Asian Chopped Salad (with Broccoli Stems)

This Asian Chopped Salad is loaded with flavor from crunchy vegetables, slivered almonds, and a delicious sweet and sour soy-mayo dressing! And besides the delicious broccoli stems that I love so much, the salad also has sugar snap peas, radishes, and red cabbage; just use more of those vegetables if you don’t have any broccoli stems!

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This Asian Chopped Salad is full of flavorful crunchy ingredients, including some vegetables you might often have in your fridge. But it’s definitely the use of broccoli stems and the creamy Asian dressing that makes this salad such a repeater for me!

I always like to nibble on the raw broccoli when I’m cutting it up, and I love to save broccoli stems so I can use them in a recipe And personally I might even like the raw broccoli stems almost more than I like broccoli! But this salad is all about the crunch of the ingredients combined with the tasty creamy and slightly spicy soy sauce and mayo dressing, so if you don’t have broccoli stems, don’t let that stop you from making it!.

And this chopped salad with Asian flavors is such a great side dish salad for any meal with Asian flavors! I hope you’ll save the stems next time you’re chopping up some broccoli, and then use them in this salad recipe instead of just throwing them in the trash.

What ingredients do you need for this recipe?

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• broccoli stems (or use more of the other ingredients if you don’t have them)
• sugar snap peas
• radishes
• chopped red cabbage
• slivered almonds
• White Wine Vinegar (affiliate link)
• Golden Monkfruit Sweetener (affiliate link) or other sweetener of your choice
• soy sauce or Gluten-Free Soy Sauce (affiliate link)
• crushed garlic or Minced Garlic (affiliate link)
• Asian sesame oil (affiliate link)
• ground ginger (affiliate link)
• Sriracha Sauce (affiliate link) or other Asian hot sauce
• mayo

What gives this chopped salad the Asian flavors?

This salad is loaded with Asian flavor from the soy sauce, garlic, ginger, sesame oil, and Sriracha sauce. And the combination of the creamy Asian dressing and the crunchy vegetables makes this salad a real treat!

Is this Asian Chopped Salad low in carbs?

This deliciously crunchy Asian Chopped Salad only has 5 net carbs per serving and each serving also has 4 grams of protein!

Are broccoli stems a must for the Asian Chopped Salad?

No worries if you don’t have broccoli stems; just use more sugar snap peas, radishes, or red cabbage depending on what vegetables you have on hand, and the salad will still be crunchy and delicious.

How to make Asian Chopped Salad:

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1. I saved the stems from a couple of bunches of broccoli when I made this, but you can use less if you don’t cook broccoli that often.
2. I first trim the stems a bit with a knife. Then I use a sharp vegetable peeler to peel the stems more smoothly.
3. For this salad I sliced them into rounds. (I had about 1 cup of broccoli stems, but don’t worry if you don’t have that much; just use more of something else.)
4. I also used 2 cups of sugar snap peas, ends trimmed and cut into diagonal slices.
5. I used a bunch of radishes, which made about 2/3 cup sliced radishes.
6. Chop up about 1/4 small red cabbage to make 1 cup chopped cabbage. (Sorry, bad photo for that!)
7. Stir together the other dressing ingredients and then whisk in the mayo.
8. Toasting the slivered almonds in a dry pan for a couple of minutes adds a lot of flavor.
9. Toss together the broccoli stems, sugar snap peas, radishes, and red cabbage. Add dressing and toss until salad ingredients are well-coated with dressing.  (You may not want all the dressing, but I did use it all.) 
10. Add toasted almonds and toss again.  Serve the Asian Chopped Salad right away.

Make it a Low-Carb Meal:

The Asian Chopped Salad would be tasty for a low-carb meal served with any of these main dishes:

• Air Fryer Marinated Chicken Breasts
• Marinated Grilled Pork Sirloin Chops
• Baked Teriyaki Chicken
• Pork with Peanut Sauce
• Grilled Mahi Mahi (with Korean Dipping Sauce)

Another idea for using broccoli stems:

If you like the idea of using the broccoli stems instead of throwing them away, you might enjoy Stir-Fried Broccoli Stems, which is another fun recipe inspired by my love for broccoli stems!

