Chinese Chicken Salad

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This was delicious! I just added a little extra honey and some hoisin sauce to the dressing to balance the tartness of the vinegar. Oh, and some crushed red pepper flakes to give the dressing a little kick.

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Made it ahead of time and let it sit to have the flavors meld. Great even, flavor, nothing was too strong. Others stated too salty, didn't have this problem, although I did use low sodium soy sauce and a little extra ginger.

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we love this recipe with a few modifications..i am not a big vinegar fan, so i half the vinegar and double the peanut butter,( cuts the strong taste and is not too sweet.. and add no salt. it turns out perfect everytime! i also double the entire dressing recipe because my husband loves it so much! subbing green beans for asparagus and adding some shredded carrot too makes it even better!

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This recipe was great, but as many other viewers wrote, it's just too salty. I only added a pinch of salt (and yes, a pinch of KOSHER SALT, not TABLE SALT and it was still far too salty. I wish I had tasted instead of just following the recipe straight through. The flavors are delicious, though. Maybe Ina meant low-sodium soy sauce instead of regular. I'll make this again, just without the added salt next time.

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I made this for a baby shower and everyone asked for the recipe. I modified the ingredients by adding chopped nappa caggage (1/2 head, snow peas, two small cans of mandarin oranges drained (in juice, not syrup and slivered almonds. I added the dressing just before serving because the cabbage will wilt. My husband and I eat low sodium and I did not find this recipe too salty. However, I think next time I will try to reduce the amount of oil by half to cut calories.

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Delicious, light, healthy. Another great recipe from Ina.

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The people complaining that the dressing is too salty are using table salt. Table salt is much more dense/strong than Kosher salt. Folks, you need to follow recipes carefully and exactly as stated and not assume that you can just make various substitutions and then say there's something wrong with the recipe.

We see the same problem with cake recipes, for example. When measuring flour, you're never supposed to shake the cup. People do this, the flour deflates in the cup, and people end up adding an extra 1/2 or 2/3 of a cup of flour to the batter so the cake turns out dry. It's little things like this that make or break a recipe.

As another example, typically with a sautee or frying in a pan with oil, you need to preheat the pan and oil to keep it from being absorbed into the vegetables or whatever is in the pan, and also keep the oil temperature below its smoke point. I could list a hundred other tips like this, but it's for reasons like these that many dishes don't turn out as well for people at home as they do when they're made by the professionals you see on tv.

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This is a must try. I will email this recipe to everyone I know.

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This is a no brainer salad that everyone loves. My family requests this salad for every gathering. I think it's the dressing that folks love with the combo of peppers, asparagus and sesame seeds. YUM!

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As other reviewers have mentioned, the salt measurement is off. So definitely taste. And if you want leftovers, don't toss the entire salad recipe at once. But highly adaptable to other veggies (cabbage, snap peas, etc. and absolutely delicious.