PaleoEasy Oriental Chicken Bok Choy Mason Jar Salads! Light, Gluten Free, and Paleo friendly oriental style mason jar salads that are great for lunch or dinners on the go! Perfect use of leftover vegetables and grilled or stir fried chicken as well. Portable Healthy lunches just got easy.
Well friends, it’s official. Tupperware is so 2005., I’m kidding. But Mason jar salads are definitely making their way up (again) on the food trends. And I will be the first to admit, I haven’t jumped on that mason jar salad train until now. Scratch that, I made ONE old “how to make” post with mason jar salad in 2014, but haven’t done another since.
You see, we’ve been pretty luck these past 8 years. When my husband was full time pro athlete, he trained from home, and I worked (mostly) from home. I really did not need to pack lunches for him and myself. Fast forward to this year and it’s a WHOLE NEW BALL GAME. We’ve been slammed with a dose of reality (but still counting our small victories). Meaning, he’s retired, working on jobs until we find the right path, and is no longer training 4 -5 hrs a day. Which also means lighter TO GO meals and salads are now welcomed. Haha! .
Now you can see why we’ve jumped on the mason jar salad bandwagon. It’s a nutritious, delicious, and a portable lunch or meal that you can make any way and any day (yay, I rhymed). Or you can create customized mason jar salads to keep in the fridge for when you want to enjoy it at home.
Yea, I’m diggin it! Plus it helps that I have a plethora of mason jars from kombucha brewing and my pickle obsession. Please tell me you can relate?
Anyway, despite my mason jar hoarding, I really wanted to make a few mason jar salads that put some of our melissa’s produce to use. We received a ton of bok choy in our last shipment and I just knew it would perfect for a stir fry or some type of oriental salad recipe. Those are MY FAV!
Therefore I give you (insert drum roll sound)…. .. Easy Oriental Chicken Bok Choy Mason Jar Salads! Gluten free and paleo friendly. Cause I aim to please.
Easy Oriental Chicken Bok Choy Mason Jar Salads
- Prep Time: 10 min
- Cook Time: 10 min
- Total Time: 20 minutes
- Yield: 2 1x
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Easy Oriental Chicken Bok Choy Mason Jar Salads {Gluten Free, Paleo}
Ingredients
- 6 – 8 oz organic chicken breast sliced
- 1 tbsp sesame oil
- 1 tbsp tamari or gluten free soy sauce
- 1 tsp honey
- 1 to 2 tbsp sesame seed
- 1 tsp chili pepper flakes
- 1 small portabella mushroom or oriental mushroom sliced (makes about 1 cup)
- 1 small baby bok choy bunch
- 1 cup shredded carrots
- 1–2 cups chopped cabbage
- sea salt
- black pepper
- 1/2 tbsp slivered almonds
- You will need at least 2 16oz mason jars
Instructions
- Toss chicken slices in 1/2 tbsp sesame oil, 1/2 tbsp tamari, honey, chili flakes, and 1 tbsp sesame seed. Grill or place on skillet/wok until no longer pink. Remove and set aside in small bowl.
- Place your other 1/2 tbsp sesame oil, tamari, and mushrooms in a bowl and toss to coat. Grill or cook mushrooms for just a few minutes until slightly cooked. Remove and keep any extra oil/tamari you have left in pan or marinated bowl.
- Slice your bok choy in half and place on a paper towel after you have washed them. Place in microwave to lightly steam for 30 seconds to a minute. Just to soften.
- Next layer your jars.
- Place cabbage at the bottom, then mushrooms, then chicken, then wrap 1/2 a sliced bok choy bunch around each jar, and last add your carrots. Pour any leftover oil from cooking in the jars if desired.
- Sprinkle top of each jar with slivered almonds and the rest of your sesame seeds. Seal up and store for later.
- Once ready to each, dump everything out into bowl and add sea salt/pepper. Feel free to add more chili pepper flakes too. Add sesame or a gluten free asian dressing if desired.
- Don’t have time to cook chicken? see notes for ideas!
Notes
If you have ANY leftover chicken breast, feel free to use that here instead. And same goes with stir fry veggies. They are great with the steamed bok choy.
