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Thai Chicken and Cucumber Salad

URL: https://www.foodiecrush.com/thai-chicken-cucumber-salad/

Ingredients

The salad

  • 1 pound boneless, skinless chicken breast, thinly sliced
  • ½ cup Almond Breeze Almondmilk Coconutmilk Original Unsweetened
  • 2 stalks lemongrass, cut into 2-inch portions and crushed
  • 1 ½ teaspoons fresh grated ginger root
  • 3 tablespoons high quality fish sauce
  • 2 tablespoons coconut palm sugar or light brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon chili garlic sauce
  • 1 lime juiced
  • 1-2 teaspoons rice wine vinegar
  • 1 cucumber halved and then sliced into half moons
  • ½ red onion sliced thinly
  • 4 cocktail tomatoes cut in half and then quartered
  • ¼ cup chopped cilantro
  • ¼ cup chopped mint

For the Nuac Cham Dressing

  • ¼ cup rice wine vinegar
  • ¼ cup fish sauce
  • 3-4 limes juiced
  • 1 clove garlic, minced
  • 2 tablespoons grated carrot
  • 2 tablespoons sugar
  • pinch red pepper flakes

Instructions

  1. Combine almond milk, ginger, lemongrass, fish sauce, coconut palm sugar, and chili garlic sauce in a skillet and bring to a boil.
  2. Add the chicken and bring back to a boil, then lower to a simmer and cook for 4-5 minutes until cooked through.
  3. Stir in lime juice and transfer chicken to a bowl, saving ⅓ cup of the sauce.
  4. Mix reserved sauce with rice wine vinegar to taste and set aside.
  5. Add cucumber, red onion, and tomatoes to the chicken and toss with cilantro and mint.
  6. Dress the salad with the reserved sauce or Nuac Cham Dressing as desired.

Nutrition Facts (estimated)

Servings
4
Calories
250
Total fat
10g
Total carbohydrates
15g
Total protein
25g
Sodium
800mg
Cholesterol
70mg

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