Best Thai Cabbage Salad Recipes

TANGY THAI CABBAGE SALAD

Steps:

• Whisk lime juice, chili paste, and sugar together in a small bowl. Add oil in slow stream while still whisking.
• Combine napa cabbage, carrots, bell pepper, cucumber, cilantro, and peanuts in a large bowl. Season with salt and pepper. Pour dressing over vegetables and toss with tongs to coat. Chill salad for at least 1 hour. Stir and adjust seasonings before serving.

SALMON WITH THAI RED CURRY SAUCE, CABBAGE SALAD, AND JASMINE RICE

Steps:

• Make rice and set aside to keep warm. Make the salad by combining the cabbage, cilantro, mint and cucumbers in a bowl. Set aside. Make the dressing by mixing the soy sauce and vinegar in a small cup and setting it aside. Make the curry sauce by heating the oil in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Saute the garlic and ginger for several minutes, then remove from the heat and add the coriander seeds, cumin, paprika, curry paste and cook over low heat for 2 minutes to release the oils, stirring constantly. Do not let it burn. Add the coconut milk, tomato paste, soy sauce, and brown sugar. Increase the heat and bring the mixture ALMOST to a boil, stirring constantly. Be careful and don't let it boil or it will separate. Remove from heat and keep warm, or reheat it very gently when ready to use. Cook the salmon by heating a heavy skillet and coating the surface with the olive oil. Season the fillet with salt and pepper. When the skillet is hot add the fillets and cook for about 3 minutes on each side or until the salmon is brown and translucent inside. Peek at the center of the fillets with the tip of a sharp knife. Don't overcook! To Serve: When your salmon is done, put about 1/2 cup of rice on a plate. Ladle some of the sauce around the rice. Place a fillet on top of the rice. Toss the salad with the dressing and place a tall mound of it on each fillet. Garnish with cilantro, and peanuts.

THAI CHINESE-CABBAGE SALAD

Steps:

• Discard outer leaves from cabbage. Quarter cabbage and core. Cut quarters crosswise into 1/4-inch-thick slices. Wash cabbage well in a large bowl of cold water and spin dry. In a large glass or stainless-steel bowl toss together cabbage and salt until salt is dissolved, about 5 minutes. Transfer cabbage to a colander set over a bowl. Drain cabbage 1 hour. Rinse cabbage well and squeeze in small handfuls until as dry as possible. While cabbage is draining, wearing rubber gloves, seed and mince chiles. Discard outer leaves of lemongrass and trim root end. Separately mince garlic, shallot, and lower 2 inches of lemongrass.
• In a large bowl toss together cabbage, chiles, lemongrass, garlic, shallot, fish sauce, and lime juice. Salad may be made 2 hours ahead and chilled, covered. Serve salad at cool room temperature.

THAI CHINESE CABBAGE SALAD

Steps:

• Trim off any tough or wilted outer leaves from the cabbage and cut the cabbage lengthwise into quarters. Cut out and discard any section of stem in the center of each of the quarters. Cut the quarters crosswise into 1/4-inch shreds.
• In a glass or stainless steel mixing bowl, rub the cabbage with the salt until all the salt dissolves and you can no longer feel it under your fingers, about 5 minutes. Put the cabbage in a colander set over a bowl to drain for about an hour. Rinse the cabbage with cold water and squeeze the cabbage in small clumps to get rid of the extra water. Toss the drained and squeezed cabbage with the rest of the ingredients in a stainless steel or glass mixing bowl. Chill slighty in the refrigerator.

THAI-STYLE CABBAGE SALAD

Steps:

• In a bowl stir together the lemon juice, the sugar, and the salt until the sugar and salt are dissolved, add the cabbage, the onion, the carrot, the mint, the coriander, and the oil, and toss the salad well.

THAI-STYLE PEANUT CABBAGE SALAD

Steps:

• To make the dressing, combine brown sugar, water, garlic and pepper flakes in a jar with a lid. Add remaining dressing ingredients. Shake well. Or you can whisk the ingredients in a medium bowl.
• To make the salad, toss together all salad ingredients except peanuts, basil, and vegetable chips.
• Immediately before serving, drizzle about two-thirds of dressing over salad. Toss well. Sprinkle with roasted peanuts, herbs and vegetable chips. Pass remaining dressing at the table.

THAI MARINATED BEEF CABBAGE SALAD WITH WARM SHALLOT VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients and mix well. Can be stored in the refrigerator until ready for use.
• In a saucepan or small wok, heat the canola oil until hot. In a tall container, combine the shallots, lemongrass and chiles. Pour the hot oil over the mixture and stir. Slowly add the fish sauce, lime juice, vinegar and sesame oil. Put vinaigrette back into the saucepan to bring back to a simmer. Pour over the cabbage mixture to coat. There will be leftover vinaigrette. Check for seasoning.
• Combine the jalapenos and serrano chiles, sambal, shallots, garlic and honey in a food processor and blend into a smooth paste. While the processor is running, slowly add the soy sauce and rice vinegar. Season. The mixture can be made up ahead and stored in the refrigerator.
• Set oven on broiler or heat a grill. Quickly marinate sirloin in chile mixture for 3 to 5 minutes, turning to coat completely. Cook sirloin to a medium rare, about 4 minutes a side. Let beef rest for 3 minutes before slicing into thin strips.
• PLATING On a large plate, place a mound of the cabbage mixture and arrange sirloin slices around the salad. Garnish with sesame seeds.

THAI CHICKEN SALAD WITH CABBAGE

Steps:

• Mix vinegar, oil, peanut sauce and sugar together to make dressing.
• In a large bowl toss cabbage, carrots, chicken, cilantro and sesame seeds together.
• Stir in dressing, and black pepper just before serving.
• Note: We liked everything chopped very fine.

THAI CABBAGE SALAD

Steps:

• Combine the first four ingredients in a small bowl; stir well and set aside.
• Heat sesame oil in a wok on medium high heat.
• Add ginger and garlic; saute for 1 minute.
• Add cabbage, bell pepper, and carrot; saute for 2 minutes.
• Add lime juice mixture and bean sprouts; saute for an additional 2 1/2 minutes or until cabbage is tender.
• Remove from heat and sprinkle with chopped cilantro.

THAI CABBAGE SALAD

Steps:

• Toss all salad ingredients together. Make dressing in jar and store in refrigerator for up to 1 week. When ready to serve toss salad and dressing, add peanuts last. **NOTE: If doing ahead of time do not toss dressing in. It will get soggy. If using a little at a time leave dressing off until ready to eat. Taking to a pot luck, toss when it in when you get there. BON APPETIT!

THAI-STYLE CABBAGE SALAD

Steps:

• To make the dressing, whisk the fish sauce, lime zest, lime juice, and coconut milk.
• Heat the oil in a wok or frying pan.
• Stir-fry the chiles, garlic, and shallots until the shallots are brown and crisp.
• Bring a saucepan of lightly salted water to a boil.
• Add the cabbage and blanch for about 2 minutes.
• Drain thoroughly, then place the cabbage in a bowl.
• Stir the dressing into the cabbage, toss and mix well.
• Sprinkle with the fried shallot mixture.
• Serve.