains – Try making a batch of quinoa, brown rice, or egg noodles to go on the side. You can reserve some of the dressing and toss the grains with it for added flavor.

I love having what Erik calls my “Veggie Buffet” for dinner. Try this salad with spicy ‘n sweet honey sriracha brussel sprouts, soy sauce-infused blistered green beans, or these amazing Air Fryer French Fries. Hankering for salads? Try my picnic-ready Pesto Pasta Salad, beautiful 7 Layer Salad, and refreshing Chickpea Salad Recipe!

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