Shredded Chicken Salad With Gochujang Dressing Recipe

Updated March 26, 2025

It's easy to hate on chicken salad. All too often, it's bland, dry, and colorless, perhaps with a hint of dill tossed in as an afterthought. But this chicken salad is anything but bland and boring. The chicken is slowly poached in an aromatic mixture of water, sake, and ginger until it's tender and easy to pull apart. To make the salad, the shredded chicken is tossed with watercress, lettuce, cucumber, and onion, then drizzled with a sweet, spicy, and tart gochujang dressing.

Shredded Chicken Salad With Gochujang Dressing

Recipe Details

Shredded Chicken Salad With Gochujang Dressing Recipe

Prep 5 mins

Cook 20 mins

Active 15 mins

Cooling Time 10 mins

Total 35 mins

Serves 4 servings

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Ingredients

For the Salad:

2 cups water
3 slices ginger, ¼ inch thick
1 cup sake
1 tablespoon table salt
1 whole boneless skinless chicken breast half (about 8 ounces)
1/2 bunch watercress, thick stems discarded
3 ounces mix baby leaf lettuce
1/4 english cucumber, sliced
1/4 small red onion, thinly sliced

For the Dressing:

2 tablespoons sesame oil
2 tablespoons mirin
4 teaspoons gochujang
2 teaspoons rice vinegar

Directions

Heat water and ginger in a small saucepan until simmering. Add sake and salt and stir to combine. Add chicken. Return to a simmer, cover, remove from heat, and let rest for 15 minutes.
Meanwhile, make the dressing. Combine sesame oil, mirin, gochujang, and vinegar an a small bowl and whisk together with a fork. Set aside.
When chicken has cooked, remove from poaching liquid and let rest until cool enough to handle. Shred meat into bite-sized pieces.
Combine watercress, lettuce, cucumber, and onionin a large serving bowl. Spread chicken on top. Drizzle with half of the dressing and serve with the remaining dressing on the side.

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Shredded Chicken Salad With Gochujang Dressing

Nutrition Facts (per serving)
262	Calories
8g	Fat
19g	Carbs
11g	Protein

Nutrition Facts
Servings: 4
Amount per serving
Calories	262
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 8g	11%
Saturated Fat 1g	7%
Cholesterol 26mg	9%
Sodium 1921mg	84%
Total Carbohydrate 19g	7%
Dietary Fiber 1g	5%
Total Sugars 8g
Protein 11g
Vitamin C 6mg	30%
Calcium 35mg	3%
Iron 1mg	5%
Potassium 342mg	7%
*The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a food serving contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.