CRUNCHY CHICKEN SALAD

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Crunchy chicken salad full of fresh Asian flavours

Provided by Good Food team

Categories Dinner, Lunch, Main course, Snack, Starter, Supper

Time 40m

Number Of Ingredients 18

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Ingredients

4 tbsp Vietnamese fish sauce (nuoc mam) or Thai fish sauce (nam pla)
2 boneless skinless chicken breasts
4 tbsp lime juice
1 tbsp sugar , or more to taste if liked
½ tsp coarsely ground black pepper
1 small red chilli , seeded and finely chopped
200g white cabbage , finely shredded
2 medium carrots , finely shredded
1 small onion , finely sliced
2 tbsp roughly chopped fresh mint leaves
2 tbsp roughly chopped coriander leaves
3 garlic cloves , peeled
3 plump fresh red chillies , halved and seeded
1 tbsp caster sugar
3 tbsp Vietnamese fish sauce (nuoc mam) or Thai fish sauce (nam pla)
3 tbsp rice vinegar
small bunch of fresh mint
2 tbsp salted peanut , very finely chopped

Steps:

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.
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.
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).
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.)
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.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 212 calories, Fat 5 grams fat, SaturatedFat 1 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 20 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 8 grams sugar, Fiber 3 grams fiber, Protein 22 grams protein, Sodium 4.98 milligram of sodium

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