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March 29, 2009 by Stephanie Manley, Last Updated June 29, 2022 22 Comments

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Ming’s is located in Palo Alto California. A thai inspired chicken salad complete with rice, cilantro, green onions and so much more make for a delicious salad.

Ming’s Chicken Salad

MakeMing’s Chicken Salad at home.

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Course: Salad

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Ming's Chicken Salad

Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 25 minutes minutes

Total Time: 35 minutes minutes

Servings: 4

Calories: 981kcal

Author: Stephanie Manley

Ingredients

1 pound chicken boneless skinless chicken breast

Chicken Marinade

2 tablespoons dry sherry
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
2 tablespoons chopped cilantro
1 tablespoon hoisin sauce
1 tablespoon grated ginger
1 teaspoon sesame oil
1 teaspoon dry mustard
salt to taste

Salad Ingredients

2 cups chopped peanuts
1/2 cup sesame seeds toasted
4 cups rice sticks deep fried
8 cups shredded lettuce
1 cup finely chopped green onion
1 cup chopped cilantro

Instructions

Prepare marinade for chicken by combining dry sherry, vegetable oil, chopped cilantro, hoisin sauce, grated ginger, sesame oil, dry mustard, and salt in a medium-sized bowl.
Reserve 1/4 cup of marinade for use later in the recipe. Marinate the boneless skinless chicken breasts in the marinade ingredients for 2 hours or overnight.
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Bake chicken breasts for approximately 25 to 30 minutes. Pour the reserved marinade over the chicken during the last five minutes. Cool and shred chicken as finely as possible. Skim fat from pan and mix remaining drippings with 1 tablespoon dry mustard. Add to chicken and mix well. Mix together with remaining ingredients and serve.

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Shar from Northern California
July 30, 2021 at 2:56 am
Hi all, as of this writing. Tao Tao is definitely still there. One used to enter from back parking lot, but went thru renovations from dark, drab, traditional red decor to a brighter, more modern restaurant in which main entrance is on Murphy Ave. Mings building is still there but currently being used for the overflow of new cars from the nearby dealership.I’m still looking 🙂
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Shar
January 1, 2016 at 3:02 am
Rumor has it that Tao Taos, mings and chef chus were once opened as a group but then parted. Mings is now closed forever for business. Chef Chus and Tao Tao are definetly open. Went to mings last weekend and Tao Tao a few months ago. Salads are more different than similar. I’ve made Tao Taos version and it comes very very close. It’s a hit with friends and family. They actually thought it was Tao Taos. Tao Tao is the best. Ps house of chu in south San Jose, ca has the same salad and there version of Tao Tao beef 🙂
Anybody have Tao Tao beefs recipe? The one I found comes no where near it. Stephanie can you help a girl out ? 🙂 anybody ? 🙂
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- Holly
  January 1, 2016 at 1:12 pm
  Hi Shar
  I grew up in Los Altos and went to Tao Tao back 40+ years ago every weekend with my sisters and mom & dad. Good times. Do you share your Tao Tao shredded chicken salad recipe?
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  - Shar
    January 9, 2016 at 1:17 am
    Hi holly,
    Go to dandelion mamas blog.. She created it and did all the hard work. Many folks says it’s spot on. But I’m so looking for a Tao Tao beef recipe to add to my book 🙂 let me know if you get recipe from DM 🙂
  - Shar
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    January 9, 2016 at 1:26 am
    Hi Holly and others,
    I tried chef Chus chicken salad and it was not good to me. It, to me, is not even close to Tao Taos chicken salad. Dressing and salad add ins were different. Just my two cent opinion.
  - Stephanie
    January 9, 2016 at 9:16 am
    Thank you for letting me know.
  - Shar
    January 12, 2016 at 4:16 am
    Very welcome Stephanie. I’m still in search of “Tao Tao beef” or House of Chu “special beef”. Both places menu description is very generic 🙁
  - Beverly
    February 21, 2016 at 9:46 am
    Shar and Holly – we used to go to Tau Tau often and loved their Chinese chicken salad. I would love that recipe. Please share! Thank you.
- Margaret Gray
  July 12, 2018 at 11:59 pm
  
  Is Tao Tao in San Jose. The one in Sunnyvale is gone….I moved out of Bay Area and went there a few years back……they were gone! Nobody makes Chinese chicken salad like Mings or Tao Tao.
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  - Suzanne
    May 31, 2019 at 9:06 pm
    Just went to Tao Tao in Sunnyvale while visiting the Bay Area. It is definitely open! Their chinese chicken salad is to die fore.
Nikki Ourand Lambert
May 2, 2015 at 1:57 pm
“1 pound chicken pieces” leaves too much open to interpretation. Does this mean chicken parts (bone-in legs, thighs, and breasts)? If so, a pound of parts won’t yield much meat, once the bones and skin are removed. Does it mean boneless chicken breasts?
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- Stephanie Manley
  May 3, 2015 at 7:54 am
  Thank you for pointing out my recipe was open, vague, and potentially confusing for someone.
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Bobnalice Winslow
September 4, 2014 at 11:19 am
Really old posts but I had to reply. 🙂 I too moved out of the Bay Area in 1989 and have been back on occasion but Tao Tao in Sunnyvale was another place that served the same salad in fact in my opinion was better than Mings but Tao Tao is no longer there. But Ming’s is but after checking on Yelp I didn’t see the salad on the menu. I’m hoping they still have it because I’ll be going to the Bay Area next week and Ming’s was going to be a stop. I have made this salad before from a Wok Cookbook I lost in a fire. The receipt from the cookbook was dead on! If someone knows this cookbook could you please email the name to me? bob.winslow@sbcglobal.net
I would appreciate it very much.
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- stephaniemanley
  September 8, 2014 at 3:57 am
  Have you tried using Amazon.com? They often have out of print cookbooks.
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  - Bobnalice Winslow
    October 6, 2014 at 9:36 am
    Thanks Ms Stephanie. I will look. I tried your recipe and it was really close. I did go to Mings, but it wasn’t what it used to be. Not in a hurry to go back to the Bay Area so probably be a while before I go to Tao Tao again. They did make a killer Mai Tai!
- J
  September 26, 2014 at 9:05 am
  Tao Tao is still in Sunnyvale.
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  - Bobnalice Winslow
    October 6, 2014 at 9:07 am
    Really? I will definitely check that out. Thanks.
  - Bobnalice Winslow
    October 6, 2014 at 9:30 am
    Yeah, its still there. DANG! Sunnyvale changed so much.
Bpstiv
January 29, 2012 at 3:15 pm
At what temperature do you bake the chicken?
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Bpstiv
January 29, 2012 at 3:15 pm
At what temperature do you bake the chicken?
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karen
November 14, 2010 at 4:58 pm
I’m so glad I found your website. I moved from the bat area years ago and Mings chichen salad is the best ever..
Thanks
Karen
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- Elaine Hayes
  April 1, 2011 at 3:17 pm
  I moved from the bay area 30 years ago, and have missed this salad so much! I can’t believe I found it!
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