Recipe
Asian-style Spaghetti & Chicken Salad in Baked Wonton Cups
Prep Time: 15 min
Cook Time: 15 min
Serves: 6
This unique spin on a chicken salad is made even more special in the way it’s served. Using wonton wrappers as serving bowls is an easy and fun way to control portion size. Wonton wrappers are such a visually appealing way to serve food that you’ll soon be finding excuses to use them in all kinds of other dishes!
Contributed By: Developed for CFC by Nancy Guppy, RD, MHSc
Ingredients
2 cups (500 mL)
chicken, cooked
1/2 lb (0.3 kg)
whole wheat spaghetti
2 tbsp (30 mL)
soy sauce
2 tbsp (30 mL)
rice vinegar
2 tbsp (30 mL)
ketchup
1 tbsp (15 mL)
honey
1 tbsp (15 mL)
sesame oil, toasted
1 tbsp (15 mL)
canola oil
2 tbsp (30 mL)
ginger, fresh, minced
2
cloves garlic, minced
1 tsp (5 mL)
hot red chili pepper flakes
2 cups (500 mL)
carrots, peeled, grated
2 cups (500 mL)
yellow pepper(s), sliced
1 cup (250 mL)
green onion(s), thinly sliced
1/2 cup (125 mL)
cilantro, fresh, minced
6
egg roll wrappers
cooking oil spray
6
small metal bowls
2 tbsp (30 mL)
sesame seeds
4
sprigs cilantro, for garnish
Instructions
1
Cook spaghetti in boiling unsalted water until al dente.
2
Shred cooked chicken into strips using 2 forks or your hands.
3
Mix salad dressing by combining soy sauce, rice vinegar, ketchup, honey, sesame and canola oil, minced ginger and garlic and hot chili pepper in a jar with a tight fitting lid. Cover with lid and shake well.
4
Toss chicken, carrots, peppers and green onions with cooked pasta, minced cilantro and dressing.
5
Make the wonton cups by coating outside of metal bowls with vegetable oil. Mould the egg roll wrapper around the outside of the bowl and bake with wonton wrapper up for approximately 15 minutes at 350°F (175°C) or until golden. Let cool and remove baked wonton wrapper from bowl.
6
Toast the sesame seeds in a dry skillet. Don’t leave unattended as they burn easily.
7
To serve, arrange salad in baked wonton cups and top with toasted sesame seeds. Garnish with a cilantro sprig (optional garnish).