Thai Chicken Salad

Peanut dressing

• 1/4 cup creamy peanut butter
• 2 Tbsp vegetable oil or other mild-tasting oil
• 1/4 cup rice wine vinegar
• 1-2 cloves garlic
• 1 Tbsp toasted sesame oil
• 1-2 tsp chili paste
• 1 1/2 tsp minced ginger or ginger paste

Salad

• 3 cups shredded Savoy cabbage loosely packed.  *See Notes
• 2 cups shredded red cabbage loosely packed *See Notes
• 2 small carrots peeled and shredded
• 1/2 lb shredded chicken
• 1 bell pepper cut in thin strips. *I used 1/2 yellow and 1/2 red, for lots of color
• 1 cup chopped or sliced cucumber
• 1 cup snap peas sliced on an angle
• 6 small green onions thinly sliced
• 1/2 cup fresh cilantro leaves rough chopped

Garnish

• roasted salted peanuts
• sesame seeds