Serving size: 1 jar Calories: 305 Fat: 18 Saturated fat: 3 Carbohydrates: 13 Sugar: 6 Sodium: 600 Fiber: 3 Protein: 22
You can use leftover ingredients from a chicken stir fry recipe or simply create a layered oriental chicken salad with bok choy yourself. Either way works and either way it is delish! Sesame chicken and stir fry veggies with a tangy gluten free asian dressing makes my taste buds happy. Place that in a super cute mason jar and now I feel not only happy, but super cool. Haha, my Corny Cotter Confession.
Alright friends, I’ve confessed my mason salad jar love. Now tell me, are you a mason jar salad fan? Have you been using them for years? Am I so behind the times? LOL, don’t answer that last question.
Since I don’t have any more fun Mason Jar Salads to share, I thought I’d share some of my favorites from friends!
Tropical Sriracha Chicken Mason Jar Salads
Watermelon, Arugula, and Feta Mason Jar Salads
Please hit me up with your favorite oriental salad recipe and your favorite mason jar salad recipe. I’d love to add them to my list of recipe to make.
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Ashley @ Fit Mitten Kitchen says
March 11, 2016 at 5:54 AMYou know I always have good intentions with making/prepping mason jar salads… but I think I need some HUGE jars because I like me some big salads. So first things first, must get bigger jars if I want to be on the cool mason jar salad trend. Second, I actually need to start meal prepping such salads…
But this looks soooo good. I am thinking once Drew and I get settled into a new routine, I will have to make these a priority!
Cotter Crunch says
March 11, 2016 at 9:29 AMHaha yes! Big jars for the win!!!! And I feel ya on the new routine. It can be hard
Megan @ Skinny Fitalicious says
March 11, 2016 at 6:09 AMI love my mason jars. Food is a lot like fashion. It has its own trends!
Cotter Crunch says
March 11, 2016 at 8:25 AMhaha i wonder what’s next!
Michele @ paleorunningmomma says
March 11, 2016 at 6:14 AMSo much love for bok choy! Mason jar salads would make my life easier, really need to jump on that bandwagon with you!
Cotter Crunch says
March 11, 2016 at 3:07 PMlet’s do it! a week of mason jars! haha
Blair says
March 11, 2016 at 6:19 AMOh yum! What a perfect lunch as the weather gets warmer! I haven’t made a mason jar salad in awhile either (since I work from home), but I think that needs to change. I never seem to have enough time to pull together a proper meal mid-day anyway. Something like this that’s waiting for me would be awesome!
Cotter Crunch says
March 11, 2016 at 7:26 AMi saw yours on interest!! i want that bacon ones! YUM!
Susie @ SuzLyfe says
March 11, 2016 at 6:40 AMIt is hipster Tupperware 😀 I need some new food prep ideas: this weekend I’m going to work on that (Ales is working Sunday PM). This looks like it might make its way into the rotation!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine says
March 11, 2016 at 8:14 AMYou know what’s sad? Ive never made a Mason jar salad…but I have a ton! I use them to store grains and seeds 😛 O and granola!
I’m loving the new Snapware containers I got though! They are amazing!! College eating ease and so durable!
Cotter Crunch says
March 11, 2016 at 8:19 AMgirl we can have a mason jar salad party and use all our grains too! LOL!
Jen says
March 11, 2016 at 8:44 AMYum! This salad looks delish with so many tasty flavors. I like making mason jar salads for the Hubs because he hates to cook. He told me the other day that he didn’t like them in the mason jar because they were too hard to eat. I chuckled and told him he needed to add what was in the jar to a bowl and eat it! 🙂
Cotter Crunch says
March 11, 2016 at 9:28 AMOh I love it!! Haha yes it can be hard to eat out of jar. He gets credit for trying
Laura @ Sprint 2 the Table says
March 11, 2016 at 9:01 AMDespite the fact that Vegas think I’m nuts, I totally hoard jars. And there is often some sort of home brew concoction in the in our fridge. Mwhahaha!
Must try this. Mushrooms are anti-inflammatory. 😉
Ieva Kalvane says
March 11, 2016 at 9:12 AMLooks delicious! I love salads in jars! Yumm!!
