Easy Asian Chopped Salad Kit Stir Fry

Let’s shortcut our way to 30 minute meal greatness today, by jazzing up a pre-made Asian chopped salad kit from ALDI and turning it into Easy Asian Chopped Salad Kit Stir Fry!

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Here’s another recipe idea for a busy weeknight, when you don’t have a lot of time to throw dinner together! Easy Asian Chopped Salad Kit Stir Fry comes together quickly because it uses a pre-made bagged salad as its base; you just add in your own chicken and extra veggies, then quick-cook everything up together to round out the complete dish.

Have you ever picked up one of these Asian salad kits, from ALDI or anywhere else? If so, you know that the dressing and toppings always take up a good chunk of the bag, leaving you with only about half a bagful of cabbage, lettuce, green onion, and carrots once those are removed. That’s OK, though: We’ll add some chicken, mushrooms, and sweet bell pepper to bulk that up, then use both the dressing packet and the toppings from the kit to finish off our Asian chopped salad kit stir fry.

Using this shortcut to create stir fry can be easier than trying to pick everything up separately (or keeping it all on hand). Here, the dressing from the kit simply becomes part of the stir fry sauce, while the crunchy almond and wonton strip salad toppings add pizzazz to the final dish.

Easy Asian Chopped Salad Kit Stir Fry

Ingredients

1 Tbsp canola oil
1 tsp sesame oil
1 lb boneless skinless chicken breast, trimmed and chopped
8 oz mushrooms, sliced
1 sweet bell pepper, diced
2 tsp minced garlic (about 4 small cloves)
1 Asian chopped salad kit
1/4 cup soy sauce
1/4 tsp crushed red pepper
Sea salt, to taste

Directions

Clean and slice the mushrooms, trim the chicken and chop it into bite-sized chunks, and dice up the bell pepper.

Heat both the canola and sesame oils in a large skillet over medium-high heat for one minute. Add the chicken and mushrooms and stir-fry for three minutes over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally.

Add the bell pepper and garlic, and stir fry for another three minutes.

Stir in the veggie portion of the salad kit, then continue to stir fry for another 2-3 minutes or until the cabbage from the salad has softened to your liking. (Mine is quite wilted in by the end, but that’s because the kids are more likely to eat it that way — leave yours a little crisper if desired.)

Stir in the soy sauce, the dressing packet from the salad, crushed red pepper, and sea salt, until everything is nicely combined and heated through. Taste, and add a little additional sea salt and/or soy sauce, if desired.

Serve this chicken & veggie stir fry dish topped with the crispy wonton strips and sliced almonds from the salad kit. Enjoy your salad kit stir fry either on its own, or over cooked rice.

Note: Just serve this with a simple stir fried side, such as these easy garlic green beans with soy sauce, to make a complete dinner for a family of four!

Why did I need quick and easy today?

Why are we going especially easy on this busy weeknight? Well, remember last Caturday I told you about having burst pipes over New Year’s? Today the water damage mitigation people were here tearing things out in the basement, so I was cooking along to the sounds of crashing and banging and giant fans drying things out. There wasn’t much in the fridge, but I couldn’t pop out to the store — and, I couldn’t hear myself think. And yes, I’m pretty sure this doorway is now a portal to the Upside-Down…

Sometimes shortcuts do pay off

This salad kit stir fry dinner was pretty darn good, for making do with ingredients I had on hand! The crunchy almonds and wonton strips really make the dish here, contrasting in a lovely way with the soft stir-fried veggies.

You can mix things up to your own liking too. Why not swap out the chicken for shrimp or tofu, or swap out the mushrooms for broccoli or edamame, substituting your own protein + veggie add-ins of choice. Use the Asian chopped salad kit as the base of this recipe, then layer in a protein and additional veggies to turn it into a complete stir fry.

Add Sriracha or chili garlic sauce to punch up the flavor a little more (I did, in my own bowl…), or, have some out for the grown-ups and just keep the base spice level mild for the kids.

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Let’s shortcut our way to 30 minute meal greatness today, by jazzing up an Asian chopped salad kit and turning it into Easy Asian Chopped Salad Kit Stir Fry!

Course dinner

Cuisine Stir Fry

Keyword 30 minute meals, asian chopped salad kit, chicken, chicken stir fry, stir fry, weeknight dinner

Total Time 30 minutes minutes

Servings 4

Author Rachel Singer

Equipment

1 large skillet

Ingredients

• 1 Tbsp canola oil
• 1 tsp sesame oil
• 1 lb boneless skinless chicken breast trimmed and chopped
• 8 oz mushrooms sliced
• 1 sweet bell pepper diced
• 2 tsp minced garlic about 4 small cloves
• 1 Asian chopped salad kit
• 1/4 cup soy sauce
• 1/4 tsp crushed red pepper
• Sea salt to taste

Instructions

• Clean and slice the mushrooms, trim the chicken and chop it into bite-sized chunks, and dice up the bell pepper.
• Heat both the canola and sesame oils in a large skillet over medium-high heat for one minute. Add the chicken and mushrooms and stir-fry for three minutes over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally.
• Add the bell pepper and garlic, and stir fry for another three minutes.
• Stir in the veggie portion of the salad kit, then continue to stir fry for another 2-3 minutes or until the cabbage from the salad has softened to your liking. (Mine is quite wilted in by the end, but that’s because the kids are more likely to eat it that way — leave yours a little crisper if desired.)
• Stir in the soy sauce, the dressing packet from the salad, crushed red pepper, and sea salt, until everything is nicely combined and heated through. Taste, and add a little additional sea salt and/or soy sauce, if desired.
• Serve this chicken & veggie stir fry dish topped with the crispy wonton strips and sliced almonds from the salad kit. Enjoy your salad kit stir fry either on its own, or over cooked rice.

Notes

Just serve this with a simple stir fried side, such as these easy garlic green beans with soy sauce, to make a complete dinner for a family of four!

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