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This salad (shown above with added chicken meat) has a wonderful flavor profile, with or without meat on top.   I happen to have a good-size boneless/skinless chicken breast in the fridge today so this will be our complete dinner tonight.  This salad always reminds us of the General Joe’s Chicken Salad we used to order from the restaurants of that same name in the Houston area.  Only difference was theirs was topped with some kind of crisp, clear noodles, likely fried rice noodles.  I’ll have to try to find some soon and fry them up for the ‘crispies’ on top mine next time I serve it.  This is so easy to throw together without heating up the kitchen.  I don’t always include tahini in this dressing as it does add carbs.  It is good in it, but I’m providing numbers below without any tahini.  Despite the small amount of tahini (sesame seeds, not acceptable until OWL) each serving would get, I think you could enjoy this on Induction without doing irreparable damage to your weight loss program. Whenever I have a little leftover chicken or steak, I like to add it to the top of this salad to make it a complete meal, but this salad is delicious on its own merit without any meat on top.  :).

INGREDIENTS:

2 T. lime juice

2 T. rice vinegar

2T. + 2 tsp. sesame oil

1 tsp. hot sesame oil or 1/2 tsp. other spicy chili oil

3-4 drops liquid sweetener

3 T. low-sodium soy sauce

1 tsp. minced fresh ginger

6 c. shredded Napa cabbage

1 c. chopped fresh cilantro

1 shredded carrot

½ fresh jalapeno, seeded, sliced in small julienne strips

OPTIONAL:  1 T. tahini and/or 2 T. peanut butter added to dressing (not calculated in below).  Add 1/2 cup leftover cooked steak or cooked chicken on top is delicious as well.  

DIRECTIONS:  Whisk first 7 ingredients together in a small bowl for the dressing.  Set aside.  Shred/slice napa cabbage and place in large bowl.  Add grated carrot, cilantro and julienned jalapeno.  Toss well and plate servings.  You can alternately so plate directly in layers on each person’s plate if you prefer (what I in the photo above).  If adding any meat, sprinkle in equal amounts on each serving.  Provide dressing in individual small cups for each person to add as they please.

NUTRITIONAL INFO: Makes 4 large servings, each (without tahini in dressing) contains approximately:

95 calories, 3.6 g  fat, 2.9 g  protein, 13.5 g  carbs, 5.0 g  fiber, 8.5 g  NET CARBS, 350 mg sodium