Crunchy chicken salad
- Preparation and cooking time
- Cook: -
- At least 2 hours marinating
- More effort
- Serves 4
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- 4 tbsp Vietnamese fish sauce(nuoc mam) or Thai fish sauce (nam pla)
- 2 boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 4 tbsp limejuice
- 1 tbsp sugaror more to taste if liked
- ½ tsp coarsely ground black pepper
- 1 small red chilliseeded and finely chopped
- 200g white cabbagefinely shredded
- 2 medium carrotsfinely shredded
- 1 small onionfinely sliced
- 2 tbsp roughly chopped fresh mintleaves
- 2 tbsp roughly chopped corianderleaves
For the nuoc cham sauce
- 3 garlic clovespeeled
- 3 plump fresh red chillieshalved and seeded
- 1 tbsp caster sugar
- 3 tbsp Vietnamese fish sauce(nuoc mam) or Thai fish sauce (nam pla)
- 3 tbsp rice vinegar
To serve
- small bunch of fresh mint
- 2 tbsp salted peanutvery finely chopped
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal212
- fat5glow
- saturates1g
- carbs20g
- sugars8g
- fibre3g
- protein22g
- salt4.98g
Method
step 1
Half fill a medium wok or deep frying pan with water, sprinkle in half of the fish sauce and bring to the boil. Turn down the heat to a simmer, lower the chicken into the water and cover the pan with a lid. Simmer for 10 minutes until the chicken is cooked through. Lift the chicken out of the water and leave until cool enough to handle.
step 2
Meanwhile, mix the remaining fish sauce in a large bowl with the lime juice, sugar, pepper and chopped chilli. Tip in the cabbage, carrots and onion. Mix well.
step 3
Shred the chicken and toss it into the salad with the herbs. Mix again, cover and leave to marinate in the fridge for at least 2 hours (overnight is ideal).
step 4
To make the nuoc cham sauce, pound the garlic, chillies and caster sugar to a paste using a pestle and mortar. Mix in the fish sauce, vinegar and 6 tbsp water. (It will keep for up to 4 days in the fridge.)
step 5
To serve, toss the salad, taste and add more sugar, if you like. Scatter mint leaves on each plates, pile the salad on top and sprinkle with peanuts. Serve with individual bowls of nuoc cham sauce to pour over.