More Salads with Asian Flavors:

• Spicy Cucumber Salad
• Napa Cabbage Asian Slaw
• Sugar Snap Pea Salad

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Yield: 6 servings

Asian Chopped Salad (with Broccoli Stems)

Prep Time 30 minutes

Total Time 30 minutes

This Asian Chopped Salad is so good with the broccoli stems, but if you don't have those just use more also of the other vegetables. And this salad with broccoli stems, sugar snap peas, radishes, and red cabbage is a delicious way to use up small amounts of crunchy veggies!

Ingredients

Ingredients

• 1 cup peeled and sliced broccoli stems
• 2 cups diagonally sliced sugar snap peas
• 1 bunch radishes, trimmed and sliced
• 1 cup chopped red cabbage
• 1/3 cup slivered almonds, toasted

Dressing Ingredients

• 1 T white wine vinegar
• 1 T Golden Monkfruit Sweetener
• 1 tsp. soy sauce (see notes)
• 1/2 tsp. crushed garlic puree
• 1/4 tsp. Asian sesame oil
• 1/4 tsp. ground ginger puree
• 1/4 tsp. (or more) Sriracha sauce (see notes)
• 1/3 cup mayo (see notes)

Instructions

1. Trim broccoli stems with a knife, then use a vegetable peeler to peel them smoothly and slice into rounds.
2. Trim ends of sugar snap peas, then slice into diagonal slices about 3/4 inch thick.
3. Trim radishes and slice into thin slices.
4. Chop red cabbage.
5. Toss broccoli stems, sugar snap peas, radishes, and red cabbage together in a medium-sized bowl.
6. In a small bowl or glass measuring cup, mix together the white wine vinegar, Golden Monkfruit Sweetener (affiliate link) or sweetener of your choice, soy sauce or Gluten-Free Soy Sauce (affiliate link), garlic puree, sesame oil, ground ginger, and sriracha sauce (affiliate link).
7. Whisk in mayo.
8. Put almonds in a dry pan and toast over high heat for 1-2 minutes, just until the nuts are starting to get fragrant.
9. Add dressing to salad ingredients and toss until all the vegetables are well-coated with dressing.  (You may not need all the dressing if you like your salads to be on the dry side.)
10. Add toasted almonds and toss again.
11. Serve right away. I didn’t have any of this left so I don’t know how well it keeps in the fridge, but I’d guess it would last for at least a day.

Notes

If you don't have Sriracha Sauce (affiliate link) use any hot sauce of your choice.

Use regular or light mayo, whichever you prefer.

I love Golden Monkfruit Sweetener (affiliate link) but use any sweetener you have on hand.

Use Gluten-Free Soy Sauce (affiliate link) if needed.

Dressing recipe from The Sunset Cookbook (affiliate link) and salad recipe created by Kalyn.

Nutrition Information

Yield

6

Serving Size

1
Amount Per Serving Calories 159Total Fat 12gSaturated Fat 2gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 10gCholesterol 5mgSodium 170mgCarbohydrates 9gFiber 4gSugar 4gProtein 4g

Nutrition information is automatically calculated by the Recipe Plug-In I am using. I am not a nutritionist and cannot guarantee 100% accuracy, since many variables affect those calculations.

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Low-Carb Diet Low-Glycemic Diet, South Beach Diet Suggestions:
This Asian Chopped Salad is great for low-carb or Keto diet plans, and also for any phase of the original South Beach Diet. It would be recommended to use light mayo if you’re making this for South Beach, but other low-carb eating plans would prefer full-fat mayo.

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Historical Notes for this Recipe:
The Asian Chopped Salad with Broccoli Stems was first posted in 2011 and I’m still saving my broccoli stems and making this salad! The recipe was last updated with more information in 2025.

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