Thai-Inspired Chicken and Cabbage Salad

Name: Thai-Inspired Chicken and Cabbage Salad
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Thai
Ingredients: 2 pieces Chicken Breast (2 chicken breasts, about 1 lb., optional) — optional; ½ piece Cabbage (1/2 cabbage, Savoy or Napa or whatever you have); 2 tbsp Olive Oil (2 tablespoons olive oil); ½ tsp Kosher Salt (1/2 teaspoon kosher salt); 1 piece Red Bell Pepper (1 red bell pepper, seeded and thinly sliced); 2 pieces Carrot (2 to 3 carrots, thinly sliced, see notes above — up to 3); 6 pieces Scallion (6 scallions, thinly sliced); 1 bunch Cilantro (1 small bunch cilantro, roughly chopped to yield about 1 cup); 1 piece Red Onion (1 small red onion, thinly sliced); ¼ cup Lime Juice (1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lime juice); 1 tbsp Fish Sauce (1 tablespoon fish sauce); 1 ½ tbsp Granulated Sugar (1.5 tablespoons sugar (4.5 teaspoons)); ½ tsp Sriracha (1/2 teaspoon Sriracha + more to taste)

Thai-Inspired Chicken and Cabbage Salad - Dinner (Thai)

40 minThai

Servings6

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Dairy Free
Egg Free

Ingredients

For 6 servings

Chicken Breast2 pieces · 2 chicken breasts, about 1 lb., optional · optional
Cabbage½ piece · 1/2 cabbage, Savoy or Napa or whatever you have
Olive Oil2 tbsp · 2 tablespoons olive oil
Kosher Salt½ tsp · 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
Red Bell Pepper1 piece · 1 red bell pepper, seeded and thinly sliced
Carrot2 pieces · 2 to 3 carrots, thinly sliced, see notes above — up to 3
Scallion6 pieces · 6 scallions, thinly sliced
Cilantro1 bunch · 1 small bunch cilantro, roughly chopped to yield about 1 cup
Red Onion1 piece · 1 small red onion, thinly sliced
Lime Juice¼ cup · 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lime juice
Fish Sauce1 tbsp · 1 tablespoon fish sauce
Granulated Sugar1 ½ tbsp · 1.5 tablespoons sugar (4.5 teaspoons)
Sriracha½ tsp · 1/2 teaspoon Sriracha + more to taste

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Steps

1If you are using the chicken, bring a small pot of water to a boil. Drop in the chicken breasts. Cover the pot. Remove pot from heat. Let stand 15 minutes. Uncover. Remove breasts. Let cool briefly. Pull/shred into pieces.
2Meanwhile, remove the core from the cabbage. Thinly slice the cabbage and place in a large bowl. Pour in the oil. Sprinkle evenly with the salt. Massage the cabbage with your hands. Really squeeze it firmly until it shrinks in size and becomes more saturated in hue.
3To the bowl of cabbage, add the peppers, carrots, scallions, cilantro, and red onion. Add the chicken, if using.
4Make the dressing: Stir together the lime juice, fish sauce, sugar, and Sriracha. Pour over the bowl of vegetables. Toss to coat evenly. Taste. Adjust with more salt or Sriracha as needed.