Chicken Noodle Salad

This delicious cold chicken noodle salad recipe is perfect for meal prep, bringing to a picnic, potluck or just enjoying at home. Don't skip on the spicy bang bang style dressing, it's SO good!

Prep:

15 mins

Cook:

5 mins

TOtal:

20 mins

servings:

4

Ingredients

For the Dressing:

1/2 cup mayonnaise
2 tsps sriracha
1 1/2 tbsps honey
2 tsps lime juice

For the Noodle Salad:

15 ozs chicken breast, cooked, shredded
2 tsps fish sauce
1 tbsp lime juice
8 ozs soba noodles (dry, uncooked)
3 stalks celery, sliced thin on a bias
2 carrots, shredded
1 small bunch Thai basil, chopped
1/4 cup chopped cilantro
1/2 cup peanuts, chopped (roasted and salted preferred)
2 Thai chili peppers, chopped fine

Instructions

Pour the mayonnaise, sriracha, honey and lime juice in a small bowl and whisk to combine.
In a medium sized bowl, toss in the shredded chicken and pour in the fish sauce and lime juice. Add about 3 tbsp of the dressing and mix well. Season with salt as needed.
Cook the noodles according to package directions and set aside in a large bowl. If you won't be assembling right away, drizzle a small amount of oil to keep them from sticking together.
To the bowl with the noodles, add the celery and carrots and add most of the dressing and toss well. Add the chicken on top and drizzle the remaining dressing.
Scatter the Thai basil, cilantro, peanuts and chili peppers and lightly toss to combine. Serve and enjoy immediately.