Asian Wonton Salad with Sweet Sesame Dressing

I love a loaded salad almost as much as I love loaded ice cream. This salad is good enough to be the entire meal. I love it!

Recipe adapted from Our Best Bites

Asian Wonton Salad

1 1/2 heads of romaine lettuce

3 chicken breasts, cooked and cubed or shredded (I marinated mine in teriyaki first)

cherry tomatoes

1/4 red onion, sliced thinly

1 cucumber sliced

1 can olives, rinsed and drained

3/4 cup cashews

1/2 package wontons

vegetable oil for frying

Heat about 1 inch of oil in a pot on the stove top. Cut wontons into thirds (3 strips). Fry wontons and set on paper towels to dry.

Tear lettuce into chunks and place in a large salad bowl. Top with remaining ingredients. Add Sweet Sesame Dressing. Toss salad together. Add wonton strips and gently toss to combine.

Sweet Sesame Dressing

1/3 cup rice vinegar

1/2 cup canola oil

1 tablespoon sesame oil

2 cloves minced garlic

1 tablespoon soy sauce

1/4 cup sugar

2 tablespoons sesame seeds

Place all ingredients into a quart jar and shake vigorously. Don't skip the sesame oil. It gives it the taste you need to make it taste like an Asian salad. Only pour dressing on salad if you plan on eating it immediately in one meal. I just added the dressing to individual bowls of salad and I only used about half of this dressing recipe.