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Thai Chicken Salad
This Thai Chicken Salad is chock-full of crunchy cabbage, kale, carrots, green onions, edamame, and juicy chicken, all topped off with a scrumptious, easy-to-make peanut/soy/lime dressing.
Prep Time
15 mins
Total Time
15 mins
Servings: 4 servings
Calories: 476 kcal
Course:
Salad
Cuisine:
Thai
Ingredients
- 1 cup chopped romaine or green leaf lettuce
- 1 cup chopped kale or 1 additional cup other lettuce
- 1 cup chopped green cabbage
- 1 cup chopped red cabbage
- 1 bunch green onions chopped
- ½ cup edamame
- 1 bunch cilantro roughly chopped
- 1 carrot grated
- 2 bell peppers I used red and yellow
- 1 cup diced or shredded cooked chicken
- ½ cup wonton strips
Peanut Dressing
- ½ cup creamy peanut butter
- 2 tablespoons lime juice
- ¼ cup toasted sesame oil
- ¼ cup rice vinegar
- ⅓ cup soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons sugar or honey
- 1 teaspoon grated ginger or 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1-2 teaspoons Sriracha to taste
- splash of fish sauce if you have it on hand
- 2-3 tablespoons water as needed, to thin
Instructions
- In a large bowl combine lettuce, kale, cabbage, green onions, edamame, cilantro, carrots, bell peppers, chicken, and wonton strips.
- In a food processor or blender combine all dressing ingredients and pulse 20-30 seconds. Add water 1 tablespoon at a time to thin, as needed. Pour over salad and toss just before serving.
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Notes
- Don't dress this salad until right before you're going to eat it or it will run the risk of getting soggy too quickly.
- The dressing will keep in the mason jar for up to a week. Be sure to shake or whisk before using to combine any settled ingredients.
- Slice the cabbage into very thin pieces so that you can eat it without cutting your salad.
- Carrot matchsticks work well in this Thai salad but you could also use carrot dices or thin sliced rounds.
Nutrition Information
Calories
476kcal
(24%)
Carbohydrates
26g
(9%)
Protein
22g
(44%)
Fat
34g
(52%)
Saturated Fat
6g
(30%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
11g
Monounsaturated Fat
15g
Trans Fat
1g
Cholesterol
26mg
(9%)
Sodium
1307mg
(54%)
Potassium
743mg
(21%)
Fiber
6g
(24%)
Sugar
15g
(30%)
Vitamin A
7099IU
(142%)
Vitamin C
118mg
(131%)
Calcium
113mg
(11%)
Iron
3mg
(17%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 4servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 476
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 476kcal | 24% |
| Carbohydrates | 26g | 9% |
| Protein | 22g | 44% |
| Fat | 34g | 52% |
| Saturated Fat | 6g | 30% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 11g | 65% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 15g | 75% |
| Trans Fat | 1g | 50% |
| Cholesterol | 26mg | 9% |
| Sodium | 1307mg | 54% |
| Potassium | 743mg | 16% |
| Fiber | 6g | 24% |
| Sugar | 15g | 30% |
| Vitamin A | 7099IU | 142% |
| Vitamin C | 118mg | 131% |
| Calcium | 113mg | 11% |
| Iron | 3mg | 17% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.