★★★★★
Cotter Crunch says
March 11, 2016 at 9:27 AMThey are so fun too!
Christine @ Love, Life, Surf says
March 11, 2016 at 11:22 AMI’ve never made a mason jar salad. They are so pretty and I’ve meant to but like you said, working from home, I just throw everything into a bowl and don’t make things ahead. But this looks yummy!
Chrissa - Physical Kitchness says
March 11, 2016 at 6:20 PMWoah woah woah lady this looks too good to be legal!!! NOM! I only have those small baby mason jars (BOO) but I think despite my lame collection, I’m still going to make this salad and eat it in a bowl, just pretend it’s a trendy mason jar salad. Pinning!
Jess @hellotofit says
March 11, 2016 at 7:25 PMOkay, don’t judge me…I’ve never put a salad into a mason jar :-O
I know, I know!!!
This looks so so good. Love bok choy!
Thalia @ butter and brioche says
March 11, 2016 at 9:48 PMI’ve never made mason jar salads before but they look so cool that I have to try it!
Cotter Crunch says
March 12, 2016 at 7:29 AMI bet you could make some kind of fabulous dessert and put in a mason jar. How fun would that be? If you make one, invite me over! haha
Denise @ Sweet Peas & Saffron says
March 11, 2016 at 10:31 PMI am pretty new to the mason jar salad trend, but I am totally hooked! I love the looks of your salad, so many gorgeous layers! And thanks for including my watermelon salad 🙂
Cotter Crunch says
March 12, 2016 at 11:30 PMLove yours! Can’t wait for watermelon season!
Meghan@CleanEatsFastFeets says
March 12, 2016 at 9:22 AMI love your unique spin on mason jar salads. Only you can make it look so beautiful.
Kristy @ Southern In Law says
March 12, 2016 at 3:04 PMThese look AMAZING! Who said packed lunches have to be boring?!
Sam @ PancakeWarriors says
March 13, 2016 at 9:55 PMI have so many mason jars and yet still haven’t made a mason jar salad. that is changing for sure!! Thanks for the inspiration and love these flavors! Making this with shrimp for sure!
Lauren @ The Bikini Experiment says
March 21, 2016 at 7:09 AMI love mason jars. I think the glass is a much healthier alternative to the plastic. Love these salads. They are portable, easy and lovely to look at.
★★★★★
Sherly says
March 24, 2016 at 3:09 AMSounds heavy and quite different salad??????i never heard about this recipe before??Keep sharing more awesome recipes??
Sneha says
April 2, 2016 at 3:10 AMNice one.. I never tried this recipe before. Sounds like sunday will be something new at home of this beautiful recipe?
Cotter Crunch says
April 2, 2016 at 7:42 AMlet me know if you do!
sneha says
April 3, 2016 at 12:40 AMAs per said, i tried. sesame oil is unavailable here at our market now,so, i tried it with coconut oil,Looks delicious.Thanks for the recipe dear. 🙂
Cotter Crunch says
April 3, 2016 at 6:21 AMglad to hear!
Sneha says
April 5, 2016 at 2:22 AM???credits all yours ????
Marianela says
May 5, 2016 at 6:43 AMBok Choy is so delicious and chock full of nutrients! This is right up my fuddhist philosophy. Thank you for sharing 🙂
Cotter Crunch says
May 5, 2016 at 10:15 PMThank you for commenting! Let me know if you try it!
Catherine says
December 9, 2018 at 4:44 PMI just discovered your site. Very excited to try many of these recipes! Never made a mason jar salad before but always freeze my homemade chicken broth in mason jars so I’m glad to have another use for them! Anyway, quick question–how long can you leave these in the fridge? Trying to do some advance prep to make my weeks easier but I just ambitiously bought all these veggies and am afraid they’ll go bad before I get a chance to use them. Thanks for all your fabulous looking recipes!
Lindsay Cotter says
December 9, 2018 at 6:55 PMThank you Catherine! You will love these! It’s an older recipe but easy to prep . These should be good without dressing for 3 days or so. Have you see my bbq salmon meal prep bowls?
Lindsay Cotter says
December 9, 2018 at 6:56 PMMake that 5 to 7 days if you buy veggies fresh that day for prep